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The Tombigbee District was an area mostly on the west side of the Tombigbee River in Alabama; it was first opened to settlement by British colonists under the Treaty of Mobile, negotiated between the British government of West Florida and the Choctaw at a Native American congress held in Mobile in March–April 1765.
Guin / ˈ ɡ j uː ɪ n / is a city in Marion County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in December 1889. [ 3 ] At the 2020 census , the population was 2,195.
Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railway Company. Under general laws of Alabama, through articles of consolidation dated Apr. 12, 1913, effective May 1, 1913. 2 Tombigbee Valley Railroad Company. Under general laws of Alabama, Mar. 2, 1904. Consolidated May 1, 1913, with 3 and 4 to form 1. 3 Mobile Terminal & Railway Company.
Alabama Great Southern Railroad: Alabama and Florida Railroad: L&N: 1850 1868 Pensacola and Louisville Railroad: Alabama and Florida Railroad: L&N: 1898 1900 Louisville and Nashville Railroad: Alabama and Florida Railroad: 1936 1941 N/A Alabama and Florida Railroad: AFLR 1986 1992 Alabama and Florida Railway: Alabama and Florida Railway: AF ...
The area Gu-Win occupies is between Guin and Winfield. Until the 1950s, it was known as "Ear Gap". Not wanting to be annexed into Guin or Winfield, it pursued incorporation for itself, and chose the name of the local drive-in theater, "Gu-Win". [3] As of 2019, the theater still operates, but has been renamed the Blue Moon. [5]
James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant, also known as Barry Steam Plant or Plant Barry, is a coal- and natural gas-fired electrical generation facility in Bucks, Mobile County, Alabama, United States. [1] It lies on the west bank of the Mobile River, using it both for coal delivery as well as for cooling water.
The Tom Bevill Lock and Dam, formerly named Aliceville Lock and Dam and "Memphis Lock and Dam", [1] is one of four lock and dam structures on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway that generally lie along the original course of the Tombigbee River. It is located near Aliceville, Alabama and impounds Aliceville Lake.
It was constructed in 1811 and 1812 from the Tennessee River (opposite the Elk River's mouth) to Cotton Gin Port on the upper Tombigbee River and on to Fort Stoddert on the lower Tombigbee. The portion from the Tennessee River to Cotton Gin Port was surveyed in 1807 and 1808 by Edmund P. Gaines , the road's namesake and a career United States ...