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Waldo Bridge Waldo,
Alabama
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| Waldo
Bridge was built in 1858 to span Talladega Creek, in the Waldo community
just southeast of Talladega, Alabama, and is one of the oldest covered
bridges remaining in the state. The 115 feet long bridge is located near
Riddles's Hole, an 1840 gold mine that was in operation for over 100
years. The Bridge was used by Wilson's Raiders during the Civil
War but, due to deterioration, has been unusable for many years.
At present both approaches are gone and only the covered span over the
creek remains. A small grist mill is located nearby that also
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Coldwater
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Oxford,
Alabama
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| Coldwater
Bridge was built of pine lumber in 1850 by a former slave and is one of
the oldest covered bridges in Alabama. The old structure has been
moved from its original location, over Coldwater Creek in Calhoun
County, to its present site in the Oxford, Alabama City Park. It
is now open to foot traffic only and was moved to this location just off
interstate 20 and rebuilt in an effort to preserve it. Remains of
an old mill and dam near the original location on Coldwater Creek can
still be found. |
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Hurricane
Creek Bridge Brookwood,
Alabama
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| The last
covered bridge in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, on state road 59 between
Vance and Brookwood, has been only a memory to locals since 1961.
It was accidentally burned by campers underneath the bridge in June of
that year. The old bridge was built, using wooden pegs as
fasteners, around 1850 by the early settlers of the community to span
Big Hurricane Creek. |
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Gillilands
Bridge
Gadsden,
Alabama
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| This
completely restored, 85ft., Town type constructed bridge now crosses a
small lake at scenic Noccalula Falls, just off U.S. 11, at Gadsden,
Alabama. Only parts of the original structure, built of rough
lumber and shingles on the Gilliland homestead near Reece City,
remain. The old bridge was donated to the city of Gadsden and
moved to its present location in 1968. |
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Salem Bridge Opelika,
Alabama
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old bridge was built in 1900 over Wacoochee Creek near Opelika, Alabama
to connect the Lee County communities of Salem and Shotwell.
Hand-hewn oak pegs joined all the latticework, roof trusses and
substructure. High waters and erosion had caused damage to the bridge supports even before
a tree fell across a portion of the bridge in the summer of 2005 and
collapsed the entire bridge. There are plans
to move the bridge to Opelika Municipal Park and completely restore it
there. |
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Okachoy
Bridge
Equality,
Alabama
9 3/4 x 16
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56 foot long Okachoy Bridge, across Okachoy Creek in Coosa County,
Alabama, was built to connect two county seats, Rockford in Coosa County
and Dadeville in Tallapoosa County. Wagons forded the small creek
for years near where the bridge was later built and the ruts worn by the
wagon wheels can still be seen in the rock. This old historic
bridge was burned in June of 2001. |
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Kymulga Bridge
Childersburg,
Alabama
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| Kymulga
Bridge was built in 1861 and crosses Talladega Creek in the old Kymulga
community near Childersburg, Alabama. The bridge was erected just
preceding the Civil War and a gristmill was constructed nearby during
the war. Both the bridge and the mill have been restored in recent
years and are now open to the public. Visitors can see corn ground
in the old mill using water powered turbines with the original
millstones that were imported from France. |
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Rowan
Oak
Oxford,
Mississippi
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Oak, built in the 1840's, was the home of William Faulkner from 1930
until his death in 1962. It was named by the Faulkner's for the
legend of the Rowan tree, which is recorded in Sir James Frazer's
"The Golden Bough". After 1930 Faulkner did most of his
writing at Rowan Oak. The small office that Faulkner added on to
the home has been left just as it was at the time of the author's death. |
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Swann Bridge
Cleveland,
Alabama
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| Swann
covered bridge, which stretches 324 feet across the Locust Fork of the
Black Warrior River, is one of the longest covered bridges in the United
States. As all the Blount County, Alabama covered bridges do, the
Swann Bridge uses a Town-type truss promoted by Ithiel Town, who was
granted a patent on his truss. This bridge is located just west of
the community of Cleveland and is still being used. |
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Horton
Mill Bridge
Oneonta,
Alabama
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| Horton
Mill Bridge, which is one of the only three remaining covered bridges in
Blount County, Alabama, spans a vertical rock cliff gorge. Located
just off Highway 75 a few miles north of Oneonta, it is the
highest covered bridge over water in the United States. It stands
70 feet above the Calvert Prong of the Locus Fork on the Black Warrior
River and is still in use. |
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Easley Bridge
Rosa, Alabama
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| Easley
Bridge is the smallest of the covered bridges still remaining in Blount
County, Alabama. It spans a small creek whose banks are covered
with mountain laurel, yellow jasmine, and honeysuckle, all of which
bloom in the spring. The bridge is still in use and is located
about 1.5 miles south of the small community of Rosa. |
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Alamuchee-Bellamy Bridge
Livingston, Alabama
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| Having
been originally built in 1861 across the Sucarnochee River on the old
state road in Sumter County, Alabama, this old bridge now stands in its
third location. In 1924 it was moved to span Alamuchee Creek on
old Bellamy-Livingston Road and was in use there until 1958. It
was removed to the campus of the University of West Alabama and restored
in 1971 where it serves foot traffic only to the students. The old
historic bridge, in its first location, was used by General Nathan
Bedford Forrest to move his troops into Mississippi during the Civil
War. In its Alamuchee Creek location the bridge was used for the
execution by hanging of horse thief Steve Renfroe. Quite
ironically, he was serving as Sumter County Sheriff when he was
apprehended. |
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Nectar Bridge
Cleveland, Alabama
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| Nectar
Bridge, built over Locust Fork in 1932, was the seventh longest covered
bridge in the world. It was burned by vandals in 1993, leaving the
small Nectar community of Blount County, Alabama with a great sense of
loss. The old bridge had been a community meeting place and the
site of many baptism ceremonies in the past. It was also said by
many to have been haunted by the ghost of a U.S. Mail carrier who had
died there. |
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W. C. Handy
Home
Florence, Alabama
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| Although
now a few blocks from its original location , the boyhood home of
William Christopher Handy on the west side of Florence, Alabama is an
impressive sight. Handy, who would later be known as
"The Father of the Blues", was probably best known for his
compositions of "St. Louis Blues" and "Beale Street
Blues". He was born in this tiny log cabin on Nov. 16, 1873
and spent his boyhood in the area accumulating the musical knowledge he
would later use to produce the sounds of the "blues". |
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Morning Glory
Honeysuckle
Trumpet
Vines
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three paintings by H. Scott Grammer represent a swiftly vanishing age of
machinery on the farms of the southern United States. These
neglected old relics are now being overtaken by the foliage native to
the region. Even though rust has become the dominant hue of most
of this old equipment, there is a beauty in the contrasting colors of
the blooming plants. |
