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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BQ5_old-calaboose_Wetumpka-AL.html
First Jail in Wetumpka
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BOX_high-water-mark_Wetumpka-AL.html
April 8, 1938
On this day, the Coosa Rive Rose to this level at
this location after heavy rainfall over the Coosa
River Basin.
For more information, contact:
National Weather Service Birmingham, Alabama
www.srh.noaa.gov.bmx
Southeast Ri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S79_welton-blanton-doby-high-school_Wetumpka-AL.html
W. B. Doby served as the first President of the Elmore County Teachers Association, Principal of Elmore County Training School, and as an ordained minister in the A.M.E. Church. Local leaders dedicated this school for African-American students on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CV5_williams-lowndes-yancey_Wetumpka-AL.html
1940One half mile from this siteis the home ofWilliam Lowndes Yancey1814-1863American StatesmanSouthern Secession LeaderSilver Tongued Orator
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C6R_world-war-ii-memorial_Wetumpka-AL.html
Dedicated byAlabama Mills, Inc.In honor of those who served so gallantlyIn World War II 1941-1945andIn memory of the followingwho made the supreme sacrificeR.D. Leonard · Herman JohnsonGeorge Brown · W.E. Holcomb
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C69_elmore-county-training-school_Wetumpka-AL.html
Constructed in 1924 on five acres, this building was one of nine schools constructed in Elmore County with funding assistance from the Julius Rosenwald Fund. Between 1912-32, Julius Rosenwald, a Jewish philanthropist and CEO of Sears, Roebuck and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C68_wetumpka-methodist-church_Wetumpka-AL.html
Completed in 1854, this building was the third Methodist Church building erected in Wetumpka and served both black and white congregations. Transitional exterior and interior architecture features elegant simplicity of Greek revival styles. Interi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BKD_fort-jackson_Wetumpka-AL.html
At this site stood Fort Toulouse,later Fort Jackson, named in honor ofGen. Andrew Jacksonwho onMarch 27, 1814,defeated the Creek Indians in adecisive battle at Horseshoe Bend.
ErectedbyPeter Forney Chapter D.A.R.Montgomery, Ala.May 21, 1915
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BGR_here-stood-fort-toulouse_Wetumpka-AL.html
Here stoodFort ToulouseA defense againstthe IndiansBuilt byBienville1714
The Alabama Societyof Colonial Damespreserves the memoryof faithful service1912
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BDQ_wetumpkas-bridges_Wetumpka-AL.html
(side 1)In 1834, the Wetumpka Toll Bridge Co. built the first of four bridges spanning the Coosa River at this site. It was destroyed in a flood in 1844. A second toll bridge was completed the same year by John Godwin whose slave, Horace King, des…