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BY GERALD OCHS
Rappahannock NewsSpecial Writer
He’s been a singer, an actor, a writer, a two-term Congressman from Georgia. Now Ben Jones, perhaps better known to television viewers as Cooter Davenport on the “Dukes of Hazzard” (and Buster to his family), has set up Cooter’s, a general store, “Dukes of Hazzard” Museum.
Located across U.S. 211 from the Sperryville Emporium, Cooter’s opened this past weekend to a marveling crowd, many of whom were stopped by the sight of the General Lee, the “Duke’s” show cased 1969 Dodger Charger R/T.
Ben and his wife Alma moved to Rappahannock this past October, having purchased a beautiful log home in Harris Hollow. Ben thought that it might be good for him and Alma, good for the county, and good for the “Dukes of Hazzard” to share the show’s success and values with the public.
Though the original “Dukes of Hazzard” show aired from January 26, 1979 to August 16, 1985, it created a generation of “Duke’s” lovers and has appeal to a new generation, now showing to millions twice daily on the Nashville Network.
The “Dukes of Hazzard” is a phenomenon. The show is still viable after all these years, and a trot around the Internet gives a good indication of its popularity today, there must be thirty or more web sites dedicated to the “Dukes”.
Ben says that the “Dukes of Hazzard” was like an old —
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