Frank Spivey: Putnam County’s ‘Marble King’

  • Frank Spivey: Putnam County’s ‘Marble King’
    Frank Spivey: Putnam County’s ‘Marble King’
  • Spivey’s trophies are on display at The Plaza Arts Center. IAN TOCHER/Staff
    Spivey’s trophies are on display at The Plaza Arts Center. IAN TOCHER/Staff
On one of the walls in the north hallway at the Plaza Arts Center hangs a photograph – and with it, one of my favorite stories to tell visitors to the Old School History Museum. The photograph features a boy smiling and looking upward while down on one knee and with one hand on the ground, stretched forward. The boy is wearing a goofy “Marble King” beanie, a cap somehow popular among the younger…

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