Jasper in Walker County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Daily Mountain Eagle

Walker County

Photographed by Billy Clemmons, June 2, 2026

1. Daily Mountain Eagle Marker

Inscription.
Covering the Byler Road and all of Walker County, the Mountain Eagle began as a weekly newspaper in 1872, shortly after Rev. John Anthony hired James M. Williams to haul a printing press by wagon from Tuscaloosa to Jasper. Williams said that with the mountainous terrain, "only an eagle could get to some of the homes in Walker County." Fires that destroyed the Eagle's offices in 1878, 1922, and 1948 resulted in several changes in ownership in the early years. By 1891, the paper boasted the state's largest weekly circulation and became a daily in 1960. Located at 2026 3rd Avenue from 1965-1979, the Daily Mountain Eagle operated here from 1979-2023, then moved to another location.

Erected 2025 by Byler Road Tourism Alliance and Alabama Historical Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1872.

Location. 33° 50.073′ N, 87° 15.652′ W. Marker is in Jasper, Alabama, in Walker County. It is on Viking Drive east of Lindsey Drive, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1301 Viking Dr, Jasper AL 35501, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

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 2 miles of this marker, measured

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as the crow flies: Carl Atwood Elliott (approx. ¾ mile away); Walker County War Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Confederate Monument (approx. one mile away); Walker County (approx. one mile away); First United Methodist Church Jasper / President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (approx. one mile away); Revolutionary War Hero Sergeant William Jasper (approx. one mile away); William Brockman Bankhead Home (approx. 1.4 miles away); Memorial Park (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jasper.

Photographed by Billy Clemmons, June 2, 2026

2. Daily Mountain Eagle Marker

Photographed by Billy Clemmons, June 2, 2026

3. Daily Mountain Eagle Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 4, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 2, 2026, by Billy Clemmons of Florence, Alabama. This page has been viewed 6 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 2, 2026, by Billy Clemmons of Florence, Alabama. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.