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By David Tibbs, May 2, 2009
Dwight Mill Village Marker
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1 ► Alabama, Etowah County, Gadsden — Dwight Mill Village —  |
| Dwight Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts selected this site in Alabama City for a cotton mill in 1894. The Mill and the village covering 240 acres was constructed under the direction of Howard Gardner Nichols. There were 160 . . . — — Map (db m18575) HM | |||
| 2 ► Alabama, Etowah County, Alabama City — Howard Gardner Nichols 1871-1896 — Scholar, Engineer, Industrialist, Naturalist, Humanitarian — |
| Nichols came to Alabama City in 1894 to supervise construction of the Dwight Manufacturing Company. While serving as the mill's first agent, he planned and began a model mill village and was elected Mayor of Alabama City. — — Map (db m18578) HM | |||