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Dothan's Early Growth and the Bible Named Town
A detailed look at Dothan's origin from pioneer eras to incorporation in 1885, tracing names, roads, and the Bible inspired choice of Dothan meaning Two wells. It covers railroads, the Poplar Head Spring, and community figures shaping the city, its library, and Houston County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hage
Mre A. D
Dothan Garden
Dothan
Wau Main Street
Liglye Pureette Company
Martin
Poplar Head
Columbia
Eufaula
Troy
Ala
Weeceas
Jad
Pitchers of Folkes
Poplar Weed Spring
U. S
Dothen
Wooten
J. P. Folkes
Jerkins
Peloubet
Joseph
Dothan Eagle
al Weekly
William Theodore Hall
Haleburg
Julian
Horace
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Central of Georgia
Albany
Lockhart
Avanta
St. Andrews Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Alabama
Gulf
Mexico
Teleph
Isa Teahe
Jasefers
Abbeville
Tom Fespy
Avtorsyex
Houston
George Houston
Toaster
William Wyatt Bibb
Henry
Dale
O. S. Lewis
Tuskegee
Federated Clubs
Houston County
County
City of
PWA