"The Junction"

"The Junction" (HMQ8B)

Location: Attalla, AL 35954 Etowah County
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Country: United States of America
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N 34° 1.156', W 86° 5.127'

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Attalla

For thousands of years, two important Indian trade routes ran across what was to become Etowah County. The "High Town Path" ran from Charlestown, S.C. west to the Mississippi River, near Memphis, TN. The "Creek Path" begins at Pensacola, Fl. and runs northwest into the Ohio Country.

Two miles west of this spot, on Big Wills Creek, the two routes formed a "Junction," and became a combined path across Racoon (Sand) Mountain, where it again divided.

By 1866-1867, two railroads were under construction and later crossed to form a junction. In 1873 it was chartered as a Town Attalla.
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HM NumberHMQ8B
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Year Placed2008
Placed ByCherokee Chapter National Society Colonial Dames of the XVII Century
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Date Added Thursday, September 25th, 2014 at 10:47am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 584438 N 3764669
Decimal Degrees34.01926667, -86.08545000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 1.156', W 86° 5.127'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 1' 9.36" N, 86° 5' 7.62" W
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Area Code(s)256
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 136-198 Cleveland Ave, Attalla AL 35954, US
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