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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ4Y_johnson-j-hooper_Dadeville-AL.html
Author, Editor, LawyerSecretary of Congress, C.S.A.As a writer he createdCaptain Simon Suggsof the Tallapoosa Volunteers,fictional character whosehumorous, rascally escapadesof pioneer days in Alabamabecame world famous.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ4U_grafenberg-medical-institute_Dadeville-AL.html
Alabama's first medical school.Trained physicians whorendered great service tothe State and Confederacy.Closed by warand death of its founder,Philip M. Shepard, M.D.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ2O_youngsville_Alexander-City-AL.html
Following the Creek Cession in 1832, settlers, mostly from Georgia and the Carolinas, occupied this section of the Creek Nation. Among the first settlers was James Young who purchased land a half-mile west near a trading post called Georgia Store.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ2K_the-savannah-and-memphis-railroad-1874_Alexander-City-AL.html
The transformation of Youngsville from a country hamlet to a market town can be traced from the arrival of the railroad. The Savannah and Memphis Railroad was completed from Opelika to the east side of the Tallapoosa River at Sturdivant in 1872. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ04_the-first-baptist-church_Alexander-City-AL.html
In the summer of 1872 a few residents in the village of Youngsville gathered for a revival held on the hill later occupied by Mistletoe Bough. Alexander City's First Baptist Church and the First United Methodist Church trace their origins from tha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ01_first-presbyterian-church_Alexander-City-AL.html
First Presbyterian Church was organized March 2, 1893. The church was made up of 17 members at the home of Robert Clinton Sandlin, who was installed as the First Ruling Elder. The church constructed their 1st building on this site in 1895. The chu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIZX_court-square_Alexander-City-AL.html
Anticipating the construction of a railroad through the country hamlet of Youngsville, Griffin Young in 1860 hired W. H. Whatley to survey a portion of his property and lay it off in forty-eight town lots. In the plan two acres were reserved for u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGX3_lyman-ward-military-academy_Camp-Hill-AL.html
Lyman Ward Military Academy was founded in 1898 as the Southern Industrial Institute by Dr. Lyman Ward, a Universalist minister from New York. Dr. Ward established SII to educate the poor children of Alabama, many of whom had few opportunities due…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEP2_fort-okfuskee_Jacksons-Gap-AL.html
Built in 1735 by British from Carolina in futile attempt to gain trade of the Creek Indians from the French, located at Fort Toulouse, 40 miles south. Okfuskee was the largest town in Creek Confederacy.