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The College Street Historic District is a historic district in Troy, Alabama.The district encompasses West College Street between Pine Street and Cherry Street. The district covers 15.5 acres (6.3 ha) and comprises 19 contributing properties, including 17 houses, a church, and a cemetery. [2]
WTBF signed on at noon on February 25, 1947, with the roll of the timpani leading into "The Star-Spangled Banner", played by the Troy High School Band. That drum roll was played by the future Mrs. Ann Gilchrist (wife of owner Joe Gilchrist ).
Troy is a city in and the county seat of Pike County, [4] Alabama, United States. [2] It was formally incorporated on February 4, 1843. [5]Between 1763 and 1783, the area where Troy sits was part of the colony of British West Florida. [6]
Both the Grubbs and the Colemans used African American slave labor in their operations. [4] Tensions between the brothers reached the crisis point in 1783 when Curtis decided to marry his 20-year-old cousin Ann Grubb, granddaughter of the brothers' uncle Nathaniel Grubb. Curtis' oldest son, Peter III, became concerned for his inheritance and ...
In 1887, a group of local educators and prominent citizens of Troy joined to acquire a state normal school (teacher training school) for Troy. Thanks mostly to the efforts of Ariosto A. Wiley, a powerful state senator who was born in Troy, Troy won the education prize over Lowndesboro, Alabama, which had also wanted the school. The school was ...
Albert B. Elmore (November 19, 1904 – July 26, 1988) was an American college football coach and player, college basketball coach, and college athletics administrator. A graduate of the University of Alabama, Elmore led Troy State Teachers College (now known as Troy University) from 1931 to 1936, compiling a 31–20–2 record. [1]
The Grubb family was first recorded in Stoke Climsland, Cornwall in 1329 and over the centuries lived in the small village as tenant farmers and trades people. [5] John's father, Henry Grubb Jr. (1617 - bef 1677) was a butcher who rented a small piece of land. [6]