EXPLORER STREETS

South of Voyager Elementary School and north of City Park in Alexandria on the east side of Lake Henry there are the 'Explorer Streets'. I don't think that is an official label ...
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FIRST PONTOON ON THE CHAIN?

Passing by the Legacy of the Lakes Museum in Alexandria you might notice a small pontoon outside the front entrance. Here is the story about one of the first pontoons on Alexandria's ...
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BIG OLE AND 1965 WORLD’S FAIR

58 years ago on April 22, 1964, the New York World's Fair began on 646 acres of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. There were two six-month seasons at the fair, April 22 - October ...
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HICKS HOME

The old post office building on Broadway in Alexandria was renovated by my dad back in 1977. He owned Crown Realty (now Crown Realtors Coldwell Banker, a friendly competitor of yours truly) ...
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FARWELL RISING

A friend and classmate that grew up a few blocks from the Alexandria home where I was raised on Douglas Street bought a church in 2016. Yes, a church. The church is ...
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BOY’S POINT – L’HOMME DIEU

Did you know that L'homme Dieu's Government Point used be named Boy's Point? Before it became Government Point it was owned by six Alexandria men that intended to build a clubhouse on ...
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BROWNS POINT – LAKE DARLING

A friend of mine is an owner of a property at Lake Darling's Browns Point and had family from Texas visiting earlier this week. She loves aerial photos and videos so I ...
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2020 LEGACY OF THE LAKES BOAT PARADE

Normally at this time of year the Legacy of the Lakes Museum would have had classic boat lovers having a great time at Arrowwood Resort at their classic boat show. These aren't ...
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2020 LAKE CARLOS 4TH OF JULY BOAT PARADE

The video below was collected yesterday as participants in the Lake Carlos Fourth of July Boat Parade gathered at the southwest corner of Lake Carlos prior to the start of the annual ...
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