On 6th Avenue at Court Street West, on the left when traveling east on 6th Avenue.
Created in 1818 in first session of Alabama Territorial Legislature from lands ceded by Creek Indian Nation in Treaty of Ft. Jackson, 1814. Named for Gen. Arthur St. Clair, hero of Revolution, governor of Northwest Territory. First settlers from . . . — — Map (db m28143) HM
On 5th Street (U.S. 231) south of 9th Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
In 1870 St. Clair Co. was still under Radical Republican Reconstruction. On August 20, 1870 honorable men of the County (former Confederates) had decided to hold the first Democratic Convention after the War Between the States. The meeting would be . . . — — Map (db m28142) HM
On 8th Street, 0.1 miles south of 8th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
This park was dedicated on May 15, 1990 to D. O. Langston for his service to the town of Ashville, his support for senior citizens, and his enduring impact on our community.
A native of Oakvale, Mississippi, Mr. Langston was born in 1904 and died . . . — — Map (db m156372) HM
In 1817, John and Margaret Ash, their children, and the Rev. Thomas Newton, Margaret's father, were part of a wagon train traveling west on the old Montevallo Road. In Beaver Valley, between Ashville and Odenville, their three-year-old daughter, . . . — — Map (db m156373) HM
On Greensport Road (County Route 24), on the left when traveling east.
John Looney and son, Henry, served in General Andrew Jackson's volunteer company which built Fort Strother on Coosa River and later fought at Horseshoe Bend in 1814. Looney's family of nine moved from Maury Co. Tenn. to homestead 1817 in St. Clair . . . — — Map (db m24066) HM
On 5th Street (U.S. 411) at 7th Avenue, on the right when traveling south on 5th Street.
Greek revival antebellum home built by Moses Dean in 1852, acquired by John W. Inzer in 1866. Home occupied by Inzer family from 1866 to 1987. In July 1987 home and its contents, including extensive law library, deeded by family heirs to St. Clair . . . — — Map (db m28092) HM
Near Pleasant Hill Church Drive, 0.1 miles north of Washington Valley Road (County Route 31), on the left when traveling north.
James Cummings Hallmark led in organizing and building the church about 1850. In 1854, George Shotwell deeded three acres of land, including the church house and cemetery, to the trustees of Pleasant Hill Methodist Church, South.
The first . . . — — Map (db m95968) HM
On State Highway 144 at No Business Creek Road, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 144.
Original log house of worship built St. Clair
Co. near Broken Arrow Creek, six miles from
Coosa River. Named Harkey’s Chapel for first
Minister, the Rev. David Harkey of Cahawba Circuit.
Present church built 1903-04 by A. I. Abels . . . — — Map (db m28089) HM
On Cook Springs Road, 0.1 miles south of Interstate 20, on the right when traveling south.
Near this site, and founded by entrepreneur Lafayette Cooke, for whom the community of Cook Springs was named, the hotel resort, operated from 1884 to 1954, was a grand example of mineral-springs resorts developed around the nation during that era. . . . — — Map (db m217684) HM
On Hardwick Road north of Mays Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Listed below are names of soldiers mustered in the Confederate Army under an apple tree at Cropwell. They marched to Montevallo (75 miles) there boarding a train to join Gen. Robert E. Lee's army in Virginia.
Capt's Wm. T. Smith • James D. . . . — — Map (db m217702) WM
On Hardwick Road at Mays Drive, on the left when traveling north on Hardwick Road.
United Daughters of Confederacy
chartered 1914
The Coosa River was a factor in area
until impounded 1946
to form Lake Logan Martin — — Map (db m217719) HM
On Mays Drive at Hardwick Road, on the right when traveling north on Mays Drive.
Post office established as Diana 1834
Name changed to Cropwell 1837
Masonic Lodge chartered 1857
In 1887 Birmingham & Atlantic R.R.
came to Cropwell — — Map (db m217724) HM
On Camp Winnataska Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Dr. Elwyn Ballard, Commissioner of Boy Scouts in Birmingham, and his wife, Florence Aye Ballard, discovered this site in 1914, and became vital forces in the founding and growth of the camp. Boy Scouts and Boys Club members from the area first . . . — — Map (db m49659) HM
Margaret traces its roots to the Alabama Fuel & Iron Company, which organized in the early 1900s and developed Margaret coal mines under the leadership of its president Henry F. DeBardeleben. Named after DeBardeleben’s wife Margaret, the town was . . . — — Map (db m50759) HM
On Liberty Road at U.S. 411, on the right when traveling west on Liberty Road.
Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized on this site in March, 1835. However, the congregation probably met here as early as 1821, when Rev. Peter Harden and other Presbyterians first settled in the valley. The present church building . . . — — Map (db m217728) HM
On July 14, 1864 a small group of brave Confederate Cavalry under General James H. Clanton approximately 300 strong were overwhelmed by a vastly superior Union Cavalry force under General L. H. Rousseau. The Confederates were attempting to protect . . . — — Map (db m35593) HM
On Cogswell Avenue at 18th Street, on the right when traveling west on Cogswell Avenue.
Created in 1818 by territorial legislature. Named for Revolutionary hero, Gen. St. Clair. First settlers from Tennessee, Georgia – veterans of Creek Indian War, 1813-14.
Pell City established as industrial town in 1890 by George H. Pell of . . . — — Map (db m49666) HM
On Cogswell Avenue (U.S. 78) at 19th Street, on the right when traveling west on Cogswell Avenue.
Founded by railroad investors and incorporated on May 6, 1891. Pell City was named for one of the financial backers, George Hamilton Pell of New York. Nearly disappearing after the panic of 1893, the town was redeveloped after 1901 by Sumter . . . — — Map (db m49660) HM
On 1st Avenue North at 19th Street North, on the right when traveling west on 1st Avenue North.
The town charter for Pell City was granted in 1887. The town was named for George Hamilton Pell, a prominent New York industrialist and president of the East and West Railroad. In 1901, the town was almost deserted when a young man named Sumter . . . — — Map (db m49656) HM
On 2nd Avenue North at 21st Street North, on the right when traveling east on 2nd Avenue North.
The earliest neighborhood in Pell City was the Residential District, located on the northern boundary of the Downtown Historic District. The Residential District was the preferred location for many of the earliest leaders involved in the growth and . . . — — Map (db m49667) HM
On Comer Avenue at 26th Street North, on the left when traveling north on Comer Avenue.
The Pell City Manufacturing Company, completed
in 1902, was the main catalyst in the growth
and development of Pell City. It was the first
cotton mill in the South with the distinctive
sawtooth roof design. In addition to the mill
itself, the . . . — — Map (db m217682) HM
On Wilson Street at McGinnis Circle, on the left when traveling north on Wilson Street.
Originally chartered as Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
Charter member and first pastor was Sion Blythe
who served for 17 years.
The oldest church in St. Clair County.
Presbyterian and Methodist denominations used
the church building before . . . — — Map (db m37831) HM
On Beason Cove Road, 0.1 miles east of Curt Hinton Drive, on the right when traveling east.
In 1815, Revolutionary War Veteran Captain Edward Beeson received a grant for this land for providing provisons to Andrew Jackson's Tennessee Militia. In 1830, Beeson and other community members constructed a log church here. In 1885, William . . . — — Map (db m156399) HM
