In honor of those who served so gallantly
in World War II, 1941 — 1945
and
in memory of the following
who made the supreme sacrifice
Monroe Newman • G.W. Henderson — — Map (db m95134) WM
This tablet is placed by
Tallapoosa County
in commemoration of the
one hundredth anniversary
of the
Battle Of Horseshoe Bend,
fought within its limits
on March 27, 1814.
There the Creek Indians, led by
Menawa and other chiefs, . . . — — Map (db m28751) HM
In 1941, the Carnation Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, purchased
land in Dadeville to build a powdered milk plant on this site. Difficulties
securing the proper milk evaporating equipment delayed the opening of
the facility until November 1943. . . . — — Map (db m223977) HM
In 1912, Adam Hill Wilder opened a Coca-Cola bottling plant at
the corner of Cussetta and West streets. Wilder's plant produced
the beverage in 6.5-ounce glass bottles, filled one at a time by
machine. A case of thirty-four bottles cost 80˘. For . . . — — Map (db m223953) HM
Called the United States Hotel until the 1890s,
the Dennis Hotel was owned by a Dadeville
family by that name for well over a century. It
began as a stage stop, and gained fame as the
living quarters for mid-19th-century humorist
Johnson Jones . . . — — Map (db m223969) HM
Dadeville First Baptist Church was organized on December 1, 1838. The initial congregation of nine community members. banding together to serve Christ, met first in a home and then in the Masonic Lodge. The first sanctuary, built in 1854 on . . . — — Map (db m95106) HM
Fletcher Farrington, after graduating from the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University), came to Tallapoosa County as a county agent for the Agricultural Extension Service in 1932. Concluding that soil erosion was the local farmers . . . — — Map (db m95105) HM
Alabama’s first medical school.
Trained physicians who
rendered great service to
the State and Confederacy.
Closed by war
and death of its founder,
Philip M. Shepard, M.D. — — Map (db m28741) HM
Strategically located at the juncture of 19th-century roads
from Georgia and Tennessee, Dadeville was first charted in
1837. The next year, it was designated the seat of justice for
Tallapoosa County, one of a number of counties created in
1832 . . . — — Map (db m223964) HM
There on March 27, 1814 General Andrew Jackson commanding U. S. forces and friendly Indians, broke the power of the Creek Confederacy. — — Map (db m39812) HM
In August 1814, following Gen. Andrew Jackson's victory at the
Battle of Horseshoe Bend, the Creek Nation ceded its land in central
and south Alabama to the U.S. Government. On March 24, 1832, the
Creek Nation signed the Treaty of Cusseta, . . . — — Map (db m223956) HM
A 1907 act of the Alabama Legislature called for the
construction of a new public high school in each
county. Officials selected Dadeville as the location of
Tallapoosa County High School. Residents sought
private funds and used a bond issue to . . . — — Map (db m223975) HM
Honor Roll
In loving memory of the men of Tallapoosa County who made the supreme sacrifice.
"Korean Conflict"
25 June 1950 to 31 January 1955
Betts, Charles Jr.
Brooks, Jimmy
Bryant, Morris N.
Buckner, Ernest B. . . . — — Map (db m68063) WM
To the memory of
the men
of Tallapoosa County Alabama
who gave their lives in the
World War
Sanford E. Adams
Henry Lorenza Dabbs
Paul H. Harris
Amos D. Howle
Handley Mask
Clarence E. Newell
Allen Plant
Harmie E. Stevens . . . — — Map (db m68068) WM
Tallapoosa County honors its
sons who gave their lives in
World War II
Sacrifice • Courage
Jack N. Adams • Charles W. Allen • Phillip H. Avery • James F. Baker • William C. Baxter • Austin Belyeu • Lois Blankenship • Eddie . . . — — Map (db m68162) WM
The Rock Store
Built in the late 1890s by Wingfield Terrell Cosby, Sr., his wife Drusilla, and their seven children, the Rock Store was a Tallapoosa County institution for more than a half century. Local rocks crudely stacked and joined with . . . — — Map (db m223944) HM
Born and educated in Baden, Germany, and educated as a horticulturist, William Carl Roeck arrived in America in 1854 at the age of eighteen and engaged in extensive travels. He later enlisted in the Confederate Army, serving four years in the Second . . . — — Map (db m223945) HM
In 1898, nine area residents organized a Presbyterian church with Rev. B.F. Bellinger as organizational pastor. Worship services were held every fourth Sunday in the old Concord School or, weather permitting, under a bush arbor on the site. A . . . — — Map (db m95111) HM
