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Country singer Hank Williams was from southeast Alabama and, in his early years, sang at many events throughout the region. In 1948, E.L. Jackson, owner of the newly built Western Auto on North Prairie Street, the town's main street, hired Hank to perform at the store's grand opening. The photograph from which the panoramic portion of the mural was painted was taken by local photographer Cephus Hendley, and legend holds that nearly everyone living in the town that day appears in it.
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