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U.S. Highway No. 90
Navco, Alabama
December 21, 1938
I. B. P.

STORY OF AUGUSTS MOLLIS

Eighty years ago a boy was born in Dauphine in the southeastern part of France, whose name was Auguste Mollie (pronounced
Noyie). Auguste had two brothers and two sisters. As he grew
older he worked on a farm and cared for the fruit trees, but as
time passed he wanted to change places, according to his story.
When he was thirty-fire years old he came to Canada, but remained
there only three months because it was so cold. He then came to
Kansas City, Kansas, and lived there two years before moving to
Spring Hill, a suburb of Mobile.

Mr. Mollie said he worked for Mr. Albert Stein, who laid the first practical waterworks system in Mobile. He said he also worked for Spring Hill College for a long time and saved his money and bought his home on Dog River. To reach Auguste's home one must leave Mobile County Court House and go west on Government Street on Highway No. 90, for five miles, and turn to the left at the first unpaved road, then go down this road to Navco Station, turning left at the station, to come to a new blacktop road. Driving on this road a mile, a turn is reached and instead of following the blacktop road, one turns to the right onto a narrow country trail, following it one quarter of a mile.

Auguste said when he first bought the place, there was no road, so he helped clear the area and in fact did the most of the work.

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