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ALABAMA Replicas of ancient Greek statues
and the Temple of Hera mins grace the grounds at
Jasmine Hill Gardens and Outdoor Museum in Mont
gomery. Benjamin and Mary Fitzpatrick established
“Alabama’s little comer of Greece’’ in the 19305.
ARKANSAS —Founded in 1862 by Eleithet B.
GJeman, Coleman Dairy in Little Rock is operated by
a fourth- and fifth-generation of the Coleman family. In
the early days, dairymen hauled raw milk in crocks and
poured it into containers carried to the delivery wagon by
customers.
FLORIDA Fido has plenty of room to fetch and
stretch at the 42-acre private Deg Wood Park in Jackson
ville More than 25 acres of the park are fenced.
GEORGIA In 1932, 20-year-old George Perry'
landed a 22-pound, 4-ounce iargemouth bass from
Montgomery Lake in Telfair County (pop. 11,794) while
fishing for food for the family. The fish won Perry $75
worth of merchandise in a Field & Stream contest, a life
time of fame, and a world record that millions of anglers
have yet to beat.
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KENTUCKY— John Caldwell Calhoun Mayo
came to Paintsville (pop. 4,132) as a teacher, but became
aware of the region’s potential in coal and began buying
mineral rights, becoming Kentucky’s wealthiest resident.
His 43-room Mayo Mansion, built in 1905-1912, now
serves as Our Lady of the Mountains school.
LOUISIANA —Alligator meat pies, gator burg
ers and other gator fare are on the menu each fall at the
Alligator Festival in Luling (pop. 11,512), held since 1980
by the Rotary Club of St. Charles Parish.
MISSISSIPPI —Moss Point (pop. 15,851) is located
at the convergence of cwo rivers, the Pascagoula and the
Escatawpa, and is a prime feeding, resting and wintering
habitat for numerous migratory bird species.
NORTH CAROLINA The cornerstone
was laid in 1793 for Old East, the first building at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (pop. 48,715)
and the oldest state university building in the nation.
SOUTH CAROLINA— On Dec. 20, iB6O,
the state became the first to secede from the Union
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voted unanimously, 169 to 0, to withdraw from the
United States.
TENNESSEE —Tom Michaels, a truffle farmer
in Chuckey, isn’t the first U.S. truffle farmer, but he
is the first to produce commercial quantities of the
treasured black fungi that command SBOO a pound.
The plant pathologist grows the truffles in an orchard
of 350 hazelnut trees.
VIRGINIA The only home owned by Con
federate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall” Jackson is
in Lexington (pop. 6,867), where he lived while
teaching at Virginia Military Institute before the
Civil War.
WEST VIRGINIA Hershel "Woody”
Williams of Ona is the state’s only living Medal
of Honor winner. The retired U.S. Marine received
the medal for his heroic actions during the battle
otTwoJima in 1945. He was born in 1923 in Quiet
Dell in Marion County (pop. 56,598).
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