Alma, Arkansas: Popeye Statue - 2007 Model
Alma calls itself "Spinach Capital of the World," and holds a spinach festival every April. The town's newest statue stands in a fountain in a downtown park.
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Popeye Statue - 2007 Model
If you want to get a good photo of Popeye, make sure you get to the park before sun starts getting lower into the West. There are no trees or anything to block the suns rays from going straight into your camera lens if you want that full frontal shot of the sailor man. On the other hand, all that spinach seems to have produced in Popeye other physical attributes that can only be enjoyed from the rear.
The park's mural appears to be almost finished and makes a nice contribution to the garden display. At this time though, there is still scaffolding in the way of getting the best photos of the entire park.
[Gary Epperson, 09/08/2011]Popeye Statue - 2007 Model
This one actually looks like Popeye.
[David, 04/17/2011]The Popeye statue is great, but what you really need to see is a town in need of desperate improvement. Oh yea, they thought the best way to spend their money is to build a MILLION dollar high school football stadium! No joke!
[Kale Kemp, 03/30/2010]Perhaps some would argue that was wiser than spending it on a new, MILLION dollar Popeye statue! Not us though.
Since 1987, Alma, Arkansas's claim to be "Spinach Capital of the World" has rested on the drooping shoulders of a fiberglass and papier-mache Popeye statue, chained into a wooden hutch to prevent it from being swiped by students from the next-door high school.
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Popeye Statue - 2007 Model
Popeye Park
- Address:
- Fayetteville Ave., Alma, AR
- Directions:
- Popeye Park. I-40 exit 13 onto US 71 south. Go through the traffic light, bear left, then turn right onto Fayetteville Ave./Hwy 162 into downtown. The Park is at the other end of town, on the right.
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