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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SY7_tecumseh-and-the-prophets-a-war-memorial_Daviston-AL.html
In 1811 Tecumseh, a Shawnee Indian tapped the growing resentment within the Creek Nation.
Treaties with the whites had always seemed to work against them. The U.S. Government had adopted a persistent policy to change Creek government and cultur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SKD_alabama-mills-wwii-memorial_Dadeville-AL.html
In honor of those who served so gallantly
in World War II, 1941 — 1945
and
in memory of the following
who made the supreme sacrifice
Monroe Newman · G.W. Henderson
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SJS_woods-presbyterian-church_Jacksons-Gap-AL.html
In 1898, nine area residents organized a Presbyterian church with Rev. B.F. Bellinger as organizational pastor. Worship services were held every fourth Sunday in the old Concord School or, weather permitting, under a bush arbor on the site. A ceme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SJQ_first-baptist-church_Dadeville-AL.html
Dadeville First Baptist Church was organized on December 1, 1838. The initial congregation of nine communtty members. banding together to serve Christ, met first in a home and then in the Masonic Lodge. The first sanctuary, built in 1854 on Lafaye…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SJK_fletcher-napoleon-farrington-sr_Dadeville-AL.html
Fletcher Farrington, after graduating from the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University), came to Tallapoosa County as a county agent for the Agricultural Extension Service in 1932. Concluding that soil erosion was the local farmers mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SJ0_tallapoosa-county-peace-officers_Dadeville-AL.html
Tallapoosa County
Honors its
Peace Officers who gave their
lives in the line of duty
Larry Neal Stone
Camp Hill PD
December 20, 1968
Roland Hicks, Jr.
Camp Hill PD
August 10, 1969
Clarence Martin
Alexander City PD
January 6,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SIW_goldville_Cragford-AL.html
Incorporated on January 25, 1843
Was at one time
one of the
largest cities in Alabama
with a population of
near 5,000
With the coming of
the California gold rush
in 1849
the city became
a dormant municipality
later to be
reinstat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QOT_first-universalist-church-of-camp-hill_Camp-Hill-AL.html
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The First Universalist Church of Camp Hill was the largest Universalist church in the southeastern United States in the first half of the 20th century. With roots in the European Enlightenment, Universalism was transplanted to the America…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QOS_edward-bell-high-school-alma-mater_Camp-Hill-AL.html
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Edward Bell High School
On this site Tallapoosa County Training School, later named Edward Bell High School, became the first high school for African Americans in Tallapoosa County, Alabama in 1931, with graduation of its first two st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QOJ_town-of-new-site_Daviston-AL.html
In 1849, residents of Goldville began leaving the gold mining in northern Tallapoosa County for richer fields in California. A new location was found to the south. Stores, sawmills, and cotton gins were built. By 1857, "New Site" was lis…