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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ71_etowah-county-alabama_Gadsden-AL.html
Created by state legislature on December 1, 1868 from territory taken from Cherokee, DeKalb, Marshall, Blount, St. Clair and Calhoun Counties, having originally been formed December 7, 1866 as Baine County in honor of Confederate hero David W. Bai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ70_colonel-hood-house_Gadsden-AL.html
This stately Classic Revival house, built c. 1904, was the residence of Colonel Oliver Roland Hood (1867-1951), eminent Gadsden attorney and civic leaders. Colonel Hood was one of the three incorporators of Alabama Power Company in 1906 and author…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ6Z_gunn-bellenger-house_Gadsden-AL.html
Built in 1886 for Edward Tracy Hollingsworth, a prominent merchant and banker, this two-story Victorian - style house with mansard roof is one of the few surviving examples of late-nineteenth century architecture in Gadsden. The original complex i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ6Y_eleventh-street-school_Gadsden-AL.html
The Eleventh Street School, built in 1907, was one of the earliest elementary schools in Gadsden. It is the only local surviving school building of that era.This two-story red brick structure has solid masonry exterior walls and an entrance which …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ6X_emma-sansom_Gadsden-AL.html
Here girl heroine led Forrest's (CSA) men across Black Creek on way to capture Streight's (USA) raiders.This saved the railroad supplying Confederate Army of Tennessee.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP1T_the-legend-of-noccalula_Gadsden-AL.html
White settlers in the hills of Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina pushed the Cherokee Indian tribes into North Alabama. The Cherokee in turn encroached upon Creek Territory. There were sporadic battles between the tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHTO_turkey-town-monument_Gadsden-AL.html
The surrounding area and this well was part of Turkey's Town, once a capitol of the proud Cherokee Nation. Chief Turkey was the principal chief during the late 1700's.
On October 25, 1864, the Turkey Town Valley Expedition of the XV Corps Union…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC6X_howard-gardner-nichols-1871-1896_Gadsden-AL.html
Nichols came to Alabama City in 1894 to supervise construction of the Dwight Manufacturing Company. While serving as the mill's first agent, he planned and began a model mill village and was elected Mayor of Alabama City.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC6U_dwight-mill-village_Gadsden-AL.html
Dwight Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts selected this site in Alabama City for a cotton mill in 1894. The Mill and the village covering 240 acres was constructed under the direction of Howard Gardner Nichols.
There were 160 New …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA12_the-north-alabama-conference-of-the-united-methodist-church_Gadsden-AL.html
The North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church was organized on this site in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South of Gadsden, AlabamaNovember 16, 1870Bishop Robert Pain, presidingThe Centennial Convocation of the Conference was held …