Mrs. Emma Knox Kenan established the library at the request of school superintendent W.W. Benson in a small cloak room of the Geneva School. The library was financed by subscriptions, book rentals and fund raisers. The property where the library now . . . — — Map (db m131869) HM
This helicopter stands in honor of our veterans and the soldiers of Fort Rucker. In appreciation of their dedicated service to our country and to the people of Geneva County. — — Map (db m249158) WM
Army World War I World War II Korea Vietnam Iraq Afghanistan In God We Trust
Navy World War I World War II Korea Vietnam Iraq Afghanistan In God We Trust
Air Force World War I World War II Korea . . . — — Map (db m249159) WM
The town of Geneva was established in the 1820s at the junction of
the Choctawhatchee and Talakahatchee (Pea) Rivers. Henry A. Yonge,
who established an Indian trading post there, named the settlement,
Geneva, for his bride who was a native . . . — — Map (db m145697) HM
Built in 1888 by W.K. and Emma Knox Kenan, this
home is an excellent local example of Victorian
Cottage architecture. The Kenan's settled in
Geneva in 1882 and were charter members of the
Geneva Presbyterian Church established in 1884.
Despite . . . — — Map (db m167707) HM
Organized on June 30, 1888 by thirteen charter members as Dundee Missionary Baptist Church. The congregation originally worshipped in a brush arbor on this present site. The first church building was erected from pine slabs in the summer of 1886. . . . — — Map (db m39125) HM
In 1884, young Frank Wheeler Slocomb pushed his way on horseback into the pine forested area west of Dothan where he established Slocomb Lumber Company and, with his brother Will, a naval store that produced sill, tar, rosin, turpentine, and pitch. . . . — — Map (db m199311) HM
In 1908. J.C. Ausley and A.C. Kelly, partners in
Slocomb's Morris Lumber Company, established a
hotel here, naming it "Aus-Kel," bearing the first
three letters of their last names. The facility was located near a collection of mineral springs, . . . — — Map (db m281095) HM
In November 1882, five charter members -- Adline Adams, Jane And Alexander Johnson, Hariett and Robert Wadsworth -- organized Countyline Missionary Baptist Church on land donated by Shade Adams, They named it for the Mother Church, Countyline, of . . . — — Map (db m199422) HM
The Countyline Missionary Baptist Church and adjoining cemetery were established in November 1882, on land donated by Shade Adams, Originally donated by way of a gentleman's agreement with the founding members, the land was deeded to the 'Countyline . . . — — Map (db m199425) HM
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery is the final resting place to more than 1500 members of the community, with the earliest dating from 1887. The cemetery also contains about 100 unmarked graves. The cemetery is home to veterans from WWI, . . . — — Map (db m302928) HM
