Near Spring Garden in Cherokee County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Site of Bluffton

Photographed by Angela Nichols, September 20, 2019

1. Site of Bluffton Marker

Inscription. Located 500 yards southeast of this marker. Incorporated in 1888, Bluffton was promoted as a future iron center of the South, due to large iron ore deposits and four furnaces within a four mile radius. The town soon boomed due to an influx of capital from Northern investors, with its population reaching an estimated 8,000 residents. Bluffton had the first electric lights in the county, a large Victorian hotel (The Signal), over 20 businesses and plans for a large college (University of the Southland) which never materialized.

Erected by Cherokee County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1888.

Location. 34° 0.7′ N, 85° 26.717′ W. Marker is near Spring Garden, Alabama, in Cherokee County. It is on County Route 8 3 miles east of County Route 45, on the left when traveling east. Located in front of Salem Church & cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Piedmont AL 36272, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Alabama

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and specifically in North Alabama.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rock Run Furnace (approx. 3 miles away); Spring Garden School (approx. 5.9 miles away); Spring Garden (approx. 6.8 miles away); Carmel Presbyterian Church (approx. 8.1 miles away); Ladiga Cavalry Skirmish (approx. 8.3 miles away); 1920 Chesapeake & Ohio RR Caboose (approx. 9.1 miles away in Georgia); “First Blood Shed by the Georgians” (approx. 9.1 miles away in Georgia); The Trail Where They Cried (approx. 9.1 miles away in Georgia). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Spring Garden.

Photographed by Angela Nichols, September 20, 2019

2. Site of Bluffton Marker

Photographed by Angela Nichols, September 20, 2019

3. Site of Bluffton Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 23, 2019. It was originally submitted on September 22, 2019, by Angela Nichols of Centre, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,143 times since then and 65 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 22, 2019, by Angela Nichols of Centre, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.