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Dawes Traction Zone Spurs Growth Along Gulf Coast
A detailed look at the Dawes traction zone shows former land holdings revived by nurseries and orchards. Notables from Congress to railroads invest in Dawes and nearby Dawes Station, creating a thriving small-holder community with roads, a Good Roads Association, and a Woman's Pioneer Club fostering social and economic development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caine
Mann Station
Farnell
Indiana Co
Nevins
Abbott Station
Mann
L. L. Noble
Satsumas
Noble
J. Lloyd Abbott
Abbott's
Hugh Barclay
Paul Danner
J. ©. Bush
Mr. Bush
Kroner’s
J. M. Kroner and Sons
Bay View Terrace
Bay View Summit
J. C. Bush
L. C. Irvine
Mr. Irvine
Dawes
Mobile Farm Land Company
L. J. Davis
Mobile Gas Company
T. K. Jackson
Mobile Electric Company
Caribbean & Southern Steamship Company
B. S. Cowen
Mobile Farm Land Co
Frank S. White
Alabama
C. J. Walker
Chicago
Creamery Corporation
R. V. Taylor
Mobile and Ohio Railway
Dickens Ferry
Mobile and Ohio
E. C. Rendell
Charles Rudolph
Illinois
Mobile City
Harry Pillans
Frank Ladd
Mobile
C. A. Max
A. B. Gaston
A. J. Hatchett, Jr
Dawes Station
Eugene M. Downer
Rufus Dawes
W. C.griffing
Grand Bay
Griffing
Traction Zone
W. J. Bryan
Dawes ‘Station
Good Roads Association
Committee of Inspection
Woman's Pioneer Club
J. M. Kroner