Historical Markers and War Memorials in Dadeville, Alabama

Dadeville is the county seat of Tallapoosa County

► Alabama, Tallapoosa County, Dadeville — Alabama Mills WWII Memorial —

In honor of those who served so gallantly in World War II, 1941 — 1945, and in memory of the following who made the supreme sacrifice: Monroe Newman • G.W. Henderson

2 ► Alabama, Tallapoosa County, Dadeville — Battle Of Horseshoe Bend — One hundredth anniversary — 1814 – 1914 —

This tablet is placed by Tallapoosa County in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, fought within its limits on March 27, 1814. There, the Creek Indians, led by Menawa and other chiefs,

This tablet is placed by Tallapoosa County in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the Battle Of Horseshoe Bend, fought within its limits on March 27, 1814. There the Creek Indians, led by Menawa and other chiefs,

3 ► Alabama, Tallapoosa County, Dadeville — Carnation Milk Plant — 1943~1961 —

In 1941, the Carnation Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, purchased land in Dadeville to build a powdered milk plant on this site. Difficulties securing the proper evaporating equipment delayed the facility’s opening until November 1943.

4 ► Alabama, Tallapoosa County, Dadeville — Dadeville Coca-Cola Company — 1912~1934 —

In 1912, Adam Hill Wilder opened a Coca-Cola bottling plant at the corner of Cussetta and West streets. Wilder’s plant produced the beverage in 6.5-ounce glass bottles, filled one at a time by machine. A case of thirty-four bottles costs 80¢.

5 ► Alabama, Tallapoosa County, Dadeville — Dennis Hotel — Circa 1836~Circa 1960 —

Called the United States Hotel until the 1890s, the Dennis Hotel was owned by a Dadeville family of the same name for well over a century. It began as a stage stop and gained fame as the living quarters for mid-19th-century humorist Johnson Jones.

6 ► Alabama, Tallapoosa County, Dadeville — First Baptist Church — 1838 —

Dadeville First Baptist Church was organized on December 1, 1838. The initial congregation of nine community members. Banding together to serve Christ, met first in a home and then in the Masonic Lodge. The first sanctuary was built in 1854.

► Alabama, Tallapoosa County, Dadeville — Fletcher Napoleon Farrington, Sr. — 1902 – 1968 — County Agent and Civic Leader —

Fletcher Farrington, after graduating from the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University), came to Tallapoosa County as a county agent for the Agricultural Extension Service in 1932. Concluding that soil erosion was the local farmers. Inscription: Fletcher Farrington, after graduating from the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University), came to Tallapoosa County as a county agent for the Agricultural Extension Service in 1932. Concluding that soil erosion was the local farmers’ most pressing problem, he launched a cooperative program that loaned small farmers the large tractors needed to introduce the newly developed “Nichols terrace” method of plowing hillside cropland. With the support of the county judge and commissioners, the program was widely emulated as an effective soil conservation tool during the Great Depression. In 1934, Farrington organized the Dadeville Kiwanis Club and served as its first president. As a county agricultural agent and Dadeville community leader, he embraced “Farm-City Week,” a program that brought together agricultural and business leaders to share ideas. Soon after it was introduced to and adopted by Kiwanis International in 1955, Farrington became one of the program’s national spokesmen. He retired from the Extension Service in 1961 and joined the Alabama Farm Bureau’s Rural-Urban Relations Division. Marker in front of the Chambers-Tallapoosa-Coosa Community Action Committee office. There, he launched the Agribusiness Career Day program to encourage youth to pursue farming as a business.   Erected 2015 by Alabama Historical Association.

8 ► Alabama, Tallapoosa County, Dadeville — Grafenberg Medical Institute — 1852 – 1861 —

Alabama’s first medical school. Trained physicians who rendered outstanding service to the State and Confederacy. Closed by war and the death of its founder, Philip M. Shepard, M.D.

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9 ► Alabama, Tallapoosa County, Dadeville — Historic Dadeville —

Strategically located at the juncture of 19th-century roads from Georgia and Tennessee, Dadeville was first charted in 1837. The next year, it was designated the seat of justice for Tallapoosa County, one of several counties created in 1832 .

10 ► Alabama, Tallapoosa County, Dadeville — Horseshoe Bend Battle Ground — 12 Miles North —

There on March 27, 1814 General Andrew Jackson commanding U. S. forces and friendly Indians, broke the power of the Creek Confederacy.

11 ► Alabama, Tallapoosa County, Dadeville — Johnson J. Hooper — 1815 – 1861 —

12 ► Alabama, Tallapoosa County, Dadeville — The Rock Store / The Rock Store’s Cosby Family — 1890s~1957 —

The Rock Store was built in the late 1890s by Wingfield Terrell Cosby, Sr., his wife Drusilla, and their seven children. The Rock Store was a Tallapoosa County institution for more than half a century. Local rocks are crudely stacked and joined.

The Rock Store Built in the late 1890s by Wingfield Terrell Cosby, Sr., his wife Drusilla, and their seven children, the Rock Store was a Tallapoosa County institution for more than a half century. Local rocks crudely stacked and joined with .

13 ► Alabama, Tallapoosa County, Dadeville — Tallapoosa County —

In August 1814, following Gen. Andrew Jackson’s victory at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, the Creek Nation ceded its land in central and south Alabama to the U.S. Government. On March 24, 1832, the Creek Nation signed the Treaty of Cusseta.

14 ► Alabama, Tallapoosa County, Dadeville — Tallapoosa County High School — 1910~1949 —

A 1907 act of the Alabama Legislature called for the construction of a new public high school in each county. Officials selected Dadeville as the location of Tallapoosa County High School. Residents sought private funds and used a bond issue to . . . — — Map (db m223975) HM

15 ► Alabama, Tallapoosa County, Dadeville — Tallapoosa County Korean & Vietnam War Memorial —

Honor Roll In loving memory of the men of Tallapoosa County who made the supreme sacrifice. “Korean Conflict” 25 June 1950 to 31 January 1955 Betts, Charles Jr. Brooks, Jimmy Bryant, Morris N. Buckner, Ernest B.

16 ► Alabama, Tallapoosa County, Dadeville — Tallapoosa County World War I Memorial —

To the memory of the men of Tallapoosa County, Alabama, who gave their lives in World War I: Sanford E. Adams, Henry Lorenza Dabbs, Paul H. Harris, Amos D. Howle, Handley Mask, Clarence E. Newell, Allen Plant, Harmie E. Stevens.

To the memory of the men of Tallapoosa County Alabama who gave their lives in the World War Sanford E. Adams Henry Lorenza Dabbs Paul H. Harris Amos D. Howle Handley Mask Clarence E. Newell Allen Plant Harmie E. Stevens .

17 ► Alabama, Tallapoosa County, Dadeville — Tallapoosa County World War II Memorial —

Tallapoosa County honors its sons who gave their lives in World War II: Sacrifice • Courage Jack N. Adams • Charles W. Allen • Phillip H. Avery • James F. Baker • William C. Baxter • Austin Belyeu • Lois Blankenship • Eddie.

Tallapoosa County honors its sons who gave their lives in World War II Sacrifice • Courage Jack N. Adams • Charles W. Allen • Phillip H. Avery • James F. Baker • William C. Baxter • Austin Belyeu • Lois Blankenship • Eddie .

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18 ► Alabama, Tallapoosa County, Dadeville — William Carl Roeck — 1836~1920 —

Born and educated in Baden, Germany, as a horticulturist, William Carl Roeck arrived in America in 1854 at the age of eighteen and undertook extensive travel. He later enlisted in the Confederate Army, serving for four years in the Second.

19 ► Alabama, Tallapoosa County, Dadeville — Woods Presbyterian Church —

In 1898, nine area residents organized a Presbyterian church with Rev. B.F. Bellinger as organizational pastor. Worship services were held every fourth Sunday in the old Concord School or, weather permitting, under a bush arbor on the site. A .