1925 Fourth of July Celebration in Stirling City

July 4, 2025

100 years ago today, Stirling City hosted a Fourth of July Celebration which brought in people from around the County. The Stirling City Historical Society has a copy of the Souvenir Program from that day, and we’ve scanned it in below. Thank you to Darryl Sheley for these documents.

Official Souvenir Program

Two Day Celebration

Auspices Stirling City Lodge No. 178 I. O. O. F

July Fourth and Fifth, 1925

Stirling City

STIRLING CITY WELCOMES YOU

The officers and members of Stirling City Lodge, No. 178, I. O. O. F. under whose auspices this celebration of the 149th anniversary of American Independence is being held, and the people of Stirling City gen-erally, extend a most hearty welcome to the visitors who are gathered here today as their guests. The keys to the city are figuratively in the hands of the visitors and it is the earnest desire of the hosts that they use them for a genuine, old fashioned, happy observance of the Natal day, and that the visit here may be a thoroughly enjoyable and happy one is the wish of every man, woman and child of this thriving lumber city.

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July 1, 2025

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Caption from Facebook: 1904 photo ( courtesy of Marilyn Brakebill Meyer ) was taken during the inaugural opening of the Diamond Match Company Stirling Timber Mill,—note only four smoke stacks; fifth Stirling boiler had not been installed yet.