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Serving 16 years as president of the American Farm Bureau Federation (1931-1947), Mr. O'Neal developed major New Deal farm policies in the Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration. Inducted 2007 City of Florence Walk of Honor
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Buddy Killen earned international renown as a music publisher, songwriter, record producer and recording artist. He help launch the careers of a host of well-known musicians during the last half of the 20th century.Inducted 2007City of Florence Wa…
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Through his personal and business relationship with Andrew Jackson, Gen. Coffee led Jackson's cavalry in the Battle of New Orleans in 1815 and became a celebrated American hero.Inducted 2007 City of Florence Walk of Honor
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The great engineering genius of the Panama Canal lived at this site from 1888 until 1907.As a young lieutenant, Gothals was sent to Florence to speed up the work on the Muscle Shoals Canal Project which effectively by~passed the serious river impe…
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Born in Florence in 1873, W.C. Handy wrote some of the country's most recognizable blues music such as the "St. Louis Blues." He became internationally known as the "Father of the Blues."Inducted 2007City of Florence Walk of Honor
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Lawyer and statesman James T. Rapier, a son of free African-American parents in Florence, holds the distinction of being just the second African-American from Alabama to be elected, in 1873, to the U.S. Congress. Inducted 2007 City of Florence Wal…
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The Wesleyan Bell was manufactured by the C.S. Bell Company in Hillsboro, Ohio, it is made of alloy steel, has a diameter of 38 inches, and is 24 inches high (not including its yoke). The weight of the bell is 660 pounds. When 350- pounds mounting…
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George Washington Foster, planter, built this Greek Revival Mansion. An Act of the legislature was required to close Court Street, In fall of 1864 it was headquarters of Nathan B. Forrest, General, CSA. Foster's daughter, Sarah Independence McDona…
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On this site Nicholas Marcellus Hentz conducted a girls school, Native of Metz, France.Hentz was a painter, entomologist, author, and was once a professor at University of North Alabama. Experimenting with silkworms, he planted groves of mulberry …
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Oldest state~supported teacher college south of Ohio R. 1830 ~opened as LaGrange College (Methodist) at nearby Leighton. First charted college in state.1855 ~ moved here and re~named Florence Wesleyan University.Flourished untiled closed by war 18…