Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

McFarland Park and Recreation Area

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, July 23, 2009

1. McFarland Park and Recreation Area Marker

Inscription. This bottom land serves as a reservoir for TVA's flood control program. Florence leases it for recreational purposes when not being used by TVA. Major Robert McFarland, a native of Ireland, his wife, Kate Armstead McFarland, and their seven children resided in the ante~bellum mansion now called Mapleton that overlooked this river bottom. Strawberries were once grown here. Jobless families were encouraged to plant vegetables gardens here during the Great Depression. Major McFarland rode with Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and became the first cavalryman to leap across the line onto Indian soil.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil.

Location. 34° 47.169′ N, 87° 40.52′ W. Marker is in Florence, Alabama, in Lauderdale County. It is on McFarland Park Road, on the right when traveling west. Located in McFarland Park next to the Tennessee River. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Florence AL 35630, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama

and in the Shoals.

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 walking distance of this marker: Prehistoric Native Americans / Historic Native Americans (within shouting distance of this marker); First Muscle Shoals Canal / Second Muscle Shoals Canal (about 500 feet away, measured in a

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direct line); Florence Little League Baseball (1951) (approx. 0.3 miles away); Florence Indian Mound (approx. 0.4 miles away); Removal (approx. 0.4 miles away); Culture (approx. 0.4 miles away); Adaptation (approx. 0.4 miles away); Continuity (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Florence.

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Photographed by Sandra Hughes, July 23, 2009

2. McFarland Park and Recreation Area

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, July 23, 2009

3. McFarland Park and Recreation Area Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 2, 2019. It was originally submitted on March 9, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 3,212 times since then and 83 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 9, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.