John Huddleston and Sam Reyburn

John Huddleston (left) and Sam Reyburn; late 1906. Huddleston discovered the first diamond to be found at the Murfreesboro (Pike County) site. Reyburn eventually acquired the land.

Portrait two white men in semiformal attire with hats, architectural photograph backdrop

Courtesy of Dean Banks

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