Dothan Alabama
Dothan Area Botanical Gardens by Cvernon1

DOTHAN ALABAMA

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Dothan Alabama
“The Peanut Capital of the World”

Dothan Alabama, in the southeast corner of the state, is a hub of commerce with an interesting and rich history. Its name derives from Genesis 37:17: “let us go to Dothan.” In addition to the area producing almost one quarter of the total peanut crop of the United States, the Dothan area serves much of the commercial transportation of the country by connecting parts of Georgia, Florida and Alabama. Dothan is the County seat of Houston County Alabama and is 20 miles west of the Georgia state line and 18 miles north of the Florida state line. Dothan Alabama History
In the late 1700s and 1800s, horse and ox-drawn covered wagons from Charleston, Savannah, and Jacksonville, creaked and groaned across the south as pioneer families searched for a place to build new homes and to start a new life. Those pioneers who passed through the vast pine forests in the southeast corner of the territory that was to later become the state of Alabama would often stop at a spring known as Poplar Head, where they would camp for a while and rest.

Dale County Alabama
Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne at U.S. Army Aviation Museum, Ft. Rucker, AL

United States Army Aviation Museum

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United States Army Aviation Museum

The United States Army Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located on Fort Rucker near Ozark, Alabama. It has the largest collection of helicopters held by a museum in the world. The museum features some 50 aircraft on public display with aviation artifacts ranging from a replica of the Wright brothers’ Model B military biplane to an AH-64 Apache from Operation Desert Storm. The museum has over 160 aircraft in its collection and holds 3,000 historical items.

Photo Credit: Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne at U.S. Army Aviation Museum, Ft. Rucker, AL

 
Army Aviation Museum Foundation, Inc., 6000 Novosel St, Fort Rucker, Alabama 36362
                                  1-334-598-2508 or 1-888-Army-Avn
  Open Monday thru Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m and Saturdays 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
                              Closed Sundays and all Federal Holidays
                 Except Memorial Day, Veterans Day and Independence Day

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Dale County Alabama Map

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Dale County’s two largest cities, Ozark, which is the County Seat, and Daleville, form two of the borders of Fort Rucker, Alabama, one of the largest military installations in the state, the home of Army Aviation, and a primary training facility for most of the military helicopter pilots in the free world.