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Around three inches of snow fell in Jefferson County in 1958.

Snow outside Simmon’s Drugstore in downtown Monticello (The building later became an annex for Farmers and Merchants Bank.)

(L-R) Mrs. Collins and Mrs. Velma (Sasser) Grant in Simmons Drugstore in downtown Monticello. (The building later became an annex for Farmers and Merchants Bank.

Several inches of snow cover the courthouse and surrounding lawn.

Children with watermelon slices gather at annual Watermelon Festival.

Built in the 1890s, the large guesthouse burned in 1917.

Accompanying note: "Monticello Opera House was built in 1890, as a part of the "Perkins Block." It is located on Courthouse Circle, at the intersection of Rt 90 and Rt 19. Apart from the entrance the Opera House was on the second floor with stores…

Mauma, a Partridge family slave, was brought to South Carolina on a slave ship from Africa. She came to Jefferson County with John and Eliza Partridge in the 1830's, and was Frances Weston Partridge's nurse. Frances later married Charles Thomas…

The clock reads 12:15.

Note: In the right corner below the Cafe sign are members of the Monticello High School Band.

Monticello High School, also called Jefferson County High School, is a National Historic Landmark (listed in 1999). Originally built in 1852 by slave labor from Samuel Carroll?s plantation with bricks furnished by George Taylor, it was first known as…