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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2585_william-thomas-tom-mann-eufaula-alabama_Eufaula-AL.html
William Thomas "Tom" Mann
1932-2005
Family man, entrepreneur and bass angler legend, Tom Mann, achieved fame as a fishing lure designer/manufacturer and helped put Lake Eufaula on the map with his popular television shows. With an investment o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X29_cotton-and-creek-country-historical_Eufaula-AL.html
A primary factor in the eventual expulsion of the Creeks from their ancestral homeland was the fact that their territory was some of the best suited in the nation for the production of cotton. Containing enormous tracts of productive soils, a long…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WX6_chief-eufaula-yoholo-micco-historical_Eufaula-AL.html
"Chief Eufaula," the man often referred to in the historical record as "Yoholo Micco," was a Creek chieftain from the Upper Creek town of Eufaula. Born in the late 1700s, he fought alongside allied Creeks with United States forces against his Red …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WWQ_in-honor-of-all-world-war-ii-veterans-a-war-memorial_Eufaula-AL.html
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Roll of honor
Front & Rear
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WVL_the-second-creek-war-in-the-eufaula-area-historical_Eufaula-AL.html
In 1836 long-simmering tensions between Creeks and American settlers erupted into warfare. The Creeks, crowded onto the last portion of their ancestral homeland and witnessing the rampant theft of their lands, had also become subject to harsh laws…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WVK_the-city-of-eufaula-historical_Eufaula-AL.html
The Second Creek war resulted in the final expulsion of the Creeks from eastern Alabama and paved the way for large-scale American settlement. The town of Irwinton gradually expanded westward from the bluff overlooking the Chattahoochee in the yea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WVJ_the-creek-town-of-eufaula-historical_Eufaula-AL.html
The area surrounding Eufaula was once part of a regional Creek population center. Towns of note in the region included Sawokli (also known as Sabacola) and the town of Eufaula for which the modern city is named. Trails linked these closely-connect…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WVI_the-town-of-irwinton-historical_Eufaula-AL.html
A small group of American settlers from Georgia formed a community called Eufaula in this vicinity as early as 1823. The settlement began to grow in importance later in the decade through the influence of prominent local landholder and Creek War v…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WVG_world-war-i-doughboy-a-war-memorial_Eufaula-AL.html
To Those Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice
1917 — World War — 1918
John Asbury Boswell
Robert W. Brannon-Hinton W. Holleman
Porter R. Doughtie-Daniel T. Tully
Lest We Forget.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WSO_the-tree-that-owns-itself-historical_Eufaula-AL.html
The Tree That Owns Itself
Planned and Dedicated
April 19, 1961
Replacing the Walker Oak
Felled by Wind April 9, 1961
Original Deed Granted by
City of Eufaula
to the
Post Oak Tree
April 8, 1936
"Only God Can Make a Tree"