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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Elmore County, Alabama
Adjacent to Elmore County, Alabama
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| On Alabama Route 63 0.2 miles north of Kowaliga Marina Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | At this site stands the cabin where country music legend Hank Williams composed the song “Kaw-liga” in August, 1952. The song’s title was derived from the name of a Creek Indian town located on the banks of the Kowaliga Creek until 1836. . . . — — Map (db m68038) HM |
| On Coosada Road at Auburn Hill Road, on the right when traveling west on Coosada Road. |
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First governor of Alabama
1819-1820
Only governor of Alabama Territory
1817-1819
Born in Amelia County, Va., Oct. 2, 1781
In U.S. Congress from Georgia 1805-1813
Moved here from Elbert County, Ga., 1817
Buried in private . . . — — Map (db m71180) HM |
| On Holtville Road (Alabama Route 111). |
| | In the late 1930's and early 1940's Holtville School won national acclaim as one the foremost examples of the progressive education movement in the U.S. It was one of 33 southern schools in 1938 chosen to receive financial support in developing new . . . — — Map (db m83689) HM |
| On Main Street (Alabama Route 143) at Monument Drive, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
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Robinson Springs Camp
1861-1865
Confederates
These lent our cause it's Holy Consecration
left front:
Volunteers from Robinson Springs Community,
Abercrombie, Leonard ∙ Allen, James M. Co. D. 21 Ala. Regt. ∙ . . . — — Map (db m83692) WM |
| On Monument Drive 0.1 miles west of Main Street (Alabama Route 143), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Side 1:
Clear, bubbling springs have enticed people to this vicinity for thousands of years. Native American hunting paths led to them and after the defeat of the Creek Indians by the United States in 1813, old trails became the Jackson and . . . — — Map (db m71177) HM |
| On Main Street 0.1 miles south of Alabama Route 14, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This notable Greek Revival structure was completed in the late 1840's on land donated by Eli Robinson. The congregation was established 1828-1830 and the first church, built of logs, was located c. 1 mile east of here. Charter members were: Rev. . . . — — Map (db m71178) HM |
| On Main Street (Alabama Route 143) at Coosada Road, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m71179) HM |
| On Grandview Road 0.1 miles west of Main Street (Alabama Route 143), on the left when traveling west. |
| | A Recreation Center
for
Millbrook, Robinson Springs, and Coosada
Memorial Center
Dedicated as a living memorial to the boys
who lost their lives in the service of their
country during World War II
1941 — 1945
Frank . . . — — Map (db m83721) WM |
| On King Street at North Ann Avenue, on the right when traveling east on King Street. |
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Side 1
Brigadier General Birkett Davenport Fry, CSA
(1822-1891)
In his lifetime General Birkett D. Fry was a cadet at Virginia Military Institute and West Point; 1st Lt. (U.S. Infantry) in Mexican War; lawyer in California; . . . — — Map (db m95112) HM |
| On Barnett Boulevard (Alabama Route 14) at Outer Drive, on the right when traveling east on Barnett Boulevard. |
| | Only Confederate armory not destroyed during the Civil War.
Col. Gorgas, ordnance chief, had carbine shop moved here into Tallassee Mfg. Co. mill in spring, 1864 as war threatened Richmond, Va. armory.
War ended before plant neared goal of . . . — — Map (db m83722) HM |
| On Jordan Avenue near Barnett Boulevard (Alabama Route 14), on the right when traveling north. |
| | The history of this church encompasses the span of worldwide
Methodism from the time of John Wesley to the present. A Methodist
Society was organized in Tallassee in 1853 by 15 charter members
who gathered in the "White Store," a mill company . . . — — Map (db m160158) HM |
| On Tukabatchee Road (State Highway 229) at Taylor Road, on the right when traveling south on Tukabatchee Road. |
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(north side)
Tukabatchee
On this bend of the Tallapoosa River, stretching out before you, lay one of the ancient towns of the Muscogee Creek People, called Tukabatchee. Tukabatchee is one of the original four mother . . . — — Map (db m92945) HM |
| On West Fort Toulouse Road 0.1 miles west of U.S. 231, on the right when traveling west. |
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William Bartram, America’s first native born artist-naturalist, passed through Elmore County during the Revolutionary era, making the first scientific notations of its flora, fauna and inhabitants. In 1776 the appointed botanist of Britain’s King . . . — — Map (db m69431) HM |
| Near Ready Street near Wharf Street. |
| | The memorial includes inscriptions on four sides.
Richard Gunter Crommelin
Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy
January 8, 1917 - July 14, 1945
Young fighter pilot on U.S.S. Yorktown CV-5. Shot
down two Japanese Zeros in Battle of Coral . . . — — Map (db m137263) HM WM |
| On East Commerce Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling east on East Commerce Street. |
| | In memory of those who served
and those who made
the supreme sacrifice
in that forgotten war
from Elmore County
Booth Izea PVT AR 11/28/50 Died Capture
Brozell Albert M CPL AR 09/09/50 Killed in Action
Causey Billy J PVT AR 08/17/50 . . . — — Map (db m67935) WM |
| On Lancaster Street 0.1 miles north of Holtville Road (Alabama Route 111), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Constructed in 1924 on five acres, this building was one of nine schools constructed in Elmore County with funding assistance from the Julius Rosenwald Fund. Between 1912-32, Julius Rosenwald, a Jewish philanthropist and CEO of Sears, Roebuck and . . . — — Map (db m70548) HM |
| On East Commerce Streer at South Main Street (Route 111), on the right when traveling east on East Commerce Streer. |
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In honor of the fallen heroes of Elmore County who gave their lives in the Vietnam War
Clark, Richard • Johnson, Joseph W. • Ruffin, James Thomas
Cook, Larry Davidson • Mathis, David Linwood • Smith, John Lee
Cottrell, Willie James • . . . — — Map (db m67932) WM |
| On East Commerce Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling east on East Commerce Street. |
| | Dedicated on this Centennial to those Who
Served and Made the Ultimate Sacrifice
Barker, Adolphus · Lewis, Henry
Benton, Edwin J. * · Macon, Preston A. *
Boswell, James A. ** · Martin, Oders M. *
Boyer, James T. · Melton, William H. + . . . — — Map (db m145086) WM |
| On West Bridge Street (Alabama Route 212) at Dozier Street, on the right when traveling east on West Bridge Street. |
| | (side 1)
Baptists settlers scattered along the Coosa River Valley established the church May 26, 1821. For the first twenty years, it was mostly known as the Coosa River Baptist Church. Migrating members sought several locations for the . . . — — Map (db m83723) HM |
| On West Bridge Street (Alabama Route 212) at North Bridge Street (Alabama Route 111), on the right when traveling west on West Bridge Street. Reported damaged. |
| | Built, 1856, dedicated 1857, combining exterior Gothic style with Greek Revival interior. Original part designed as a rectangular block. Wings were added on eastern and western sides in the middle 1900's. At that time a choir rail replaced original . . . — — Map (db m67943) HM |
| On West Fort Toulouse Road 0.3 miles south of Jackson Park Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | At this site stood Fort Toulouse,
later Fort Jackson, named in honor of
Gen. Andrew Jackson
who on
March 27, 1814,
defeated the Creek Indians in a
decisive battle at Horseshoe Bend.
Erected
by
Peter Forney Chapter D.A.R. . . . — — Map (db m69705) HM |
| Near West Fort Toulouse Road 0.3 miles west of Jackson Park Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Here stood
Fort Toulouse
A defense against
the Indians
Built by
Bienville
1714
The Alabama Society
of Colonial Dames
preserves the memory
of faithful service
1912 — — Map (db m69567) HM |
| On Orline Street 0.1 miles south of Hill Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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April 8, 1938
On this day, the Coosa River rose to this level at
this location after heavy rainfall over the Coosa
River basin.
For more information, contact:
National Weather Service Birmingham, Alabama . . . — — Map (db m123857) HM |
| On Orline Street 0.1 miles south of Hill Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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First Jail in Wetumpka — — Map (db m123938) HM |
| Near West Fort Toulouse Road 0.6 miles west of Jackson Park Road. |
| | This earthen mound and an adjacent
village were built by people of the
Mississippian culture who likely had
some relationship to the major mound
center at Moundville near present-day
Tuscaloosa. The Mississippian culture is
believed to have . . . — — Map (db m145084) HM |
| On West Bridge Street (Alabama Route 212) at North Bridge Street (Alabama Route 111), on the right when traveling west on West Bridge Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m67948) WM |
| On Micanopy Street 0.1 miles west of NW Main Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | W. B. Doby served as the first President of the Elmore County Teachers Association, Principal of Elmore County Training School, and as an ordained minister in the A.M.E. Church. Local leaders dedicated this school for African-American students on . . . — — Map (db m94614) HM |
| Near East Commerce Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | (obverse)
The land area which now comprises the City of Wetumpka was inhabited by various Indian cultures prior to the inward migration of the white man at the turn of the 19th century. The largest Indian village near here was located on . . . — — Map (db m67936) HM |
| On U.S. 231 at East South Boundary Street, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 231. |
| | The ridges located here are the remnants of a six-mile diameter circular feature created some 85 million years ago by an estimated 1,000-foot diameter asteroid. The area at the time of impact was a shallow sea. The ridges consist of a variety of . . . — — Map (db m67939) HM |
| On North Broad Street at West Coosa Street, on the right when traveling north on North Broad Street. |
| | The Louisville & Nashville Depot was built in Wetumpka in 1906 and exemplifies the L&N plan for small town depots. The station served as a passenger and freight depot until service was terminated in the 1930s and as a freight depot until 1973. In . . . — — Map (db m83724) HM |
| On West Tuskeena Street at North Broad Street, on the right when traveling west on West Tuskeena Street. |
| | Completed in 1854, this building was the third Methodist Church building erected in Wetumpka and served both black and white congregations. Transitional exterior and interior architecture features elegant simplicity of Greek revival styles. Interior . . . — — Map (db m83725) HM |
| On Orline Street 0.1 miles south of Hill Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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(side 1)
In 1834, the Wetumpka Toll Bridge Co. built the first of four bridges spanning the Coosa River at this site. It was destroyed in a flood in 1844. A second toll bridge was completed the same year by John Godwin whose slave, . . . — — Map (db m69449) HM |
| Near West Fort Toulouse Road 0.2 miles south of Jackson Park Road. |
| | William Bartram, the first native-born American artist-naturalist, of Philadelphia, visited this site on Christmas Day, 1776.
This arboretum commerates (sic) the man, his visit to Fort Toulouse, and his travels through the southeastern . . . — — Map (db m83726) HM |
| On Jasmine Hill Road at Old Montgomery Highway, on the right when traveling south on Jasmine Hill Road. |
| | 1940
One half mile from this site
is the home of
William Lowndes Yancey
1814-1863
American Statesman
Southern Secession Leader
Silver Tongued Orator — — Map (db m71550) HM |
| Near Lancaster Road at Hospital Drive. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m70568) WM |
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