Cordova, Alabama, located in Walker County on the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River, was founded in 1859 by Captain Benjamin McFarland Long. He named the town after one in Mexico where he served under Robert E. Lee during the Mexican War . . . — — Map (db m43145) HM
This 1.63 acre portion of the Union Chapel cemetery,
lying across the Buttermilk Road from
the church house, was made available by Joseph
Lucious Daniel at the death of his wife Wilma
Louvenia Stewart Daniel in 1922. It is bound on
the west by . . . — — Map (db m303069) HM
In 1859, John P. Black, Sanford Argo,
John Barton, L.D. Gamble, & Samuel Black
organized a community church. On April 7,
1885, John and Jane Felkins donated land
to the Union Chapel Methodist Episcopal
Church for the cemetery. Pioneers . . . — — Map (db m303068) HM
In the mid-1820s, founding settler Eldridge Mallard
established the Byler Toll Road central collection
booth near the artesian springs along the Byler Road,
leading to the founding of the Camp Springs
settlement. Named by General Andrew . . . — — Map (db m293278) HM
A major toll booth along the Byler Road, the Eldridge
Mallard Toll Booth was located about 2 miles north of
the present-day town of Eldridge. Eldridge's origins
date from 1822 after the Byler Road was completed,
making it older than Walker . . . — — Map (db m303061) HM
Black Warrior Town Black Warrior Town was one of the northernmost settlements of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. The town center was situated on the eastern side of the confluence of the Sipsey and Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River. . . . — — Map (db m216160) HM
A lifelong champion of universal access to education, Carl Elliott
(1913-1999) served eight terms in the U.S. House of Representatives
(1949-65), and ran for Governor of Alabama in 1966. Elliott's
Library Services Act of 1956 brought books to . . . — — Map (db m153252) HM
The Confederate Monument was erected on November 13, 1907 and dedicated May 2, 1908 by the Jasper Chapter No. 925 United Daughters of the Confederacy under the leadership of Elizabeth Cain Musgrove to honor the 1900 soldiers who served from Walker . . . — — Map (db m37222) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m301594) HM
First United Methodist Church
Jasper
Methodism came to Jasper with the city's founder, Dr. Edward Gordon Musgrove, who donated land for the courthouse and for most of downtown Jasper. In 1826, he and others constructed a building of large . . . — — Map (db m29981) HM
Memorial Park is Jaspers oldest and largest park located in the historic North Highlands area of the city. Prior to becoming known as the North Highlands area, it was part of a farm owned by an early Jasper businessman, J. R. Kilgore. Jasper, . . . — — Map (db m44326) HM
Sergeant William Jasper was a soldier, hero, scout and namesake of Jasper, Alabama. During the June 28, 1776 defense of Charleston against the Royal Navy, Sergeant Jasper courageously retrieved the fallen standard of the 2nd South Carolina . . . — — Map (db m302965) HM
Created December 26, 1823
Named for John W. Walker
of Madison County, Alabama
Chairman, State Constitutional Convention, July 5, 1819
Alabama's first United States Senator, 1819~1823 — — Map (db m29982) HM
To those who gave their life so freely that we may live today and tomorrow
WW I
Adams, Halbert ∙ Adamson, Henry ∙ Bagwell, Tom ∙ Banks, William ∙ Beck, Claude ∙ Beck, Edward ∙ Bell, George ∙ . . . — — Map (db m53843) WM
William Brockman Bankhead served Alabama in the U.S. Congress from 1917 until 1940. For the last four years of his life, during Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency, he served as the 47th Speaker of the House. He was the son of U.S. Senator John . . . — — Map (db m29980) HM
The first recorded land owner was James Tittle on November 28,
1822; second, John Hellums on October 20, 1823; third, Ashley
Aldridge on September 10, 1858. All these made up the town
of Kansas. The first postmaster noted was Frank Gamba in . . . — — Map (db m286455) HM
The Walker County Board of Education built the
Broun School a few miles from the Byler Road in
the Dogtown community. Originally called
Summerville School, Ruth Anderson served as
the only teacher in 1913. Due to a courthouse
fire in Jasper on . . . — — Map (db m308854) HM
South Carolina-born Daniel Tubbs (17 Feb. 1794 - 25 Mar 1882) enlisted in the War of 1812 and fought in the final battle at New Orleans. Honorably discharged in Nashville on 20 Apr. 1815, he and his wife. Matilda Sanders. settled on this site . . . — — Map (db m153242) HM
The Town of Sipsey was founded in 1912 by Milton H. and Rose Fies
and the Maryland Coal and Coke Co. (later named the DeBardeleben
Coal Co). The village was built as a showplace of a mining village
in the South. It consisted of a large . . . — — Map (db m216152) HM
