Lake Eufaula - Property for Sale: 2016

Monday, July 4, 2016

Peanuts of Dothan

Dothan, Alabama, where there is an annual Peanut Festival in November each year is the "Peanut Capital of the USA". So the peanut theme has created a cottage industry for making peanut icons for local businesses. Here are a few of the cute ones we have observed over the years:

A new twist on the "Sam's Greeter"

Sadly, the Dothan Hooters is now closed - but they had such a cute peanut.

One of my favorites is the one at the newspaper, but I can't find that in my photo files....but it's fun to go find them yourself!

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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Walter F. George Dam

One of the interesting places to visit near our Georgia home is the dam that creates the lake where our house is located. You can often spot many birds, and even some alligators along the shore as you drive out the causeway to the dam.

The dam on the Chattahoochee River at Ft Gaines was built in the 1950's immediately after President Eisenhower announced that no more federal dams would be built. Then senator Walter F. George petitioned the president and the dam was commissioned.
The dam forms the impound lake of Lake Walter F. George, as it is known on the Georgia side of the lake and by the Corps of Engineers who maintain and monitor the dam and waterways associated with it. On the Alabama side of the lake, the lake is a well known premiere bass fishing lake, and goes by its more common name of Lake Eufaula. Tournaments are held many weekends during the Spring, Summer, and Fall months, and much of the recreation around the lake is centered on bass fishing.

Below the dam, the Chattahoochee River continues to where it joins the Flint River, and another dam impounds water for Lake Seminole. As the water leaves that dam, it becomes the Appalachicola River, which continues to the Gulf of Mexico at Appalachicola, Florida (famous for oysters)!
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Monday, March 21, 2016

The Murals Of Dothan

Dothan, Alabama, is the nearest large city near our property on Lake Eufaula. The historic city of Eufaula, AL, has most everything we need, but if we want to see a movie or need something not found in Eufaula, we head to Dothan. By taking back roads, we've found a way to get all the way into the city without ever stopping for a traffic light and have shaved our miles to town down to 53.

Murals of pioneer life and the history of Dothan can be found throughout the historic core of the city.

Peanuts are a big part of the Dothan culture. I read somewhere that more than half of the peanuts that are grown in the world are grown within 50 miles of Dothan.