New Story: Bayard Antique Village / Beautyrest Cabins

Posted on December 14, 2016 | 1 Comment

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Reports of the death of Bayard Antique Village from the fire just before Halloween were greatly exaggerated.

The old Beautyrest Cabins in the rural outpost of Bayard became Bayard Antique Village in 1967. Between one-room cabins on the Village’s one-lane road loop: stories of murderous sawmills, century-old ghosts of prostitutes, eyeball candy, not “eye candy,” and clowns.

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One response to “New Story: Bayard Antique Village / Beautyrest Cabins”

Finger Monkey Shop | April 15, 2017 at 11:27 pm |

I could not resist commenting. Very well written!

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