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This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Alabama that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
The Robert Beaty Historic District is a historic district in Athens, Alabama. Robert Beaty was one of the original founders of Athens. An Irish immigrant who settled in Virginia, Beaty and his associates purchased 160 acres (65 ha) around a spring, and began subdividing the land for sale in 1818. A small village of log structures had formed by ...
Cotton Hill is a historic mansion on a former forced-labor farm in Limestone County, Alabama, U.S. The house was built in the 1830s by William Parham as the main residence and headquarters of Luke Matthews' 1,000-acre plantation. It was designed in the Federal architectural style. [3]
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This entailed a complicated multi-year endeavor to reorganize the company, with much buying and selling of assets, as described in a very detailed 1934 stock sale prospectus. [7] Foremost Dairies, Inc.expanded from serving 12 communities in 4 states (1932) to serving 112 communities in 22 states plus the Far East (1953).
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Athens was founded in 1818 when Robert Beaty and John D. Carroll began selling tracts of land. The following year, the town was chosen as the county seat of the newly formed Limestone County . Commercial development around the courthouse square was swift, aided by the strong cotton market.
Just hours after his swearing-in this week, President Donald Trump signed action to end “radical and wasteful government DEI programs and preferencing.” Communities across the country ...