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Bibb’s Seed Watermelon Mystery From Early Town History
In the vacant town plat era folk mingled for commerce and socializing. A tale recalls Whitaker the merchant and a celebrated seed watermelon in 1887 or 1888, but the melon vanished leaving a sand-marked clue as witnesses watched.
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Bob Henry C. Jackson
Jesse Atchison
J. H. Cotten
Pape Green
Callie Preston
C. P. Preston, Jr
Green Preston
Bibb
Whitaker
Philips
Hellums
Barefoot Majors