Clarence Boal Hoover / Charles Potter Hoover

CLARENCE BOAL HOOVER

First employed by city

September 1, 1904

Appointed Chief Engineer

May 1, 1920

Appointed Superintendent of Water

December 1, 1921

Deceased

November 5, 1949

CHARLES POTTER HOOVER

First employed by city

July 20, 1908

Appointed Chief Chemist

October 23, 1911

Appointed Superintendent of Water

December 1, 1949

Deceased November 14, 1950

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Fair Hope Presbyterian Church

This church was organized in 1872 by Harmony Presbytery with Capt. Joseph Commander (1800-1883) as its first elder. This sanctuary, built on land donated by Commander, was moved here and remodeled about 1909. Fair Hope, a founding member of the ...

First Baptist Church

1682 - 1982

Established September 25, 1682

Kittery, Maine

Moved to this site, 1699

This building dedicated January, 1822

Designed by Robert Mills

Time Capsule placed, 1983

to be opened, 2083

"To God be the Glory"

Marker is on Church Street, on the left when traveling north.

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Piache

Piache, an Indian town visited by DeSoto in 1540 was near here.

DeLuna made a settlement here, Nanipacna in 1560.

Fort Claiborne was erected on the south bluff, in 1813.

LaFayette was entertained here, 1825.

Erected by the Alabama Society of Colonial Dames.

March 1939

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Wesley Chapel

Said to be Darlington County's oldest Methodist church, Wesley Chapel, thought to be founded in 1789, was the site of early camp meetings. By 1802, the church was known as Gully Meetinghouse and was located about 1 1/2 miles N. ...

Spring House or Dairy - c. 1812

The Baltimore Museum of Art

The spring house or dairy, originally situated over a small spring, was designed to keep perishables such as milk cool in interior troughs of spring water. It was located at Oakland, the country estate of ...

John Murphy

Fourth Governor of Alabama

Born 1785 in Robeson County, N.C.

Came in 1818 to Monroe County, Alabama. Represented Monroe County in Alabama Constitutional Convention in 1819 and in State Legislature 1819-1822. Served as Governor of Alabama 1825-1829. Elected 1833 to Congress for ...

Champion Mines

John Hanby came in 1817 and found a rich seam of brown iron ore. Named Champion in 1882 when Henry DeBardeleben and James Sloss bought land and brought L&N Railroad causing county seat to be moved from Blountsville to Oneonta ...

Old Spanish Quarries

Anastasia Island

Marker Front:

About 200 yards south-east of this point are the remains of the King's Coquina Quarries. (Coquina, a type of limestone composed of mollusk shells and sand, is found along the north-east coast of Florida.) Coquina was ...

Polo Grounds

Approximate location of home plate.

Home of the New York Giants national baseball league 1890–1957.

World Champions 1904 • 1905 • 1921 • 1922 • 1933 • 1954.

The Giants shared this field with the New York Yankees 1913–1922.

The ...