If the bricks could talk

News Star photo by Zeke Mackey
News Star photo by Zeke Mackey

Pauls Valley’s brick streets have welcomed every visitor to the downtown area for nearly 120 years, whether they were just passing through, stopped to stay a while or decided to settle in and make Pauls Valley their home.

They have borne countless parades, gatherings and festivals, experienced the advent of automobiles, survived major floods, carried multiple generations of youth cruising downtown …