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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CBN_our-confederate-dead_Greenville-AL.html
Front: Our Confederate Dead
Back: To the memory of Butler Co's Confederate Soldiers
West: Erected 1903 by the Father Ryan Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
East: Dead, but his spirit breathes;Dead, but his heart is ours;…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CBD_oakey-streak-oakey-streak-methodist-church_Red-Level-AL.html
Side 1Oakey StreakThe community of Oakey Streak was so named for the abundance of oak trees in the immediate vicinity. From 1829-1843 the post office here was known as Middletown and from 1853-1935 Oakey Streak. Nearby was the Dawson Masonic Lodge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CBC_pioneer-electric-cooperative_Greenville-AL.html
The Butler County Electric Membership Corporation was formed as a rural electric cooperative in Greenville in July 1938. The first home receiving electricity from the cooperative was located near here.
The Cooperative's original Board of Direct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CBB_butler-county_Greenville-AL.html
Side 1Created in 1819 by Act of Alabama Territorial Legislature from lands ceded by the Creek Indian Nation by the Treaty of Fort Jackson, 1814.
Named for Captain William Butler, soldier of Creek Indian War, 1813-14, early settler killed in Cre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CBA_the-camellia-city-greenville_Greenville-AL.html
Side 1The Camellia CityMr. J. Glenn Stanley, an ardent camellia enthusiast, dreamed of Greenville becoming "The Camellia City" and loyally promoted this slogan as editor of The Greenville Advocate. The city's first Camellia Show was held at his an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CB9_west-commerce-street-historic-district-historic-greenville-depot_Greenville-AL.html
Side 1West Commerce Street Historic District
The completion of the railroad in the late 1850s brought this District into being. The District grew into a major trade center between Montgomery and Mobile. The capital accumulated from this trade a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CB7_pioneer-cemetery_Greenville-AL.html
Greenville's oldest, established 1819. Captain William Butler, for whom the county was named, buried here. He was killed fighting Indians led by Savannah Jack in March, 1818. Greenville's oldest church, a community church established in 1822, form…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CB5_confederate-park-greenville-city-hall-site-of-public-school_Greenville-AL.html
Side 1Confederate ParkConfederate Park was created in 1897 as a joint effort of the Father Ryan Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the City of Greenville, with First United Methodist Church providing the Park site. The sixteen-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AGB_the-butler-massacre-fort-bibb_Forest-Home-AL.html
(obverse)The Butler Massacre
On March 20, 1818, Capt. William Butler, Capt. James Saffold, William Gardener, Daniel Shaw and John Hinson left Fort Bibb to meet Col. Sam Dale. They were attacked near Pine Barren Creek by Savannah Jack and his wa…