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For instance, Fort Payne, Alabama was known at the beginning of the 20th century as the “Sock Capital of the World” because its textile mills produced over half the socks and hosiery worn in the United States; as a result, the city’s local Cracker Barrel features an entire wall adorned with items like industrial sock stretchers, darning needles and knitting machines.

The group performed in and around Fort Payne until 1973, when the cousins decided to pursue music full time and started working in bars and roadhouses throughout the South.

Jeffrey Alan Cook, one of three children of James and Betty Cook, was born on Aug. 27, 1949, in Fort Payne, Ala., a small town in the northeastern part of the state.

Stopping at every exit promising a pumpkin patch or a farmer's market along our route through Montgomery, Birmingham, Gadsden, and Fort Payne, it took us a really long time to travel those 400 miles, but we had a ball.

That’s the preferred beverage for the rookie from Fort Payne, Alabama.