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The city is located along U.S. Highways 82 and 431 in southeast Alabama on the Georgia state line, adjacent to the city of Georgetown, Georgia, which is east across the Chattahoochee River from the city. U.S. 431 runs through the city from north to south as Eufaula Avenue, leading north 47 mi (76 km) to Phenix City and southwest 51 mi (82 km ...
Alabama governors from Barbour County Name In Office Hometown John Gill Shorter: 1861–1863 Eufaula, AL William Dorsey Jelks: 1901–1907 Eufaula, AL Braxton Bragg Comer: 1907–1911 Spring Hill, AL Charles S. McDowell: July 10,11, 1924 Eufaula, AL Chauncey Sparks: 1943–1947 Eufaula, AL George Corley Wallace: 1963–1967, 1971–1979, 1983 ...
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The White League had formed in 1874 as an insurgent, white Democratic paramilitary group in Grant Parish and nearby parishes [2] on the Red River of the South in Louisiana.The League was founded by members of the white militia who had committed the Colfax Massacre in Louisiana in 1873, killing numerous black people in order to turn out Republicans from parish offices as part of the disputed ...
Chambers County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 34,772. [1] Its county seat is LaFayette. Its largest city is Valley. Its name is in honor of Henry H. Chambers, [2] who served as a United States Senator from Alabama.
/ Encompassing the 19th century nucleus of Eufaula, the district contains an especially heavy concentration of buildings erected during the five decades between 1870 and 1920. Within the boundaries lie the Central Business District (CBD) which is located east of Eufaula Avenue and stretches north to Church Place and south to Barbour Street.
James Sterling Clark (October 7, 1921 – June 6, 2000) of Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama, served as the mayor of the City of Eufaula from 1976 to 1978, and served four consecutive terms in the Senate of Alabama from 1958 to 1974. He served as the chair of the Senate Rules Committee for 12 of those 16 years.
Weedon Field covers an area of 208 acres (84 ha) at an elevation of 285 feet (87 m) above mean sea level.It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).