July 17, 2021
As many of you know, I spend a lot of my time reading old newspapers. This week I ran across an interesting article from the January 31, 1901 issue of âThe New Southâ which was a major source of news here in Douglas County at the time. The article states, âMr. C.T. Polk who until now resided at Winston, is now a resident of Fruithurst, Alabama. Since going to our sister state, he has developed quite a reputation as a pedestrian, and this he did in a single journey. As the story g...