Murals

[Guidedawg]

Back in the BamaRide days, there was a section of photography dedicated to those murals we encounter while riding.  I'd like to bring back that section because in addition to the old "ghost signs" from previous advertisements, I seem to be noticing more and more new murals coming up as a matter of civic pride.

[Guidedawg]

I noticed this while stopping for a break in Rockford in Coosa County.





I'm assuming this was the side of the realty company so prominently featured, but I do like the local landmarks painted inside the letters as a nice touch.
Most of all, it's nice to see "Fred, the town dog" honored.  Every dog get his day, I suppose.

[Guidedawg]

There are a handful of murals in downtown Wetumpka, but this one not only incorporates the product of the store, but also gives a bit of history since Wetumpka sits on the site of a rare above ground impact crater.

http://www.wetumpkaimpactcratercommission.org/

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Near the courthouse square in Ashland



Admittedly, it's more advertisement than mural but I like any wall art on a building!

[Guidedawg]

Dothan has many murals and most are related to history.  These can be viewed in detail and with more info at https://visitdothan.com/things-to-do/murals/ including any I missed

Johnny Mack Brown


Chief Eufaula


Camp Recover


Mules in the Wiregrass





Fort Scott


Dothan Riot


Tribute to Sherman Rose


Women of the Wiregrass


Salute to Fort Rucker


Wiregrass Contemporary music


Wiregrass Country music


Steamboat Era


Early Commerce in the Wiregrass


Cherry Street AME Church


Desoto's Journey


Salute to Peanut Industry





Abduction of Elizabeth

[Guidedawg]

I came across a few other murals in Dothan also







Including this particularly long mural

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There are murals for Fort Rucker in both Dothan and this one in Enterprise



Of course, Enterprise also has a mural dedicated to it's favorite pest



As well as one celebrating the city itself

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Here is a mural I stumbled upon driving through Ozark

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Union Springs is famous for its field trials






But there are others also

[Chitza]

The Dave mural is in memory of Dancing Dave, who was actually a resident of Cotton Box. A crossroads of two dirt roads just outside of Slocomb, AL, in Geneva Co. The story I always heard as a child(in Slocomb) was that Dave was a WWII veteran and had been "shell shocked", returning from the war to live in a small shack at the crossroads. He became a well known figure all around the Wiregrass, often seen hitch hiking and dancing. If I'm not mistaken, it was determined he had never been in the military, but I can't remember for sure. I never had a desire to debunk the lore I had grown up hearing.

[Guidedawg]

Here's an Unforgettable mural in Montgomery

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I came across this beauty while riding through Opelika

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I found these murals riding through Camden, though I assume that first one makes it fairly obvious!

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Pine Hill

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Grove Hill has a mural in courthouse square celebrating timber and hunting