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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EWN_founders-oak_Auburn-AL.html
This post oak started growth in 1850 and was 6 years old when East Alabama Male College was established. It was 33 years old when the Alabama Agricultural Station was established, 91 when the nation entered World War II, and over 100 when this sit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EWM_the-old-rotation_Auburn-AL.html
Established in 1896 by Professor J.F. Duggar, the Old Rotation at Auburn University is: (1) the oldest, continuous cotton experiment in the U.S.; and (2) the 3rd oldest continuous field crop experiment in the U.S.; and (3) the 1st experiment to de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EA0_chewacla-state-park_Auburn-AL.html
Side 1Under President Franklin D. Roosevel'ts New Deal (1933-1942), the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established to provide work for single young men. The CCC's Company 4448, Camp Alabama SP-12, began work in September 1935 to construct C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E9X_shady-grove-christian-church_Opelika-AL.html
Organized November 15, 1846, as the Church of Christ at Shady Grove, under the New Covenant of 2nd Corinthians, 3rd chapter, agreeing to believe all the New Testament teaches, and to obey all its injunctions to best of their capacity and submit to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E9V_wrights-mill_Auburn-AL.html
Side 1A popular recreation area for more than 100 years. Original dam located a short distance below Chewacla Lake Dam. Mill located on the west bank and ground both corn and wheat. Earlier mill owners from 1840's were Echols, Hiram Reed, Charles …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E9T_first-rosenwald-school_Auburn-AL.html
Side 1On this site once stood the first of over 5,300 Rosenwald schools for black children built between 1913 and 1932. The schools were started in a collaboration between Julius Rosenwald, CEO of Sears, Roebuck, and Company and Booker T. Washingt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E9R_dr-alexandar-nunn-lee-county-historical-society_Auburn-AL.html
Side 1Dr. Alexandar NunnDr. Nunn was born in Loachapoka on September 17, 1904. Beginning in 1924 he contributed to and edited the Progressive Farmer Magazine for 43 years. He helped to start Southern Living Magazine, retiring in 1967 as executive …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E9O_beans-mill_Opelika-AL.html
Side 1Here in 1897 the first iron bridge in Lee County was built. In 1903 George W. Bean bought the mill, operating it until his death in 1952. About 1910 Bean installed an iron overshot wheel to replace the old turbine. Later, the dam height was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E9N_line-32-28-north-latitude_Smiths-Station-AL.html
Northern Boundary of:British W. Florida 1764-83Spanish W. Florida 1783-95Mississippi Territory: 1798-1804Washington County 1800-12Clarke County 1812-15
Southern Boundary of:British Illinois 1764-83United States 1783-95
Line fixed in 1764 by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AF7_camp-opelika_Opelika-AL.html
Located on this 800 acre site was an enemy prisoner of war camp. Construction of Camp Opelika began in September 1942. The first prisoner, captured by the British, were part of General Erwin Rommel's Africa Corps. The camp prisoner population was …