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The Mitcham War was a bloody conflict that occurred in Clarke County, Alabama in the early 1890s. [ 1 ] The conflict was between rural farmers in remote section of Clarke County named Mitcham Beat and merchants in Coffeeville and other towns near the Mitcham Beat . [ 1 ]
In 1892, Coffeeville was the site for a violent confrontation around economic and racial divides that later became known as the Mitcham War. [5] [6] In 1939, racial violence in Coffeeville was brought to the attention of President Franklin D. Roosevelt following a near-lynching incident involving the complicity of the mayor of Coffeeville. [7]
You might be from Mobile if you can finish this question: “Did you know Mardi Gras…”
Noccalula Falls Park is a 250-acre (101-ha) public park located in Gadsden, Alabama, United States.The main feature of the park is a 90-foot (27-m) waterfall. Trails wind through Black Creek Gorge past caves, an aboriginal fort, an abandoned dam, pioneer homestead, and Civil War carvings. [1]
Decatur, a town of about 55,000 residents, offers a mix of historic experiences honoring its past along with an abundance of new shops, restaurants, and entertainment options.
Joe Cain's wife, Elizabeth Alabama Rabby Cain, died 3 years later, in 1907 at Bayou La Batre, [2] and she is also re-buried, beside him. [2] Joe and Elizabeth are two of the few, if only, people known to have been buried three times as both bodies were moved after the re-interment in the old Church Street Graveyard the following year to be ...
Lucas Tavern (Old Alabama Town) Montgomery: 1818 Tavern/Inn Oldest surviving tavern in the state and the oldest building in the city of Montgomery. It is famous for hosting the Marquis de Lafayette during his 1825 trip through Alabama. Now stands at Old Alabama Town. [13] John Looney House: Ashville: 1818 House The oldest two story dogtrot ...
Samuel W. Mitcham Jr. is an American author and military historian who specializes in the German war effort during World War II and the Confederate war effort during the American Civil War. He is the author of more than 40 books and has collaborated with other historians such as Gene Mueller .