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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2585_william-thomas-tom-mann-eufaula-alabama_Eufaula-AL.html
William Thomas "Tom" Mann
1932-2005
Family man, entrepreneur and bass angler legend, Tom Mann, achieved fame as a fishing lure designer/manufacturer and helped put Lake Eufaula on the map with his popular television shows. With an investment o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23W4_the-opening-of-the-second-phase-of-the-second-creek-war_Louisville-AL.html
The Second Creek War began in May of 1836 when a portion of area Creeks, angry at their treatment in the wake of the Treaty of Cusseta and in desperate circumstances, struck out against American settlements. A series of small battles occurred thro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23W3_the-battles-of-hobdys-bridge-and-pea-river_Louisville-AL.html
The battles of Hobdy's Bridge and Pea River were the result of the desperate attempt of Creeks to avoid removal to the West by fleeing to Florida along trails bordering the Pea and Conecuh Rivers. The battles marked the last large-scale confrontat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23VX_louisville-and-old-alabama_Louisville-AL.html
Louisville is one of the oldest communities in southeastern Alabama. Locąted within territory ceded by the Creeks in the Treaty of Fort Jackson (1814) ending the Creek War, the area was first settled by Americans as early as 1817. Many of its…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23UX_louisville-world-war-ii-memorial-a-war-memorial_Louisville-AL.html
In memory of
these men who
gave their lives
in World War II
Jim A. (Jack) Bradley
Amuel Buren Canant
James Edward Hagler
Foy Glenn Hartzog
David Lamar Smith
William Arden Stephens
George Robert Self, M.M.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X29_cotton-and-creek-country-historical_Eufaula-AL.html
A primary factor in the eventual expulsion of the Creeks from their ancestral homeland was the fact that their territory was some of the best suited in the nation for the production of cotton. Containing enormous tracts of productive soils, a long…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WX6_chief-eufaula-yoholo-micco-historical_Eufaula-AL.html
"Chief Eufaula," the man often referred to in the historical record as "Yoholo Micco," was a Creek chieftain from the Upper Creek town of Eufaula. Born in the late 1700s, he fought alongside allied Creeks with United States forces against his Red …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WWQ_in-honor-of-all-world-war-ii-veterans-a-war-memorial_Eufaula-AL.html
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Roll of honor
Front & Rear
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WVL_the-second-creek-war-in-the-eufaula-area-historical_Eufaula-AL.html
In 1836 long-simmering tensions between Creeks and American settlers erupted into warfare. The Creeks, crowded onto the last portion of their ancestral homeland and witnessing the rampant theft of their lands, had also become subject to harsh laws…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WVK_the-city-of-eufaula-historical_Eufaula-AL.html
The Second Creek war resulted in the final expulsion of the Creeks from eastern Alabama and paved the way for large-scale American settlement. The town of Irwinton gradually expanded westward from the bluff overlooking the Chattahoochee in the yea…