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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY95_town-of-margaret_Margaret-AL.html
Margaret traces its roots to the Alabama Fuel & Iron Company, which organized in the early 1900s and developed Margaret coal mines under the leadership of its president Henry F. DeBardeleben. Named after DeBardeleben'; s wife Margaret, the town w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXIK_pell-citys-historical-residential-district_Pell-City-AL.html
The earliest neighborhood in Pell City was the Residential District, located on the northern boundary of the Downtown Historic District. The Residential District was the preferred location for many of the earliest leaders involved in the growth an…
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Created in 1818 by territorial legislature. Named for Revolutionary hero, Gen. St. Clair. First settlers from Tennessee, Georgia - veterans of Creek Indian War, 1813-14. Pell City established as industrial town in 1890 by George H. Pell of New …
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Founded by railroad investors and incorporated on May 6, 1891. Pell City was named for one of the financial backers, George Hamilton Pell of New York. Nearly disappearing after the panic of 1893, the town was redeveloped after 1901 by Sumter Cogsw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXID_camp-winnataska_Pell-City-AL.html
Dr. Elwyn Ballard, Commissioner of Boy Scouts in the Birmingham, and his wife, Florence Aye Ballard, discovered this site in 1914, and became vital forces in the founding and growth of the camp. Boy Scouts and Boys Club members from the area first…
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The town charter for Pell City was granted in 1887. The town was named for George Hamilton Pell, a prominent New York industrialist and president of the East and West Railroad. In 1901, the town was almost deserted when a young man named Sumter Co…
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Originally chartered as Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Charter member and first pastor was Sion Blythe who served for 17 years.The oldest church in St. Clair County.Presbyterian and Methodist denominations usedthe church building before turn of century.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNSP_battle-of-ten-islands_Ragland-AL.html
On July 14, 1864 a small group of brave Confederate Cavalry under General James H. Clanton approximately 300 strong were overwhelmed by a vastly superior Union Cavalry force under General L. H. Rousseau. The Confederates were attempting to protect…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIQG_fort-strother_Ragland-AL.html
Creek Indian War Headquarters of Gen. Andrew Jackson 1813 - 1814 Erected By St. Clair County
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIQF_a-county-older-than-the-state-st-clair-county_Ashville-AL.html
from lands ceded by Creek Indian Nation in Treaty of Ft. Jackson, 1814. Named for Gen. Arthur St. Clair, hero of Revolution, governor of Northwest Territory.First settlers from Tennessee, Georgia - veterans of Creek Indian War, 1813-14.County seat…
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