According to Joseph L. Lanier, "The cotton textile industry came to
East Alabama, in the valley of the Chattahoochee River, in 1866,
soon after Appomattox. Two separate groups of local planters and
merchants took stock of their ruined . . . — — Map (db m297194) HM
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Built 1916 by West Point Mfg. Co. and called Fairfax “Union” Church as it was shared by Disciples of Christ, Methodist, & Baptist groups. It was purchased by the Disciples of Christ after the others left to build their . . . — — Map (db m83266) HM
Built in 1916, the kindergarten was one of five original public buildings in the Fairfax Mill Village. Each mill village had an efficient, attractive, and well kept kindergarten for children ages four to six. LaFayette Lanier, Sr. was the . . . — — Map (db m71634) HM
In 1853 James E. Chambers donated 3-acres of land
on the Collins Ferry-Oakbowery Road for Hopewell
Church and Cemetery. The first building here was
crude with split log benches. It was replaced in the
1880's by one built by James B. Chambers & . . . — — Map (db m304111) HM
The school was located at three different sites on Cherry Drive. Its beginning was in The Blue Hall Building adjacent to Goodsell Methodist Church. Later it was moved to the Dallas/Jackson Home and became the Jackson Hill School. In 1921, George H. . . . — — Map (db m71638) HM
Cornerstones of Chattahoochee Mfg. Co., Langdale, Ala., and Alabama & Georgia Mfg. Co., River View, Ala., were laid on August 1, 1866. Mills used Chattahoochee River water power for operation of spindles and looms. Planters and businessmen of . . . — — Map (db m71637) HM
