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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D2X_franklin-first-beachhead-into-east-alabama_Shorterville-AL.html
The frontier village of Franklin was established here by Colonel Robert Irwin in 1814 on the site of the Indian town of Cheeska Talofa. It was the first colonial village in east Alabama. Fort Gaines, Georgia, was constructed in 1816 to protect the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D2W_chattahoochee-river-crossing_Shorterville-AL.html
First settler crossings were made here prior to 1817 on a log ferry operated by Robert Irwin. First bridge built by Prescott and Bemis and destroyed by flood of 1855. Second wooden covered bridge was completed in 1869 by ex-slave Horace King. Thir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D2E_irwin-empire_Shorterville-AL.html
Site of the 1831 Irwin homeplace where over 50,000 acres of land was owned by Major General William Irwin (1794-1850). He was an Indian fighter, farmer, politician, statesman and considered one of the nation's richest and most influential men. A p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D2D_showplace-of-the-south_Shorterville-AL.html
Side 1"The Mansion" was built in the 1830's on this site by Colonel James Bennett and his wife, Harriet M. Grace. Tradition maintains that it was the only three story antebellum home in the Chattahoochee Valley. The top floor was a ballroom. Six c…