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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2748_sand-rock_Leesburg-AL.html
The town was named for the characteristics of local rocks. A post office was established in 1855 and closed in 1903. The Sand Rock High School Wildcats won the Class 1A football championship in 1985 and the Class 2A State softball championship in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26BZ_kings-hill-skirmish_Leesburg-AL.html
On October 23, 1864, U.S. troops under Brig. Gen. W.L. Elliot, Chief of U.S. Calvary, Dept. of the Cumberland, advanced upon Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler's Confederate forces positioned on King's Hill. The C.S. troop's fell back to another line of wor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25VK_leesburg_Leesburg-AL.html
The town's name was derived from the name of the Henslee Family which were early settlers in the community. A post office was established in 1837. The Rome & Decatur Railroad (later Southern Railway) began rail service through the town in 1888. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25V9_tennessee-alabama-georgia-railway_Leesburg-AL.html
Completed in 1891 as the Chattanooga Southern Railway, the line ran 91.7 miles from Chattanooga to Gadsden. It was re-organized as the TA&G in 1911. From 1922 until 1951, the "scooter" motor car handled passenger service on the line. The railroad …