On East Limestone Street at Carroll Ave N, on the right when traveling west on East Limestone Street.
The Alabama Territorial Legislature created Franklin County on
February 6, 1818, from lands ceded two years earlier by the
Chickasaw and Cherokee nations. The county was named in honor
of Benjamin Franklin. The first sheriff was James Frazier. . . . — — Map (db m285558) HM
On West Commercial Street (Federal Highway 64) at South 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east on West Commercial Street.
In memory of
W. H. Fayth
Lt. Col. of the Cavalry Regt. of Confederate soldiers
who was killed Amelia Co. Va. on the June 25, 1864
Aged 26 Years
Gallant, True, Patriotic
C.S.A. Killed
Orace Beneux, Virgil Beneux, Derosey . . . — — Map (db m314136) WM
On Tennessee Street (Tennessee Route 16), on the left when traveling west.
In this locality, on Feb. 24, 1861, occurred the mass meeting as result of which Franklin County seceded from the State of Tennessee, at the same time petitioning the then Confederate State of Alabama to annex it. The secession of Tennessee June 24, . . . — — Map (db m24666) HM
On Nashville Highway (Alternate U.S. 31) 0.1 miles north of Warner Road, on the right when traveling north.
Born in Princeton City, Jackson County, Alabama, Horton was an educator and prominent attorney and farmer. He married Anna Adeline Wilhoite on November 25, 1896. Elected to the state legislature from Franklin County in 1907, he represented . . . — — Map (db m151047) HM
On North Main Street at East 1st Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
Gov. Robert Burns Lindsay
July 4, 1824 - February 13, 1902
A native of Lochmaben, Scotland, Robert Burns Lindsay was Alabama's only foreign-born governor. He immigrated to North Carolina in 1844 and relocated to Tuscumbia in 1849, where he . . . — — Map (db m229461) HM
On 17th Street at Birmingham Avenue, on the right when traveling east on 17th Street.
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
On Military Street South (U.S. 278) at 1st Avenue SW, on the right when traveling south on Military Street South.
Side 1
February 13, 1818 — Gin Port - west of Amory, MS on Tombigbee River
December 16, 1819 — Henry Grier House, near Columbus, MS - first designated courthouse
Late 1820-1822 — Military Ford Court - under . . . — — Map (db m96791) HM
On North Jackson Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
The Roxy Theatre was built in 1949. It has served as the center of entertainment and a landmark for Russellville and Franklin County for many years. It is the only one of its kind in Alabama. As movie theatres around the country fell victim to . . . — — Map (db m41131) HM
On Hamilton Street east of Mullins Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Reedtown High School is significant as the oldest remaining black
school and first black high school in Russellville. Although this
building opened in 1952. Reedtown School began 30 years earlier
as one of two Rosenwald Schools built in . . . — — Map (db m286458) HM
On Market Street (Alabama Route 33) at Walnut Street when traveling south on Market Street.
Born on this site about 1820 to Phillip and Sarah Roddy, Phillip Dale Roddy grew up in poverty. His father a saddle maker and War of 1812 veteran, was one of the earliest murder victims in Moulton. Phillip Dale was raised by his mother and received . . . — — Map (db m69674) HM
On South Dickson Street at East 7th Street, on the right when traveling south on South Dickson Street.
After the Battle of New Orleans in 1815, General Andrew Jackson proposed this road as a shorter and improved route for military movements between Nashville and New Orleans. The U.S. War Department authorized Jackson to appoint an engineer and . . . — — Map (db m83401) HM
On North Water Street at West 4th Street, on the left when traveling north on North Water Street.
Born in Tennessee on October 22, 1818, Charles Womble was the son of Amos and Sarah (Jarman) Womble. By 1850, Womble owned a farm near the town of Frankfort, which he helped select as the new seat of government for Franklin County, Alabama. Involved . . . — — Map (db m192076) HM
On Avenue D at Market Street, on the right when traveling north on Avenue D.
Thomas Orman (1799-1880) was an ambitious entrepreneur and significant member of the Apalachicola mercantile community. In his lifetime, Orman held title to over 39,000 acres in Franklin County. Of the many cotton warehouses once located on Water . . . — — Map (db m275855) HM
On South Main Street at West 6th Street, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
(Obverse):
The area around the Big Spring was inhabited by prehistoric Native Americans as early as 10,000 years ago. The first settlement was a French trading post and Indian village about 1780 on Cold Water Creek (Spring Creek) near the . . . — — Map (db m83396) HM
Near Kanawha Boulevard East (U.S. 60) 0.1 miles east of Greenbrier Street.
Famous educator, author, lecturer and advocate of the doctrine of interracial cooperation.
Booker T. Washington was born near Hale's Ford, Franklin, County, VA. He spent his early life here in Malden, West Virginia. He was employed in the . . . — — Map (db m269242) HM
On North Jackson Avenue at Lauderdale Street NW, on the right when traveling north on North Jackson Avenue.
First known as Russell's Valley, the area was settled after 1815
by Maj. William Russell, who served with Gen. Andrew Jackson
in the Creek War of 1813-1814. Russell built a cabin and
trading post about three miles east of the present-day . . . — — Map (db m201744) HM
Near Alabama Route 33 0.2 miles south of County Route 67, on the left when traveling south.
Discover the Incredible Variety of Habitats and Birds in the Bankhead National Forest
1. Walston Ridge Road
The road along Walston Ridge provides a variety of forest habitats. Prescribed fire maintains the open oak-pine woodlands. . . . — — Map (db m107294) HM
Near South Bedford Street just north of East Willow Street, on the right when traveling north.
The U.S. Civil War played out part of its tumultuous history along the banks of the LeTort Spring Run during the summer of 1863. While many in the North initially expected a quick and decisive victory, by June of 1863 bloody battles had raged for . . . — — Map (db m259228) HM
On Bluff Street at Dinah Shore Boulevard (Tennessee Route 50), on the right when traveling north on Bluff Street. Reported permanently removed.
From June 24th to June 27th, the Union Army of the Cumberland had moved flawlessly to maneuver the Confederate Army of Tennessee out of its position south of the Highland Rim. As Rosecrans would later say, only heavy rains had prevented a complete . . . — — Map (db m207282) HM
Near Champion Road 0.5 miles south of Blue Oak Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Education is not a thing apart from life-not a "system”,
nor a philosophy; it is direct teaching
how to live and how to work.
There are two ways of exerting one's strength;
one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
No race can . . . — — Map (db m248901) HM
Native Tennessean
David Crockett was born in 1786 in Greene County,
Tennessee. In 1811, he moved his wife, Polly, and two sons
to Lincoln County, and in 1813 to Franklin County. When
the Creek War started Crockett mustered into the . . . — — Map (db m207976) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
