Have you ever wondered when parking in the middle of main street started in Raymond? It all starts with the story of a muddy pioneer town. The first attempt to solve Raymond’s mud problem was made in 1907 when William Spackman was hired by the town to build a plank sidewalk. According to an article in the newspaper, they were built so that ladies of Raymond could “do [their] shopping without having [their] skirts weighed down with Raymond mud.” In 1910 Mayor George Budd promised to add more sidewalks and gravel to the roads. He said that if these improvements were made, the people of Raymond could get to “the…