Haleyville in Winston County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Jacob Pruet’s Stand

Photographed by Billy Clemmons, April 4, 2023

1. Jacob Pruet’s Stand Marker

Inscription. Jacob Pruet’s Stand (tavern) was a popular stopping place on the Byler Road in the 1830s and 1840s. A two story poplar log structure with four twenty-foot rooms per floor. It was located near a large spring and netted a handsome profit, as most of the hogs and cattle driven to South Alabama passed this way. Pruet was one of the “Free State’s “ earliest and most colorful settlers. He purchased the Landon in 1825 from Richard McMahon, the first land owner in what became Winston County. Pruet was a veteran of the American Revolution and the War of 1812 as well as a planter, land speculator, tavern owner, investor in roads and philanthropist.

Erected 1977 by Winston County Board of Revenue.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Settlements & Settlers • War of 1812 • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1825.

Location. 34° 14.467′ N, 87° 35.465′ W. Marker is in Haleyville, Alabama, in Winston County. It is on Alabama Route 195 near Layne Hill Drive. In front of Lakewood Medical Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 42024 AL-195, Haleyville AL 35565, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is 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 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: New Prospect Baptist Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); Northwest Alabamian

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(approx. 1.6 miles away); First 9-1-1 Call (approx. 2 miles away); City of Haleyville, Alabama (approx. 2.1 miles away); The Honorable Frank Minis Johnson, Jr. (approx. 2.1 miles away); Haleyville Formed Along the Byler Road (approx. 2.1 miles away); The Byler Road (approx. 2.1 miles away); Benjamin Wallace Roden, M.D. (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Haleyville.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, July 6, 2024

2. Jacob Pruet’s Stand Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 20, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 5, 2023, by Billy Clemmons of Florence, Alabama. This page has been viewed 602 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 5, 2023, by Billy Clemmons of Florence, Alabama. 2. submitted on September 10, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.