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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IZH_the-honorable-frank-minis-johnson-jr_Haleyville-AL.html
Born in Winston County, Alabama in 1918, Frank M. Johnson, Jr. transcended the prejudices of his time and made his mark as one of the great jurists in American history.
He married his Winston County sweetheart, Ruth Jenkins, in 1938. During Wor…
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The Cherokee Indians were here first. They lived under the bluffs, near an area called the "division of the waters." Richard McMahan established the first permanent settlement here in1820. John Byler completed the first major r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSRI_piney-ridge-school_Arley-AL.html
Originally known as Dismal School. Built of pine logs in 1900 on 1½ acres of land given by Zeb Humphreys, the building was about 20 feet square. Seats were rough board benches without backs. Students gathered pine knots to burn in the heating…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSRH_bethel-school_Arley-AL.html
The Community's first four settlers homesteaded land near this site in 1832. The little log schoolhouse, just 18 feet square, was built in 1874. The land, given by L. F. Hembree, is now the site of Bethel Cemetery. With no heat, a dirt floor, and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSRG_nathan-alabama_Arley-AL.html
Post office established May 9, 1908. Named for the first postmaster, Nathan B. Langley, who was succeeded by Robert C. Walker and David H. Hamner. Post office discontinued June 30, 1915; housed in a general store operated on this site byWarren Ham…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSRF_arley-alabama_Arley-AL.html
On January 11, 1861 the State of Alabama seceded from the Union. Deeply perturbed, the people of Winston County held a political convention on July 4, 1861 at Looney's Tavern, near Addison. A resolution was adopted to the effect that Alabama had n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSRD_the-party-line-the-talking-machine_Arley-AL.html
Here was located the switchboard known as "Central", of Winston Telephone, Arley's Grand Old Party Line. Built about 1909 by Mimm Wright, with an estimated maximum of 25 phones, she was the pulse of the community. When one phone rang, they all ran…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSRC_old-arley-school_Arley-AL.html
Only two-room schoolhouse for miles around. Built in 1903, "The Big Room" was a two-story building with the Masons using the upper story. "The Little Room" was a later addition. The basic studies were the three R's and The Golden Rule. Teachers ga…