Clio in Barbour County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Clio Heritage Mural

Starting Point For The Barbour County Governors Trail

Photographed by James L.Whitman, January 23, 2022

1. Clio Heritage Mural Starting Point For The Barbour County Governors Trail Marker

Inscription. This Special Heritage Mural marks the southern starting point of the Barbour County Governors' Trail in the birthplace and childhood home of four-term Alabama Governor George C. Wallace, who lived in Clio from his birth on August 25, 1919 until after graduation from the original Barbour County High School in 1937. The mural features Gov. Wallace making one of his famous stump speeches from a flat-bed trailer. It also depicts other noted citizens, structures and scenes from Clio's history. The mural, dedicated on June 1,2002 was designed and painted by Barbour County artist Debora Baxter Jackson and was funded by the Alabama State Council on the Arts with matching funds from the town of Clio.

Erected 2002.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 1919.

Location. 31° 42.537′ N, 85° 36.646′ W. Marker is in Clio, Alabama, in Barbour County. It is on Elamville Street (Alabama Route 10), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3311 Elamville St, Clio AL 36017, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Black Belt,

and in the Wiregrass.

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 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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Clio, Alabama (here, next to this marker); Barbour County High School (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Dedicated to Memory of African Slaves

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(approx. 2.1 miles away); Pea River Presbyterian Church Cemetery (approx. 2.1 miles away); Barbour County’s “Little Scotland” / Pea River Presbyterian Church (approx. 2.1 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.1 miles away); Louisville World War II Memorial (approx. 5.7 miles away); Fire Bell (approx. 6.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Clio.

Clio Heritage Mural Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James L.Whitman, June 18, 2022

2. Clio Heritage Mural Marker

Photographed by James L.Whitman, October 15, 2022

3. Clio Heritage Mural Marker

Photographed by James L.Whitman, January 23, 2022

4. Clio Heritage Mural Starting Point For The Barbour County Governors Trail Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 17, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 24, 2022, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama. This page has been viewed 726 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on January 24, 2022, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama. 2. submitted on June 22, 2022, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama. 3. submitted on October 17, 2022, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama. 4. submitted on January 24, 2022, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.