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5 unusual facts about Dothan


Fanaticon

Fanaticon is a multi-genre, science-fiction, fantasy, comic book, anime, and gaming convention held in Dothan, Alabama.

Karl Spooner

For the 1958 season, Spooner was demoted to the very lowest rung of minor league ball, playing for Dothan in the 'D' level Alabama-Florida League, appearing in 9 games.

Liu Nannan

In April, she reached the semi-final of a $75,000 tournament at Dothan, Alabama, losing to Varvara Lepchenko.

Peanut Monument

Peanut Monument at the Dothan, Alabama Visitor Information Center, proclaiming Dothan as the "Peanut Capital of the World"

Troy Trojans men's basketball

He was inducted into the Wiregrass Sports Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Dothan, Alabama on June 7, 2008.


Buddy Buie

However, nearly all the songs written by Buie and his co-writers were conceived in Eufaula, Alabama on Thomas Mill Creek where Buie had a small fishing trailer (Eufaula is only a 3-hour drive from Atlanta and a 1-hour drive from Dothan, making it a convenient location).

Dothan Subdivision

Perhaps the biggest boon to the Dothan Subdivision came in 2005 as Hyundai completed the construction of a new automotive assembly plant near Montgomery.

Hartford and Slocomb Railroad

Largely abandoned in 1992, the remaining tracks from Dothan to Taylor were sold to Gulf and Ohio Railways and operated as the H and S Railroad.

Mackey Sasser

After his playing career he became a baseball coach at Wallace Community College in Dothan, Alabama.

Born in Fort Gaines, Georgia, Sasser played college baseball at Wallace Community College - Dothan and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1987 Major League Baseball Draft by the San Francisco Giants.

Wayne Farms

Eventually, the company acquired processing plants in Danville, Arkansas, Laurel, Mississippi, Decatur, Alabama, Dobson, North Carolina, Pendergrass, Georgia, Enterprise, Alabama, College Park, Georgia and Dothan, Alabama.

WDFX

WDFX-TV, a television station (channel 34 analog/33 digital) licensed to Dothan, Alabama, United States

WEEL

WCNF, a radio station (700 AM) licensed to Dothan, Alabama, United States, known as WEEL from 2007 to 2010

WJJN

WJJN-LD, a low-power television station (channel 5) licensed to serve Dothan, Alabama, United States

WOOF

WOOF-FM, a radio station (99.7 FM) licensed to Dothan, Alabama, United States

WRGX

WRGX-LD, a television station (channel 23) licensed to Dothan, Alabama, United States

WTVY

WTVY-FM, a radio station (95.5 FM) licensed to Dothan, Alabama, United States


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