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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23VE_tuckabatchee-masonic-lodge_Phenix-City-AL.html
Front This historic building was erected in 1848 to serve as the Tuckabatchee Masonic Lodge No. 96. At the time, this community of Crawford, Alabama (formerly known as Crockettsville from 1832 - 1843, named after Davy Crockett) was the cou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WUU_coweta-and-northeastern-russell-county-historical_Phenix-City-AL.html
During the tumultuous decades prior to the Removal of the Creeks from their ancestral homelands in the 1830s, the vicinity of the town of Coweta became an important location for interaction between the Creek Nation and the American government. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WUQ_coweta-center-for-international-diplomacy-historical_Phenix-City-AL.html
Coweta served as a critical place of interaction between Creeks and Europeans throughout the colonial era. Situated at the intersection of regional trading routes and the claims of expanding Spanish, English and French colonial empires, it becam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WUM_emperor-brims-mary-musgrove-and-chief-william-mcintosh-historical_Phenix-City-AL.html
Coweta was the home of many influential Creek leaders, including three individuals who figured prominently in the history of the Creek people; "Emperor" Brims, Mary Musgrove, Chief William McIntosh. The Coweta chieftain Brims, who led Cow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WUF_the-creek-town-of-coweta-historical_Phenix-City-AL.html
The town of Coweta was actually two separate Native American settlements and dozens of affiliated outlying communities occupied at different times in what is now northeastern Russell County. "Coweta Tallahassee" (old Coweta), regarded by most arch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WS9_columbus-steamboat-wharf-historical_Phenix-City-AL.html
The Columbus Steamboat Wharf, about 700 ft. from here, was used as a river boat landing for 111 years. 210 steamers arrived from Jan. 26, 1828 when the first steamer, the "Fanny" docked at the wharf until Apr. 1, 1939 when the "George W. Miller" a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B4Y_albert-love-patterson_Phenix-City-AL.html
(side 1)Born at New Site, Alabama, he grew up working on his parents' farm. In 1916 he worked in the oil fields in Texas and joined the Texas National Guard. He married Agnes Benson of Alabama in 1917. In 1918 he was commissioned an officer in the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B4D_pow-mia-monument_Phenix-City-AL.html
POW*MIAYou Are Not Forgotten Dedicated to allOur Nation'sPOW * MIAPast - Present Fort Benning Sergeants Major Association 19 September 2009
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B43_allen-temple-a-m-e-church-grant-chapel-a-m-e-church_Phenix-City-AL.html
(obverse)Allen Temple A.M.E. Church In 1879, under the pastorate of Reverend George Wesley Allen, the Allen Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church had its humble beginning in Phenix City, Alabama as Grant Mission. The Russell County Housing …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B3T_union-night-attack-down-summerville-road_Phenix-City-AL.html
Confederate Captain Nat Clanton's battery sat astride Summerville Road on April 16, 1865 when Union forces launched a three-fisted night attack from northwest of this position. Elements of the Third and Fourth Iowa and the Tenth Missouri all passe…
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