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The first scientific reports of Alabama's geology were made during field studies by R. T. Brumby in the late 1830s and Sir Charles Lyell in the early 1840s. Michael Tuomey , appointed state geologist in 1847, completed a Geological Map of Alabama and in 1849 and published the first of two comprehensive reports on the state's resources a year later.
Sumter County was established on December 18, 1832. From 1797 to 1832, Sumter County was part of the Choctaw Nation, which was made up of four main villages. [1] The first settlers in Sumter County were French explorers who had come north from Mobile. They built and settled at Fort Tombecbee, near the modern-day town of Epes.
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The Odenville Limestone is a geologic formation in Alabama.It preserves fossils dating from the early Ordovician Period.. As first described by geologist Charles Butts in a 1926 report on Alabama’s geology, the Odenville consisted of “impure argillaceous and siliceous dark fine-grained cherty limestone,” about fifty feet in thickness.
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The Tallahatta Formation is a geologic formation found on the surface in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi.It is also located in the subsurface of Kentucky. [1] The Tallahatta formation is part of the Claiborne Group [2] and contains four members: the Basic City Shale in Mississippi, the Holy Springs Sand Member in Mississippi, the Meridian Sand Member in Alabama and Mississippi, and ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Sumter County, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map. [1]
Kinterbish Creek is a stream in the U.S. states of Alabama and Mississippi. [1] It is a tributary to the Tombigbee River . Kinterbish is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "beaver dam". [ 2 ]