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

Pea River Electric Membership Corporation

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 16, 2014

1. Pea River Electric Membership Corporation Marker

Inscription. The Pea River Electric Membership Corporation was energized on this site on June 8, 1939. This rural electric cooperative was organized under an executive order signed by President F. D. Roosevelt on May 11, 1935.

Rural members of Barbour, Dale and Henry counties gathered on this bridge to witness the beginning of electric service into their rural areas when 301 homes and businesses received power for the first time. The organizing directors were S.K. Adams, J.G. Sanders, Lloyd Smith, J.Y. Johnston, L.A. Pitts, R. W. Ward, and H.J. Thompson. Corporation attorney was P. C. Clayton; manager was A.B. Robertson, Sr. The co-op’s name was changed to the Pea River Electric Cooperative on June 10, 1940.

Erected 1985 by the Pea River Electric Cooperative Inc.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Rural Electrification 💡 series list. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1914.

Location. 31° 39.83′ N, 85° 30.333′ W. Marker is in Blue Springs, Alabama, in Barbour County. It is on Alabama Route 10 ¼ mile west of County Road 41, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2571 Alabama 10, 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.

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At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Blue Springs School 1920-1969 (approx. one mile away); Bethel Primitive Baptist Church (approx. 1.8 miles away); Peniel Baptist Church (approx. 3.7 miles away); Salem Baptist Church (approx. 4.8 miles away); Clio, Alabama (approx. 6.9 miles away); Clio Heritage Mural (approx. 6.9 miles away); Barbour County High School (approx. 7 miles away); Morgan Baptist Church / Church Pastors (approx. 7½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Blue Springs.

JTE Whigham Bridge image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 16, 2014

2. JTE Whigham Bridge

Choctawhatchee River Bridge image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 16, 2014

3. Choctawhatchee River Bridge

Credits. This page was last revised on March 10, 2021. It was originally submitted on February 17, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,527 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 17, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.