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E T O W A H C O U N T Y & Gadsden, Alabama in t h e a p p a l a c h i a n...... |
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HISTORY DATES
Here are some of the historically significant dates for the county and the surrounding area:
1810 First Settlers 1825 First House 1835 First Post Office 1838 Trail of Tears, Cherokee Nation 1845 First church, Lafferty's Landing, first steamboat on the upper Coosa River 1846 Original survey of Gadsden completed, Gadsden founded in honor of James Gadsden 1863 Emma Sansom leads General Forrest over Black Creek 1863 John Wisdom rides to save Rome, GA 1866 Etowah County formed (first known as Baine County) 1867 First newspaper, The Gadsden Times 1868 Name of county changed to Etowah, which in Cherokee means a tree bearing good fruit 1868 First industry, Gaylor's Hat Factory 1870 First railroad 1870 First Courthouse 1872 Attalla incorporated 1876 Gadsden incorporated 1877 First public school 1882 First theater 1882 First iron works 1882 First hotel, Turrentine Inn 1883 First bank, Glenn & Brockway 1883 First fire department (May 2) 1883 City's worst fire, which destroyed 21 businesses (July 4) 1883 First opera house, Kyle Opera House 1883 Mayor/council form of government 1884 First college, Walnut Grove 1886 Walnut Grove incorporated 1886 First water works 1888 First bridge across the Coosa River (railroad/foot) 1891 Alabama City founded 1895 Dwight Manufacturing opens 1904 First steel plant 1905 First hospital, Baptist Memorial 1905 World's first hydroelectric plant 1907 Emma Sansom statue dedicated 1907 Alabama Power Company founded 1910 Broad Street paved with brick 1912 Chamber of commerce organized 1912 Altoona incorporated 1913 First street car in operation 1925 Holy Name of Jesus Hospital opens 1925 First radio station, WJBY 1925 East Gadsden merged with Gadsden 1927 Etowah County Memorial Bridge dedicated 1929 Goodyear opens first rubber plant in South 1930 Hotel Reich built 1931 City commission form of government begins 1932 Alabama City and Gadsden merge 1934 Final run for streetcar made 1935 Gadsden Amphitheatre and Convention Hall completed 1937 City flag adopted 1937 Republic Steel buys local plant 1939 Glencoe incorporated 1941 Gadsden Ordinance Plant built 1942 Gadsden Air Depot built 1942 Construction begins on Camp Sibert 1946 Hokes Bluff incorporated 1946 Noccalula Falls lands bought 1949 Southside incorporated 1949 Gadsden/Etowah gets first major airline 1950 Rainbow City incorporated 1953 Ola Lee Mize awarded Congressional Medal of Honor 1954 J. H. Meighan Bridge 1957 Reece City incorporated 1958 Gadsden Air Depot closes 1959 Dwight Manufacturing closes 1963 Sardis and Mountainboro incorporated 1965 Gadsden State Junior College built 1967 Gadsden State Technical College built 1969 Ridgeville incorporated 1974 Gadsden Mall built 1984 LTV assumes ownership of steel plant 1984 Martin Luther King Center dedicated
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