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DREAMLAND Tuscaloosa,
Alabama
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| This Legendary establishment was opened by John
"Big Daddy" Bishop on the south side of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in
the Jerusalem Heights section, in 1958 and has become one of the
best-known barbeque rib places in the south to sports fans. The
atmosphere there can be best described as "casual down home" and
one never knows just who he might rub elbows with while sitting at the
bar. Although several other franchises have opened around the south
in the past several years, the old original location in T-Town remains the
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REELFOOT
STUMPJUMPER
Samburg, Tennessee
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Although the origin of the Reelfoot
Lake "Stumpjumper" boats are unclear, they are believed to have
first been built in the mid 1800"s by Herman B. "Con"
Young. The unique boats, built to navigate the many stumps and
trees still standing in the lake, are featured in many museums across the
country, including the Smithsonian Institution and are true collectors
items. The most unique features of the boats are the bow facing,
ratcheted oars that allow the operator to row while facing forward.
Sometime in the 1930's the boats were equipped with a motor and rudder
system fashioned from a washing machine motor. The boats have had
inboard motors since that time.
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BILOXI
LIGHTHOUSE
Biloxi, Mississippi
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Lighthouses are
frequently isolated and sometimes quite hard to reach. Not so with
the Biloxi Lighthouse. Its white 48-foot tower sits sandwiched
between the eastbound and westbound lanes of U.S. Highway 90 along
the waterfront inside the city of Biloxi, Mississippi. For more
than half a century the lighthouse was kept by Maria Younghans until her
retirement in 1920.
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SAND
ISLAND SUNSET
Fort Morgan, Alabama
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The coastline of the Gulf of Mexico
along the southern United States offers some of the most beautiful white
sand beaches in the world. The attractions of sun, sea and sand
have drawn thousands to establish beach front properties along most
of the remaining shoreline through the years, but these homes afford their
own beauty. As the sun drops down behind the old Sand Island
Lighthouse, near Fort Morgan Alabama, these buildings take on the glow of
dusk and reflect the magnificent display of a seaside sunset.
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TIRED
IRON
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The 1953 Chevrolet Half-ton pickup
truck was a stylish family runabout and an all-around workhorse.
With its unique and modem styling, it quickly became one of the most
popular trucks of that era and a source of pride for its owner. All
five of these classic vehicles, the '53 Chevy pickup, '37 Studebaker pickup,
'41 Plymouth pickup, '40 Ford pickup, and '48 Chevy car have spent their
capacity for usefulness to their once
proud owners and now sit only as "tired iron".
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USED
CARS
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It was America's
"dream machine" - a gleaming example of automobile showmanship
at its finest... the '57 Chevy Bel Air. Dazzling to look at and
loaded with power, it was the car to own and be seen in. But time
and circumstances have taken their toll on all five of these classics of
the road. The '57 Chevy, '32 ford Coupe, '60 Ford Falcon, '40 Ford
Sedan and the '56 Ford Fairlane have seen better days and have complete
their usefulness. They now stand in wait for the auto crusher
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PAPA'S
1933 CHEVY
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The 1933 Chevrolet CA Eagle
2-passenger Coupe, with a wheel base of 110.0 inches and weighing 2715
pounds, sold for around 500 US dollars new. Its somewhat racy
styling represented high-fashion motoring at its finest during the
economically depressed years of the thirties and was a source of pride for
its owners. The completely new automotive design proudly carried on
the General Motors tradition of excellence.
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BIRTH OF BIG
MUDDY
Bemidji, Minnesota
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From the northwest end of Lake
Itasca, near Bemidji, Minnesota, the Mississippi River begins its winding
2552 mile trek to the Gulf of Mexico. The romantic 19th-century
quest for the source of the mighty river brought many explorers to northern
Minnesota. The search ended when Ojibwe chief Ozawindib guided Henry
Rowe Schoolcraft to Lake Itasca, some 1475 feet above sea level, in
1832. Sorely tried by "voracious, long billed, and dyspeptic
musketoes" and portages knee-deep in mud, the little band of
explorers caught their first glimpse of the lake on July 13. It was
known to the Indians and traders as "Omushkos" or "Lac La
Biche", both meaning Elk Lake, but Schoolcraft renamed it
"Itasca" from a combination of the Latin words for
"truth" and "head".
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