We spent the last few weekends driving around rural south Georgia and finally made it all the way over to Dothan, Alabama. Fun facts: Newton, GA had a population of 851 at the 2000 census. The courthouse is this huge and beautiful red brick building from the early 20th c that is pretty incongruent with what seems like a tiny town full of abandoned businesses and damaged homes. Apparently, once upon a time Newton was once a thriving little town, but it's been hit by a series of natural disasters as it sits in a flood plane and is prone to tornadoes. Re: the peanut in the bathtub - Something like a quarter of the US peanut production comes from the lower Alabama area and so there's a lot of peanut-themed art and marketing. There was a sexy peanut in a half-shell statue too, but the third camera I brought (and old Agfa) wasn't working properly and so I lost the image.
I still haven't figured out what these tags are all about. They're on the side of an abandoned institutional/industrial building in Dothan. The sign says Dothan Industries: Supporting the Host Family. My thoughts are that this was maybe a school for wayward youth or some sort of jail diversion work camp. The graffiti leads me to believe someone died here. Perhaps at the hands of the police? I can't find anything about the building on the internet. But, it's certainly creepy, I'll give it that. :)
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