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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DDZ_west-blocton-alabama_West-Blocton-AL.html
West Blocton began as a business and residential community adjoining the Cahaba Coal Mining Company's town of Blocton in 1883-84. West Blocton incorporated in 1901. Eugene D. Reynolds was the first mayor, 1901-1904, followed by Dr. L.E. Peacock, 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM179W_town-of-woodstock_Woodstock-AL.html
Woodstock was first settled in the 1820's with a formal land grant to William Houston on Feb. 27, 1826. The settlement was established along the old Tuscaloosa to Huntsville Stage Coach Line. Woodstock got its name when Dr. J.U. Ray named it after…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOVV_blocton-blocton-coke-ovens_West-Blocton-AL.html
BloctonCentered around the coke ovens, Blocton, first called Gresham, was the Cahaba Coal Mining Company town founded by Truman H. Aldrich in 1883-84. Other company officers included W. A. Clark of Muscatine, Iowa, and Cornelius Cadle, Jr., the to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOVU_piper_Brierfield-AL.html
The town of Piper was established in 1901 a half mile of northeast of here by the Little Cahaba Coal Company, named for Oliver Hazzard Perry Piper, a partner of industrialist Henry F. DeBardeleben. Two coal mines were opened in 1901 and 1903. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOVT_belle-ellen_Brierfield-AL.html
One and a half miles northeast of here, the mining town of Belle Ellen was established by the Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land Company in the fall of 1895 and named for Henry F. DeBardeleben's daughter, Belle, and wife, Ellen. DeBardeleben was a noted…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOUK_sunshine-dorothy-morton-house_Brierfield-AL.html
Originally located off Patton Chapel Road in what is today Hoover, Alabama, the Sunshine and Dorothy Morton house was moved to the Brierfield Park in March 2005 by the Morton family and restored over the next two years by restoration specialist Ru…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOTM_hayes-morton-house_Brierfield-AL.html
Wilson Hayes constructed this typical farm house for his wife and six children just south of Six Mile around 1900. After he moved to Oklahoma c. 1915, his daughter Ollie and her husband Levert Rotenberry lived in the home until 1928. Between 1928 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOSI_bibb-furnace_Brierfield-AL.html
The Bibb County Iron Company under the direction of C. C. Huckabee of Newbern, Alabama, constructed a furnace here and poured the first iron in November 1862. Within a year, the Confederate government purchased the works and completed a second and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOS8_absalom-pratt-house_Brierfield-AL.html
Absalom Pratt built this house 8 miles west of here circa 1835 though a section was constructed earlier. It was moved to this site in 1994 by the Cahaba Trace Commission, restored by the Alabama Historic Ironworks Commission, 1997-98, and dedicate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMORN_bibb-naval-furnaces-brierfield-furnaces_Brierfield-AL.html
Principal iron producer for Confederate foundry at Selma where naval guns and iron-clads were made. 1865 - Furnaces destroyed by Wilson's Raiders, U. S. A.1866 - Furnaces rebuilt and operated by Gen. Gorgas, former Ordnance Chief, C. S. A.
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