History and Heritage in Gadsden, AL

1

The surrounding area and this well was part of Turkey’s Town, once a capitol of the proud Cherokee Nation. Chief Tu...

2

The North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church was organized on this site in the Methodist Episcopal Chu...

3

World War I Ables, Crawford Aderholt, Carl Atwood, Joe I. Bagley, Hugh Battles, Fred Benton, Edwin J. Berry, C. Birch...

4

On 6/18/1942 the U.S. took possession of 36,300 acres in Etowah and adjoining St. Clair County to establish Alabama's...

5

This Italianate brick commercial structure with a cast-iron storefront on the first floor is significant for its 24 y...

6

7

In 1851 twelve Methodists meet in Newton (later Attalla) to plan a Methodist Episcopal Church. A crude log building o...

8

In memory of the Gadsden Alabama girl heroine Emma Sansom, who when the bridge across Black Creek had been burned by ...

9

On Loyalty Day this 30th day of April, 1967, we do pay honors and tribute to a great American - Paul Harvey - a man w...

10

Established as a supply camp by General Andrew Jackson, September 1813, on the banks of Big Wills Creek. It was here ...

11

His courageous ride of warning from Gadsden to Rome, Ga. on May 2, 1863 is unsurpassed in history.

12

Dwight Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts selected this site in Alabama City for a cotton mill in 1894....

13

In the fall of 1902, Captain William Patrick Lay, of Gadsden, began construction of a small hydro electric generating...

14

Built of local sandstone in 1935 on land obtained from the American Legion Post No. 5 this municipal amphitheatre sea...

15

This is the site of the family home of Gadsden native General William Luther Sibert who played a major role in the co...

Turkey Town Monument