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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EWM_the-old-rotation_Auburn-AL.html
Established in 1896 by Professor J.F. Duggar, the Old Rotation at Auburn University is: (1) the oldest, continuous cotton experiment in the U.S.; and (2) the 3rd oldest continuous field crop experiment in the U.S.; and (3) the 1st experiment to de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EA0_chewacla-state-park_Auburn-AL.html
Side 1Under President Franklin D. Roosevel'ts New Deal (1933-1942), the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established to provide work for single young men. The CCC's Company 4448, Camp Alabama SP-12, began work in September 1935 to construct C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E9V_wrights-mill_Auburn-AL.html
Side 1A popular recreation area for more than 100 years. Original dam located a short distance below Chewacla Lake Dam. Mill located on the west bank and ground both corn and wheat. Earlier mill owners from 1840's were Echols, Hiram Reed, Charles …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E9T_first-rosenwald-school_Auburn-AL.html
Side 1On this site once stood the first of over 5,300 Rosenwald schools for black children built between 1913 and 1932. The schools were started in a collaboration between Julius Rosenwald, CEO of Sears, Roebuck, and Company and Booker T. Washingt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E9R_dr-alexandar-nunn-lee-county-historical-society_Auburn-AL.html
Side 1Dr. Alexandar NunnDr. Nunn was born in Loachapoka on September 17, 1904. Beginning in 1924 he contributed to and edited the Progressive Farmer Magazine for 43 years. He helped to start Southern Living Magazine, retiring in 1967 as executive …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19ER_sigma-alpha-epsilon_Auburn-AL.html
The Alpha Mu chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon was founded on June 15, 1878 at the Agricultural & Mechanical College of Alabama (now Auburn University). John E.D. Shipp came to Auburn as a student determined to organize a chapter at a time when frate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19EQ_wittel-dormitory_Auburn-AL.html
Wittel Dormitory has long been admired as one of Auburn's most significant examples of classic nineteenth-century design. Built in the early 1900's by Samuel S. Wittel to house professional women, it also served as a home for three generations of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQMY_salem-alabama_Auburn-AL.html
Side A:Among the earliest settlers were the families of Henry Crowder, Dr. D. W. Floyd, Charles Nelms, W. W. Burt, George Heard, John Askew, Moses Pruitt, and Dr. McCoy. Rev. F. L. Cherry, leading historian of East Alabama's first 50 years, wrote …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQMX_auburn-university-chapel_Auburn-AL.html
Side A:The University Chapel is the oldest public building in the city of Auburn. Built as a Presbyterian Church, the first service was held in the original Greek Revival-style building on September 13, 1851. Edwin Reese, spiritual leader of the t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQMW_auburn-alabama_Auburn-AL.html
Settled by Judge J. J. Harper and others from Harris County, Georgia, in 1836.This region was opened to settlementin 1836-37 by the removal of theCreek Indians to lands westof the Mississippi River.
Erected byThe Alabama Officers ClubDaughters …