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Alabama, Texas
Centennial Marker
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, December 2010 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Settled in the 1830s, it served as a river port and post office (1846)
for area residents. It was also the home of antebellum Trinity College
(est 1841).
Commerce on the river was phased out with the railroad expansion of
the 1870s and the town suffered accordingly. By 1878 the post office
had closed and the town was in terminal decline by the 1880s.
Still there were enough students to warrant a school and the town
appeared on maps as late as the 1940s, even though it was a virtual
ghost by the 1930s.
Photographer's Note:
"There is nothing, nothing, left to identify the townsite of
Alabama. Even so, it qualified for a granite Centennial Marker to
be set there back in 1936. Google satellite pictures show that, maybe,
the current dirt road (Private Property) to the marker was the original
trail to the ferry crossing as it seems to pick up on the other side
of the Trinity river, in Leon
County." - Barclay
Gibson |
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Alabama, Texas
Centennial Marker
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, December 2010 |
Marker Location
according to THC:
"18 mi. SW of Crockett, FM 132 near Trinity River, on private land"
Historical Marker:
Site of the
Town of Alabama
Important shipping
point before the Civil War. Here was established Trinity College,
the first institution of higher education in Houston
County. Its charter was granted on January 30, 1841 by the Congress
of the Republic
of Texas.
Erected by the State of Texas 1936 |
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