As Holmes County's premier (and only) country club subdivision, Dogwood Lakes also brings back fond memories of the bygone Sixties era.When the news came out that an eccentric Englishman named Charles Leslie Walker had bought land about seven miles outside Bonifay to develop, most locals reacted with equal amounts of disbelief and amusement. An older farmhouse on the property was used as headquarters, and Walker began an intensive public relations effort. The man had a natural flair for networking. He cooperated with the Holmes Creek Soil Conservation District to get engineering assistance.He held juke box parties with local professionals and politicians invited, not omitting juniors and seniors at HCHS. These teens were even treated to a moonlight hayride around the property with its 9...
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