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This is Sportsman's Corner, a bait shop/gas station. The road in front is Martintown and the road to the left is Woodlawn, a road people took to get to Clark's Hill lake. We moved into the house my parents still live in about a mile from Sportsman's Corner in 1984. I was 3 years old. The closest grocery store was apx. 15 minutes away, so Sportsman's was our go to place for essential items like milk and bread on many occasions. Sportsman's got many facelifts and upgrades over the years, but always retained a log cabin/ shack esthetic. Sprint bought it in 2018 (approximate) and although it is a Sprint station, it kept the Sportsman's Corner name. Although it is much bigger and nicer than the 1984 version, it has always kept the same feel as the original. Many men met at Sportsman's for coffee or to drink a beer and talk in the afternoon. My daddy always met our insurance agent there to discuss business.

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