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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIRM_hoods-middle-tennessee-campaign-and-the-battle-for-decatur_Decatur-AL.html
Following the fall of Atlanta on September 2, 1864, Confederate General John Bell Hood, Commander of the Army of Tennessee, began a series of maneuvers against the Union line of supply running from Atlanta through Northwest Georgia, North Alabama,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMII4_carolyn-cortner-smith_Decatur-AL.html
(Front):Born in 1894 in Normandy, Tennessee, Carolyn Cortner was raised in the Courtland area of Lawrence County, Alabama. She attended Ward-Belmont College in Tennessee. She married Wilburn Smith in 1912. She did not attend formal architecture sc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIGV_first-missionary-baptist-church_Decatur-AL.html
Led by first pastor Alfred Peters, 21 members organized this church on April 22, 1866, in the home of Sister Jane Young. Services were first held in a storefront building on the banks of the Tennessee River. In 1873 First Missionary purchased a ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIGT_schaudies-banks-cottage_Decatur-AL.html
During the 1870s, Samuel Schaudies and Abbie Robinson Schaudies moved to this site from Huntsville and purchased this five-room cottage in 1881 for $800.00. The deed lists this site as part of Lot 84, "Old Town" Decatur. In 1875, their daughter, T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIGS_old-state-bank-building_Decatur-AL.html
Erected 1833, Cost $9,482. Classic Revival design. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Decatur Branch, Bank of The State of Alabama. Chartered 1832 by state legislature, profitable until 1837, charter revoked 1842 and closed. 1842-1901…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIGR_first-railroad_Decatur-AL.html
Built 1833 to by-pass shoals in Tenn. River. Absorbed by Memphis & Charleston And by Southern Rwy. In 1898.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIGP_a-county-older-than-the-state-morgan-county_Decatur-AL.html
Alabama Territorial Legislature created this county in 1818 from lands ceded by Cherokee Indians in 1816. County first named Cotaco, for large creek in county. Named Morgan County in 1821 for Maj. Gen. Daniel Morgan, Revolutionary hero, winner …
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