The Alabama Tennessee River Railroad was chartered by the Alabama legislature in the session of 1836-1837. Work was begun at Selma in 1851 and the rails reached Blue Mountain in 1861. Work was terminated during the War Between the States.
In . . . — — Map (db m27995) HM
Cross Plains citizens voted for incorporation March 10, 1871. A second vote was cast for reincorporation May 15, 1882. By the acts of the Alabama Legislature of 1888, Cross Plains became Piedmont September 30, 1888. Mayors for both Cross Plains . . . — — Map (db m272389) HM
Cross Plains citizens voted for incorporation March 10, 1871. A second vote was cast for reincorporation May 15, 1882. By the acts of the Alabama Legislature of 1888, Cross Plains became Piedmont September 30, 1888. Mayors for both Cross Plains and . . . — — Map (db m272390) HM
Major Jacob Forney Dailey was an early pioneer settler and the first mayor of Cross Plains (1871-1874). He built this home around 1880 as a wedding gift for his daughter Mary Catherine, who married Alexander McCollister, mayor of Piedmont . . . — — Map (db m270594) HM
Originally the Dixie Hotel was the Dixie House, operated by Mrs.
Martin Tyler Ledbetter from 1910-1916. Traveling salesmen were
regular guests as well as local residents who boarded the train at
the Hotel. Mrs. Ledbetter set a table with a . . . — — Map (db m285145) HM
Hiram Dugger came to Benton County, Alabama, in 1832 from Carter County, Tennessee, before the Indians were removed to the west. He worked a year for Joseph Nolen before marrying Mr. Nolen's daughter, Zanna. The couple moved to the base of the . . . — — Map (db m270859) HM
The First Baptist Church, in the early years being known as Piedmont Baptist Church, was organized in 1870.
The first church building was a white frame building located at 202 Daily Street and in 1905 moved to a new building at the corner of . . . — — Map (db m272381) HM
The First Presbyterian Church of Piedmont was organized March 18, 1890, with seventeen charter members, by Rev. B. F. Bedinger, Presbyterian evangelist. Rev. J. E. McLean was the first minister. First elders were C. W. McMahon and Stephen Ferguson; . . . — — Map (db m27993) HM
Beginning as a Methodist mission in the 1850's, the Piedmont First United Methodist Church was organized in 1867 as the Cross Plains Methodist Episcopal Church, South, by Wilson Johnson and a small band of local Methodists. In 1868 a small church . . . — — Map (db m308073) HM
