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	Name:	Kizma Anuice -
	Subject:	I don't think that it is new
	Date:	8/12/2008 5:52:43 PM

I am not sure and have only been told this story. That back in the fifties there was a recreational area around Kowliga for white folks and a recreational area on the Elkahatchee call double bridges for black folks. If you go far enough up the creek you can still see the area and parts of the bridges.
The story goes that a black family came into some money unexpectedly and bought a pink Caddy convertible and a ski boat with a 50 HP motor, the biggest available at the time. One day they got some skis and took the rig to Double Bridges. One guy, the son, the story goes put skis on and tied the rope either to his hand or around his waist. He stood on the bank and the father known as Daddy-O backed the boat close to shore. Ski-King yelled out "let her go Daddy-O", and Daddy-O drove around the lake dragging Ski-King. The skis were still on the bank.

There were several songs recorded about the incident including the Beatty version, one by Felton Jarvis and latter a song called "This Great Society" by Ski-King and the Life-Bouys.
The latter song is about how LBJ is going to give out checks and Daddy-O can use his welfare check to get the boat going again and Ski-King can use his check to buy new skis. By that time Double Bridges and Kowliga were both shut down because of segregation issues. And Wind Creek was a private park that Russell had developed, I was told for its employees. What is now Russell Lands was still part of Russell Mills. Latter Russell mills had a cash problem and sold Wind Creek to the State of Alabama, at basically a give away price because it was draining cash.