Prattville (Pratt-vull)

 About 10 miles north, and a world apart, from Montgomery is the town of Prattville. In it's essence it is a bedroom community to Montgomery. Entering the town from I-65 you come to a "master planned" area. What this means is that you can see the stores but damned if you can pull into them. Nice area but street layout designer was high on something. They are a golf destination and hosted an LPGA event last weekend.

 But the history goes back much further and you find that out by visiting the old downtown area. It looks like you expect a small, rural town to look like.

 The main part of old downtown borders a creek that was the basis of it's birth and existence in years gone by.

I read this sign..

and looked at this fountain...

 And chuckled. Growing up there was an artesian well/fountain in downtown Humble that shot feet into the air. Oh well, one persons fountain is another's damp spot.

 Not a bad place, beats the hell out of Montgomery.