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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ0I_tuscumbias-oakwood-cemetery_Tuscumbia-AL.html
This burial ground was designated on General John Coffee's 1817 survey and original map "Plan of a Town at the Coldwater Spring." The oldest tombstone carries the burial date 1821 and the cemetery contains graves of veterans from all wars beginnin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ0G_william-winston-home_Tuscumbia-AL.html
Construction on the home which became the center building of Deshler High School was begun in 1824 by Clark T. Barton. William Winston purchased and completed the Georgian-style dwelling in 1833. The largest remaining antebellum house in Tuscumbia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ0F_first-baptist-church_Tuscumbia-AL.html
This congregation was organized in July 1823 as Concord Church, later known as Union Church, then as Tuscumbia Baptist. Jeremiah Burns was the first pastor. It began meeting at this site about 1845 in a plain wooden building. The New England-style…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIX0_st-johns-episcopal-church_Tuscumbia-AL.html
This congregation was organized in the 1830's, with services being held in private homes and the Methodist meeting house. The present building was first used in October 1852 and completed the following year. During the Civil War, Union troops occu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIWT_tuscumbia-railway_Tuscumbia-AL.html
First Railroad west of Alleghenies1832 ~ begun here; completed to Decatur, 45 miles east, in 1834. Cotton shipped by this line around nearby Muscle Shoals, then by boat down Tennessee ~ Mississippi R to world markets.1851 ~ expanded to Memphis ~ C…