Historical Markers and War Memorials in Eufaula, Alabama
Clayton is the county seat for Barbour County
Eufaula is in Barbour County
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On East Broad Street east of North Livingston Avenue, in the median.
The Southwestern Railroad of Georgia was the first rail line to connect with Eufaula when the railroad bridge between Georgetown, Georgia and Eufaula was completed in late 1865. In 1867 the Vicksburg & Brunswick Railroad Company was formed to build . . . — — Map (db m48624) HM
On West Broad Street east of Sanford Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
The McDowell-Pappas House served as the home of Charles S. McDowell Jr. during his years in local and state politics. McDowell was born Oct 17,1871 in Eufaula and was educated in local schools and the University of Alabama. He served as mayor of . . . — — Map (db m190134) HM
On West Broad Street east of Colby Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
The Sparks-Irby House was the home of Governor Chauncey Sparks and his sister, Mrs.Louise Sparks Flewellen. Sparks was born in Barbour County on Oct 8,1884. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1919-1923 and again in 1931-1939. . . . — — Map (db m190137) HM
On East Broad Street east of North Livingston Avenue.
"Chief Eufaula," the man often referred to in the historical record as "Yoholo Micco," was a Creek chieftain from the Upper Creek town of Eufaula. Born in the late 1700s, he fought alongside allied Creeks with United States forces against his Red . . . — — Map (db m101427) HM
Near East Broad Street east of North Livingston Avenue.
A primary factor in the eventual expulsion of the Creeks from their ancestral homeland was the fact that their territory was some of the best suited in the nation for the production of cotton. Containing enormous tracts of productive soils, a long . . . — — Map (db m101658) HM
On South Eufaula Avenue (U.S. 431) near West Barbour Street, on the right when traveling south.
Cowikee Cotton Mills, which operated on this site for over 100 years, was for decades Eufaula’s largest employer. The mill began in 1888 as the Eufaula Cotton Mill. In 1909 the Comer family purchased the business and renamed it Cowikee Cotton Mills. . . . — — Map (db m89606) HM
On Lake Drive, 0.4 miles east of Lakeside Drive, on the right when traveling east.
At the dawn of the recorded history of this land, the Creek Indians owned it. Before the men who built the great houses and the men who made the laws settled this area, the United States of America ceded this land to the Creek Indians for “As . . . — — Map (db m89608) HM
On East Broad Street, 0.1 miles north of North Livingston Ave, in the median.
Lower Creek village of the Eufaula Indians antedating 1733. Early white settlers began moving into the village called Yufala in 1823. Irwinton chartered 1832, and renamed Eufaula in 1843.
Hub of a prosperous plantation region with thriving . . . — — Map (db m164055) HM
On East Barbour Street (U.S. 82) at South Eufaula Avenue (U.S. 431), on the right when traveling east on East Barbour Street.
The origins of this church date back to 1834 when Methodists, under the leadership of Jesse Burch and others, met to worship and formed a Sunday School. A frame Greek Revival edifice, at the corner of Livingston and Barbour Streets, was completed in . . . — — Map (db m75188) HM
On Springhill Road north of U.S. 82, on the right when traveling north.
This stretch of road between Eufaula and the Bullock County line was reconstructed thro the initiative and assistance of Edward Trippe Comer, of Savannah, GA. Its perpetual upkeep is insured by a fund of $100,000.00 set up in trust by him in 1919. . . . — — Map (db m163247) HM
On West Barbour Street, on the left when traveling west.
Built between 1856 and 1860 by Edward Brown Young and his wife, Ann Fendall Beall, this was one of the first of the great Italianate style homes constructed in Eufaula. It later became the home of the builders’ daughter, Anna Beall Young, and her . . . — — Map (db m33759) HM
On East Barbour Street (U.S. 82) at South Randolph Street, on the right when traveling west on East Barbour Street.
Irwinton Baptist Church was constituted on June 24, 1837. The name of the town changed to Eufaula in 1843, and consequently the name of the church became Eufaula Baptist Church. The church assumed its third name in 1869 when it was changed to First . . . — — Map (db m162277) HM
In 1836 sixteen Eufaula Presbyterians met in a room above William McKenzie’s store to hold worship services. By 1838 the congregation had built their first sanctuary dedicated to worship on the southeast corner of Forsyth Ave. and Union Street. . . . — — Map (db m60560) HM
This road marks the entrance into Eufaula of Federal Troops on April 29, 1865. Lee had surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia on April 9. General Benjamin H. Grierson was advancing with four thousand cavalry from Mobile and was then about at . . . — — Map (db m82872) HM
On East Barbour Street (U.S. 82), on the right when traveling east.
Constructed During Administration of Governor George Corley Wallace
Dedicated to the six Distinguished Barbour Countians who served Alabama as Governor
John Gill Shorter 1861-63
William Dorsey Jelks 1901-07
Braxton . . . — — Map (db m190110)
On North Eufaula Avenue (U.S. 431) 0.1 miles north of Broad Street, in the median.
Built by John Hart about 1850, the Hart House is recognized as an outstanding example of pure Greek Revival architecture. Hart (c. 1805-1863) moved from New Hampshire and became a prominent merchant and farmer. When constructed, the house was on the . . . — — Map (db m48376) HM
On North Randolph Avenue just south of East Browder Street, on the left when traveling south.
Side 1
Fairview contains a diverse collection of statuary, grave emblems and monuments amid a picturesque park-like setting. Many monuments are attributed
to the Tansey family who owned a monument company in Eufaula and operated their marble . . . — — Map (db m173638) HM
Near North Randolph Avenue at East Browder Street.
Interred on this gently sloping hillside are the remains of many of Eufaula’s early black citizens. Their names are known only to God because the wooden grave markers which located the burials have long since vanished. This burying ground was used . . . — — Map (db m27987) HM
On School Street east of Engram Street, on the right when traveling east.
T.V. McCoo High School
In 1957, Eufaula citizens supported a bond issue that included, among other education projects, construction funds to relocate and build a new Van Buren High School facility. Completed in the same year, the campus was . . . — — Map (db m197392) HM
On East Broad Street east of North Livingston Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The Second Creek war resulted in the final expulsion of the Creeks from eastern Alabama and paved the way for large-scale American settlement. The town of Irwinton gradually expanded westward from the bluff overlooking the Chattahoochee in the years . . . — — Map (db m101361) HM
On East Broad Street east of North Livingston Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The area surrounding Eufaula was once part of a regional Creek population center. Towns of note in the region included Sawokli (also known as Sabacola) and the town of Eufaula for which the modern city is named. Trails linked these closely-connected . . . — — Map (db m101355) HM
On East Broad Street east of North Livingston Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
In 1836 long-simmering tensions between Creeks and American settlers erupted into warfare. The Creeks, crowded onto the last portion of their ancestral homeland and witnessing the rampant theft of their lands, had also become subject to harsh laws . . . — — Map (db m101360) HM
On East Broad Street, on the right when traveling west.
On this site stood the St. Julian Hotel where Jefferson Davis and his daughter Winnie, spent the night and where he spoke to the people of Eufaula, March 9, 1886. — — Map (db m185917) HM
On East Broad Street east of North Livingston Avenue.
A small group of American settlers from Georgia formed a community called Eufaula in this vicinity as early as 1823. The settlement began to grow in importance later in the decade through the influence of prominent local landholder and Creek War . . . — — Map (db m101357) HM
On Cotton Avenue at Highland Avenue on Cotton Avenue.
The Tree That Owns Itself
Planned and Dedicated
April 19, 1961
Replacing the Walker Oak
Felled by Wind April 9, 1961
Original Deed Granted by
City of Eufaula
to the
Post Oak Tree
April 8, 1936 . . . — — Map (db m101286) HM
May God Continue To Give Our Nation
"Stout-Hearted" Men Like The Vietnam
Veteran to who this monument is dedicated
General William C. Westmoreland
Commander of U.S. Forces Vietnam Dedicated May 39, 1983
"Nobody In His Right Mind Welcomes . . . — — Map (db m174939) WM
On South Eufaula Avenue (U.S. 431), on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
(Front): First known as White Oak Chapel this church was dedicated on October, 18, 1859 by Rev. Issac I. Tatum of the Alabama Conference Methodist Episcopal Church South. The Society was organized by Rev. John J. Cassady who served as pastor . . . — — Map (db m163401) HM
On West Broad Street, on the right when traveling west.
This is the site of the Shorter–Treadwell–Jelks Home which was the family residence of Governor John Gill Shorter and later William Dorsey Jelks. The house was demolished in late 1963. Jelks was born in Warrior Stand, Alabama on Nov. 7, 1855. In . . . — — Map (db m186506) HM
On East Broad Street east of North Livingston Avenue, in the median.
William Thomas "Tom" Mann
1932-2005
Family man, entrepreneur and bass angler legend, Tom Mann, achieved fame as a fishing lure designer/manufacturer and helped put Lake Eufaula on the map with his popular television shows. With an . . . — — Map (db m113682) HM
On East Broad Street at Orange Avenue, in the median on East Broad Street.
To Those Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice
1917 — World War — 1918
John Asbury Boswell
Robert W. Brannon-Hinton W. Holleman
Porter R. Doughtie-Daniel T. Tully
Lest We Forget. — — Map (db m101350) WM
