Folklore, Houston County.
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@ Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130
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Folder contains 4 pages of Alabama folklore compiled for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late 1930s. ... ~ .ro Beaaie Bigbee, Houaton County Authority and approvecr1ly. Julian Hall In 1899. Dothan waa atill living up to the reputation of being the worat town in the aouth. It aeemed that aomeone waa continually getting in fighta or killed. The Dothanitea kidnapera capable of doing anything were made up of thirty-five carousing citizena who went by horae. buggy and wagon to Ozark to aeize the engine from the Central of Georgia, and turn it over to workmen so the Alabama Midland road could e"tend to Dothan. The Mayor A. C. Crawford of Dothan received a meaaage atating that the engine the Alabeme Midland. needed • to l.q traelc in D,othan'a direction to get the kidnaped engine back. The wea ahipped from EufaUla to Ozark over the Central track and the C Of! engine *agent • • • refuaed to turn it over to the Alabama Midland workmen. running it on a aide track and aecurely draping it in locka and chaina. The Mayor got a aacond meaaege that read like thia "Come up here and get it looae for ua." The party numbering thirty-five waa headed by J. L. Domingua. He waa a city marehall but one that senaed a good time. They left at sunset on horseback. in wagons and Buggies. All of the party were well stuck with liquor. They looked like a firearm showing that, every body...
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1936 Circa
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