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Dothan Mule Trade AL332 Print E-mail
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Picture Courtesy of Jimmy Emerson

Marvin Holman, a mule trader for 65 years, was known throughout the nation for the slogan "tolable fair dealer". Opposite this site on the souteast corner of Main and Holman Street stood one of the South's largest mule stables built in 1917. The 27,000 square foot red brick structure was a popular gathering place for farmers and townfolks and contained a "mourners bench" for the traders comfort and consolation. The building was demolished in 1974. Tractors replaced mules and thus ended an era.
In memory of Marvin Holman by Edith Holman Jones and Maxwell E. Jones June 1981
US 84 east bound at the public park in downtown Dothan Houston County Alabama
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