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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23DT_claysville-junior-high-school_Guntersville-AL.html
Claysville School was born of community pride and the tireless labor of the people. Built on five acres bought for two dollars per acre from C. W. Baird, Sarah Baird, and H. D. Walls, Claysville School was completed on February 19, 1929. Led by fu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZXC_section-of-core_Guntersville-AL.html
Drilled from Limestone Bedrock during Construction Guntersville Dam 1935-1938
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZX8_events-in-marshall-county_Guntersville-AL.html
28-29 July, 1862 Guntersville shelled-burned by Union Artillery, Cavalry and Infantry.
Skirmish at Fern's Law's, Matthew's Landings and Ft Deposit.
1 May 1862 - Sand Mountain Cavalry Battle CSA Gen. Forrest - Union Col. Streight.
24 Aug…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZX4_veterans-of-foreign-wars-marshall-county_Guntersville-AL.html
Honoring those who served in combat - Especially those who made the supreme sacrificeWorld War IRichardson,Robert C.Mashburn, Millard J.Totherow, Charlie Shuttleworth, Walter F.Searcy, Charles H.Parrish, Steve R.Walker, Thomas P.Leach, William G.S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ8H_federal-troops-burn-guntersville-during-civil-war_Guntersville-AL.html
January 15, 1865 was perhaps the darkest day in the history of Guntersville. At noon, Forty Federal marines from the gunboat U.S.S. General Grant were sent to burn the town. After the mission was completed, only seven buildings remained standing -…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUNJ_fry-cemetery_Guntersville-AL.html
Located on the hilltop 500 feet southwest of here. Fry Cemetery typifies rural valley-and-ridge community cemeteries of the 1800s. The Fry family emigrated from Virginia to this area when it was still part of the Mississippi Territory. Revolutiona…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM84_john-gunter_Guntersville-AL.html
Buried near here in 1835John GunterFounder of Guntersville.He and his wife Catherine,daughter ofa Cherokee Indian chief,were thegreat-grandparents ofWill Rogersbeloved American humorist.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM83_history-of-guntersville_Guntersville-AL.html
(Side A) This area's proximity to the Tennessee River and Indian trails made it a crossroads for early habitation, settlement, and trade. Archaeological studies reveal it was first inhabited about 12,000 years ago by Paleo-Indians. They were follo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEPL_ravine-used-for-protection-against-yankee-shelling_Guntersville-AL.html
The first major attack on Guntersville during the Civil War occurred on the morning of Monday, July 28, 1862. The Federals had marched by night and had reached a hill on the north side of the Tennessee River and from this vantage point aimed their…