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Steve Flowers on "Big Jim" Folsom Part Three

Alabama Public Radio | By Steve Flowers
Published July 27, 2017 at 11:59 AM CDT

Big Jim was sworn in early 1947 and began to work with his famous farm-to-market road program. This work is what he's most remembered for today; in fact, most rural roads in Alabama were paved by Big Jim Folsom in his farm-to-market road program  ...
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Politics & Government Sharecroppingbusinesses and industriesfarm to market programrural roads
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