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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BFR_first-muscle-shoals-canal-second-muscle-shoals-canal_Florence-AL.html
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First Muscle Shoals Canal
1836-1838
From the earliest attempts to navigate the Tennessee River, it was known that a formidable obstacle made the passage from one end to the other almost impossible. This barrier, caused by waterfalls,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM265K_founding-of-florence_Florence-AL.html
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Lauderdale County was created b the Territorial Legislature in February 1818. On March 12, 1818, recognized as the Founding Day for Florence, Alabama the Articles of Association was signed by the seven trustees of the newly~organized Cyp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22UJ_aaron-gus-green_Florence-AL.html
In 2001, Aaron Green, a Taliesin Fellow and a member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects, was awarded the very first Gold Medal by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22UI_homer-j-givens_Florence-AL.html
For unparalleled bravery on the battlefield in France during World War I, Corporal Homer Givens was awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French government which hailed him as the war's first American hero.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22UH_jonathan-quinn-pettus_Florence-AL.html
Named Associate Director of Marshall Space Flight Center in 2016, Jonathan Pettus was honored whith the NASA Medal for Outstanding Leadership in 2005 and the Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Executives in 2009.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20YM_driven-up-the-waters_Florence-AL.html
The Trail of Tears led groups of Cherokee up the Tennessee River here. The Cherokee are one of southeastern tribes who were relocated to Oklahoma due to the US Indian removal policy in the 1830s.
During removal, most Cherokee went by land, but …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20E6_shoals-creek-preserve-tract_Florence-AL.html
Nature Preserve and Recreation Area
This tract was protected through the efforts of the Alabama's Forever Wild Land Trust,
The Alabama Lands of The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources with assistance of the Lauderdale County Commis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z7G_coffee-high-school_Florence-AL.html
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Coffee High School opened at this site in the fall of 1917. Camilla Coffee donated the land in honor of her late husband, Capt. Alexander D. Coffee, son of Gen. John Coffee, a Founding Father of Florence. Because of her generosity, the s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W6Y_michael-nick-nichols-historical_Florence-AL.html
Winner of international awards such as the 1982 Wildlife Photographer of the Year through the Overseas Press Club, Michael Nichols was named Photography Editor-at-Large for National Geographic Magazine in 2008.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W6X_natalie-chanin-historical_Florence-AL.html
Beginning in the year 2000, the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum in New York and the National Textile Museum in Washington, among others have honored the fabric and clothing designs of internationally known Natalie Chanin.