When was tallassee alabama founded

Flag misled by faulty map, marched 10 miles east; threat of Forrest Conf. Flag barred their return. Payne Drive near river on Hwy 14, Tallassee With the help of the Tallassee Falls Mfg. Company, four houses were built on King Street, at , , , and The house at King was demolished when the Bank of Tallassee was built. The other three remain. From until it was the residence for the managers of the Tallassee Mills Company Stores.

Samuel Hugh Scott lived there from ; Belser Ray Carr followed from In , it became the office for The Segrest Law Firm. His body was returned to Montgomery where he was buried next to his wife in Oakwood Cemetery.

The son of Thornton Fry and Eliza R. Thompson , he was married to Martha Augusta Micou , the sister of Benjamin Hall Micou who was president of the Tallassee Manufacturing Company beginning in Washington County. First county in Alabama.

Then in Mississippi Territory, it included 25, square miles. Since subdivided into counties; 29 in Alabama, 16 in Mississippi. Hwy between Wetumpka and Tallapoosa River]. Wetumpka's Bridges. In , the Wetumpka Toll Bridge Co. It was destroyed in a flood in A second toll bridge was completed the same year by John Godwin whose slave, Horace King, designed and supervised construction of this covered bridge.

After the war, he was elected to the state legislature twice by the citizens of Russell Co. Passage to church was free. Three lighted lanterns hanging from the rafters were the last things seen of the bridge as it washed away in the flood of March A ferry operated while an iron bridge was built by the Southern Bridge Co. On January 21, , Tallassee was incorporated. Today, it is a thriving city by the great falls of the Tallapoosa River.

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It was not until that the Tallassee City Schools began to develop. On February 7, , a mass meeting was held to raise money for a new Tallassee City School grades In , a new large two-story frame building , designed by the renowned Montgomery architect Franks Firth Lockwood , was built by the Tallassee Mills on King Street, at the rear of the present Tallassee High School, on the site where the Stumberg Gym now stands.

When the school opened, the Jordanville School was consolidated. The school burned in and was replaced by the present Tallassee High School in Charles Bunyan Smith , who had been principal of the School, became the superintendent of the Tallassee and East Tallassee Schools and served from He was the architect and father of the Tallassee City Schools. The late s were good times for Tallassee. Thurlow Dam created Lake Talisi with a shoreline of six miles and an area of acres.

Today the power, generated by the four dams on the Tallapoosa River, Martin, Yates, Thurlow, and Harris , supplies electricity not only to Tallassee and its industries, but also to the entire Southeast. During the Great Depression s , the Tallassee Mills never closed, although at times they ran on reduced schedules. Because the mills continued to operate, other businesses in Tallassee also survived the Depression.

The s brought a proud and prosperous time to Tallassee. During this period, the Tallassee Mills increased production by percent and employed 4, workers. During this same period, more than 2, men and women from Tallassee served in the armed services.