[LG0316]

Hi Everyone. It is so great to see that there is interest in this great little town. There are a lot of people that want to see this town turn around and come back to better than what it was. We moved to Cottonwood from Orlando, Florida about a year ago. We knew there was something great about this place and the people. We have started developing some of the land around Sealy Springs for a new subdivision that will have aprox 300 new homes. We have heard unoffically that the talks about reopening the springs are in full swing again and they want to move forward in redeveloping the site. Cottonwood is such a great little town and the people are wonderful. We hope to see it brought back the thriving community of yesterday where you know your neighbors and have pride in where you come from. The schools are really top notch(the football team too!!). If anyone would like additional information please email me and I will be happy to help!! lgconstruction@earthlink.net

[sytmar]

Many wonderful memories of growing up in C'wood...Sealy Springs was a beehive of activity during the late 30's and 40's. The reception room was large, the walls dark, leather covered furniture, and a lodge-like atmosphere--very rich looking. Very quiet. Nurses, nurses aides, older disabled people (usually wealthy) as well as many younger people and families vacationing. Then governor "Big Jim" Folsom was a frequent visitor, and he always attended our Baptist Church in C'wood on Sundays whenever he was at Sealy's, causing much excitement among us teenagers.
The train was also huffing and puffing alongside the highway in front of the school during some of those years. During those early years the highway was not paved to Dothan, no Greyhound buses then, but there was a stretch(?) limosine that regularly ran from C'wood to Dothan.

[1960bear]

I would like very much to see the springs redeveloped. I lived there until I was 24 and moved away.It will always be home to me.