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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D7B_antioch-cemetery_Oneonta-AL.html
Antioch Cemetery. Blount County. Antioch (an'~te~ok') was an ancient Biblical city and a chief center of early Christianity. Today, many churches and cemeteries throughout the United States use the name. Once called Glover's Graveyard, the earlies…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSKP_bailey-school_Oneonta-AL.html
William M. Bailey (born 1859 in Cherokee Co.; died 1909 in Blount Co.) settled 40 acres on what became Co. Rd 36 to the west and New Home Church Rd to the east in 1893. He brought three small sons from Cherokee Co. after the death of his first wif…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ1F_historic-oneonta-l-n-railroad-depot_Oneonta-AL.html
Starting in 1889, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, also known as the Birmingham Mineral Railroad, began railroad freight and passengerservice to Oneonta with the completion of the rail line from Boyles Railroad Yard near Birmingham to the Ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIVM_champion-mines_Oneonta-AL.html
John Hanby came in 1817 and found a rich seam of brown iron ore. Named Champion in 1882 when Henry DeBardeleben and James Sloss bought land and brought L&N Railroad causing county seat to be moved from Blountsville to Oneonta in 1889. Most ore was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG5J_blount-county_Oneonta-AL.html
Created Feb. 7, 1818 by Alabama Territorial Legislature from lands ceded by the Creek Indian Nation. Named for the Tennessee Governor W. G. Blount, who sent militia under Andrew Jackson to punish the Creeks for Fort Mims massacre. Jackson fought a…