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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29C2_mose-hampton-1808-1885_Centre-AL.html
Mose Hampton bought his freedom prior to the Civil War. He was a builder, assisted in laying out and surveying the town of Centre, a minister in the Episcopal Methodist North, and an inventor. Mr. Hampton owned land in the vicinity of this marker …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29C1_j-d-jordan-jr-house_Centre-AL.html
This house was built in 1846 by George Walden soon after the town of Centre was laid out. The house was occupied by Judge Wm. Lafayette Whitlock who was a lawyer, delegate to the 1861 Secession Convention and judge of the 12th judicial district. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM274C_gen-john-b-hood-headquarters_Cedar-Bluff-AL.html
Gen. Hood, commanding the Dept. of Tennessee and Georgia for the Confederate Army, made his headquarters in this house on Oct. 19, 1864 on his retreat from Atlanta to Tennessee via Gadsden. His army numbered approximately 40,000 troops.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2748_sand-rock_Leesburg-AL.html
The town was named for the characteristics of local rocks. A post office was established in 1855 and closed in 1903. The Sand Rock High School Wildcats won the Class 1A football championship in 1985 and the Class 2A State softball championship in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26E0_john-johnathan-pratt_Centre-AL.html
Inventor of the early typewriter—the pterotye. Born in 1831, Union Dist., S.C., died in 1905, grave 2 miles west. While registered in chancery and later editor of the National Democrat near this siteabout 1860, developed his first writing ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26BZ_kings-hill-skirmish_Leesburg-AL.html
On October 23, 1864, U.S. troops under Brig. Gen. W.L. Elliot, Chief of U.S. Calvary, Dept. of the Cumberland, advanced upon Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler's Confederate forces positioned on King's Hill. The C.S. troop's fell back to another line of wor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM265I_arthur-tarzan-white_Gaylesville-AL.html
Born in Lockhart, Alabama in 1915, Tarzan played alongside Bear Bryant on the University of Alabama's 1934 National Championship Team and was honored as an All-American in 1936. He went on to play for the New York Giants, winning a NFL Championshi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM261N_indian-village-of-costa_Cedar-Bluff-AL.html
This general area is believed to be the site of the Indian village of Costa visited by DeSoto July 2, 1540. The very old cedar trees may have been here at that time. They are some of the largest in the Southeast. These cedars are among the compara…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM261M_turkey-town-council-site_Centre-AL.html
One mile south was an important Indian Council site from about 1707. Named for noted chief, the "Turkey". Here in October 1816, a council of Cherokees, Creeks, and Chickasaws met to settle boundaries and ratify a peace treaty. General Andrew Jacks…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2610_rock-run-furnace_Piedmont-AL.html
Put into blast on June 1, 1874, the furnace would change ownership two times prior to being purchased by the Bass Foundry and Machine Co. of Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1880. A rail spur was built from the furnace to Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad at …