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Alexander City — 150 Years in the Making

June, 2022 A special supplement to The Alexander City Outlook & The Dadeville Record

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From the editor’s desk

Learning to love Alexander City

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moved to Alexander City just eight months ago, in October of 2021. Since coming to the area, I have been fascinated with this city and this city’s people.

Near the beginning of the year, the staff of Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc. decided that we should celebrate the birth of Alexander City, since it was the city’s 150th anniversary of incorporation.

We set off, coming up with ideas along the way. We wanted to learn about our city and teach our fellow citizens about some of the history around Alexander City’s 150 years in existence. We decided that the best course of action would be videos and a special printed section that would last for years and years and that would remain long after each of us were gone.

The first course of action was figuring out where to start. I walked from our office to the beautiful public library we have in the city and spoke to the librarians on staff. I told them what I was intending to do, and they helped with names and contacts of people who might could help. They also granted me access to the Adelia McConnell Russell Library Alabama History Room and made copies of hundreds of pages of information.

I dived into the history of the city I now call home. I learned about the Young family, the Maxwells, the Coleys, the Herzfelds, the Russells and so many other families. I learned fascinating things about our gold mines, our railroad, our schools and more. I learned that President William Taft is the only United States president to visit the city and I learned the funny stories behind Hank Williams spending a night (or more) in our jail.

I also learned about the spirit of perseverance this city holds. I learned how after the horrific fire of June 13, 1902, the city didn’t quit. Citizens rebuilt their beloved city and made it even better than before. I learned that when Russell Corporation closed, the city fought to try to find jobs for the displaced workers. I learned that during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when most cities were struggling to make ends meet, our citizens supported local businesses more than ever and the city collected more sales tax than they have in a while.

All this to say, I have learned a lot about Alexander City in eight months. The most important thing I have learned is how much I love this city.

Happy 150th birthday, Alexander City. Here’s to 150 more years.

Kaitlin Fleming

Kaitlin Fleming, Managing editor of Tallapoosa Publishers Inc.’s newspapers

Happy 150th Alexander City!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS From the editor ..... 2 From Youngsville to Alexander City .......4 The Railroad .............5 The Banks .............. 8 The Churches ............ 9 The Schools ............ 10 The 1902 Fire ......... 15 Watch our videos on the founding of Alexander City by scanning this QR code with your smartphone’s camera.

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From Youngsville to Alexander City A city 150 years in the making

By KAITLIN FLEMING Managing Editor

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he City of Alexander City was founded in 1872, when it was still known as the Town of Youngsville. In the city’s 150 years of life, things have changed. Schools and churches have been erected, homes have been constructed, an airport has been added, major commercial retail areas have been added and much more. Its namesake was one of the earliest settlers on record — James Young, who obtained 320 acres of land in modern-day Tallapoosa County, including land that is now Alexander City’s Court Square.

The Young Family

According to writings from historian J. C. Maxwell housed in the Adelia McConnell Russell Library Alabama History Room, the Young family traveled from South Carolina and settled in the area on the western outskirts of Alexander City in 1836. Also, according to Maxwell’s account of the founding of the area, Griffin Young, James’ son, opened a trading post, known as the Georgia Store, that would later house the first post office.

“Griffin Young, being of a trading disposition, was not here long before he opened a trading place for the Indians and early settlers,” writes Maxwell. “…for some reason unknown to the writer, it was called the Georgia Trading Store.”

Creek Indian villages once dotted the banks of the creeks and rivers in and around Alexander City well before the Young family settled in the area. The land for the city was forcefully seized from the Creek Indians by the government after the Battle of Horseshoe Bend ended the Creek War in March of 1814.

According to writings from Jennie Lee Kelley in celebration of the centennial of the founding of Alexander City, James Young traded with Native Americans in the area to secure his 320 acres of land.

“So, that by 1840, he had bargained for the half section of land that, under the Creek Treaty, had been reserved for Indian Clochumnee Hadgo,” writes Kelley in A History of Alexander City available for viewing at the

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ABOVE: Downtown Alexander City, Alabama as it is now.

RIGHT: The Alabama Historical Association erected this historical marker for Youngsville in 1998. It tells a little of the story of Youngsville and how it became current-day Alexander City.

Adelia McConnell Russell Library Alabama History Room.

“There he put his roots down, and the growth that encouraged other Youngs to settle in the area, had begun.”

Kelley also writes that from the beginning “it was natural that the Youngs would be involved in politics.”

James’ nephew Harrison Young was the first of many Youngs to be Tallapoosa County Sheriff. In fact, he was the first ever sheriff for the county. Another of James’ nephews, Bird Young, was the first tax

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Watch our videos on the founding of Alexander City by scanning this QR code with your smartphone’s camera.

collector, a justice of the peace and a constable.

A historical marker for the Town of Youngsville placed in 1993 by the Alabama Historical Submitted photo Association details the The Train Depot has had a few different homes over early years of the budthe last 150 years. This photo taken in the 1940s ding town: shows the Depot behind Carlisle Drug Store.

“Following the Creek Cession in 1832, settlers, mostly from Georgia and the Carolinas, occupied this section of the former Creek Nation. Among the first settlers was James Young who purchased land a half-mile west near a trading post called Georgia Store. Community life can be dated from 1837 when Griffin Young opened a post office in his store and eight men and women, ‘The Baptist brethren settlers of Youngsville’ organized Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church. The store and the church were within view of this site. For the first thirtyfive years of its existence, Youngsville was a country hamlet of scattered farms, a store-post office and a church. The Civil Ware delayed the construction of the railroad, an ambitious plan by Griffin Young to promote a ‘town’ on his property. Anticipating the arrival of the railroad, the Town of Youngsville was incorporated in 1872 and, the next year, the town’s name was changed to Alexander City in honor of the president E.P. Alexander of the Savannah and Memphis Railroad.”

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he installation of the Savannah and Memphis Railroad in 1874 was especially helpful for the gold mines nearby, like Hog Mountain. The trains brought miners and prospectors to the ever-growing city throughout the 1800s.

Before the tracks were laid through the middle of the town, the decision was made to rename Youngsville to Alexander City, as a tribute to General Edward Porter Alexander, who was president of the railroad at that time.

A historical marker sits downtown, near the tracks running parallel to Jefferson Street.

The marker reads: “The transformation of Youngsville from a country hamlet to a market town can be traced from the arrival of the railroad. The Savannah and Memphis Railroad was completed from Opelika to the east side of the Tallapoosa River at Sturdivant in 1872.

Anticipating the extension of the railroad to Youngsville, the grateful citizens in 1873 changed the village’s name to Alexander City

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The Alabama Historical Association erected this historical marker for The Savannah and Memphis Railroad in 1999. This marker tells the store of the railroad coming to Alexander City in 1874.

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in honor of Edward Porter Alexander, president of the S&M. On June 24, 1874, an excursion train pulled by an engine christened Simon Suggs steamed into Alexander City bringing dignitaries and visitors who joined thousands of residents to celebrate the inauguration of rail service. A passenger-freight depot erected in 1874 and rebuilt after the 1902 fire stood on the opposite side of the railroad from this site until relocated to Court Square in 1955.”

According to Kelley’s writings, the Savannah and Memphis Railroad advertised its timetable showing Alexander City as the only place between Opelika and Goodwater with a stop for breakfast and supper.

The original depot burned in the 1902 fire that burned much of downtown.

“Everything was burning; the depot, the box cars on the tracks, the tracks, the livery stables…” writes Kelley.

The more than 100 yards of damaged railroad tracks were replaced in about three hours, according to reports. The railroad agent at that time, E.A. Jackson, with the help of his assistants, quickly established telegraph communication under a shade tree so the city could keep in contact with surrounding areas and request help.

The railroad brought all sorts of people through the area. Including the 27th United States President William Howard Taft, the first and only president recorded to visit the city.

President Taft visited the city on November 3, 1909. Taft made a speech, only about three minutes long, that was about “ordinary affairs,” according to records on the subject.

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The Train Depot has had a few different homes over the last 150 years. This photo taken around the early 1900s shows travellers waiting for trains at the Depot in Alexander City.

“Everybody knew that the Presidential train was passing through, but until about an hour before its arrival, they did not suppose it would stop,” writes Kelley.

In the 1950s the city built a new glass and

brick railway depot at the northwest corner of Court Square. The railroad soon came under the control of Southern Railway System.

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The Banks

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n 1875 the city had its first banking business operated by the Renfroe Brothers from Opelika. It was under management of J.T. Lancaster, but according to records, it went out of business in 1883. It would be 1888 before the city had another bank. This time, the bank was opened by Reuben Herzfeld and his brother Marcus.

The Herzfeld brothers opened a bank with a vault of stone with an iron door, a burglar proof safe, a counter and railing with $50,000 worth of capital stock subscribed.

The directors of the new bank were Rueben Herzfeld, Mayor B.L. Dean, A.J. Coley, Sr., W.F. Stearns, H.W. Pearson, J.C. Maxwell, W.S. Thomas, W.H. Thornton and F.M. Douglas.

W.S. Thomas was the only salaried employee.

He was a cashier and was paid $75 a month, according to Kelley’s writings.

The Herzfeld Brother’s bank — named the Alexander City Bank — quickly outgrew where it was located and moved to a location on the corner of Jefferson and Green Streets.

B.F.C. Russell and his sons, Ben and Tom, borrowed $25,000 to establish Alexander City’s second bank, named The Citizen Bank. It was located on Main Street. The vault was built from native stone and Tom was cashier and Ben was president. The original building burned, like nearly everything else, in the downtown 1902 fire, as did the Alexander City Bank. The Citizens Bank money was salvaged and carried to the home of Ben Russell and the money from the Alexander City Bank was carried to the home of J.C. Maxwell. The two banks continued to operate from those two homes for some

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TOP: The building in the background toward the left is the three-story building which once housed the Alexander City Bank. BOTTOM: The same building, nearly a hundred years later, is now home to Globe Life Liberty offices.

time until new buildings could be constructed.

In 1904, The Citizens Bank became the First National Bank of Alexander City and in 1904, a private third bank opened in Alexander City.

It was the Nolen Bank with a capital stock of

$50,000. In 1918 it became part of the First National Bank.

In 1927 the Alexander City Bank moved into the three-story building on the corner Jefferson and Green Streets.

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The First Baptist Church of Alexander still sits in the same lot as it does in this photo taken around the 1960s. Since this photo was taken, the church has expanded and added more areas for the community and congregation to use.

The Churches

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ven at its beginning, Alexander City was home to several prominent churches. The firsts of which were founded in 1872. On August 3, 1872 eleven men and women guided by Rev. A. K. Tribble met under a bush arbor and organized the Youngsville Baptist Church. J. T. P. Christian and B. B. Reams were elected deacons and T. S. Christian, Sr. was elected clerk. According to church leaders currently there, the church was among one of the first places for community gatherings in the city, with its roots beginning during the summer of 1872 after residents in the village of Youngsville gathered for a religious revival. The church renamed after the Town of Youngsville changed its name to Alexander City. The

church is now named Alexander City First Baptist Church.

The Methodists began their congregation under the same bush arbor in the August of 1872, just two weeks after the Baptists officially founded their organization.

When the Methodists annual conference met in the fall of that year, the first pastor of the Methodist church was appointed — Reverend W.T. Patillo. Patillo was from Pickneyville and he travelled to the Youngsville congregation and taught in a one-room school house on the same hill as the bush arbor.

The Methodists and the Baptists met under the same roof until 1877, when the Baptists completed their own house of worship.

The Methodists completed their church in 1875. A correspondent for Dadeville’s newspaper said the Methodist church in Alexander City

“now presents a beautiful appearance. It, of course, has no similarity to the cathedral in Milan, but is has been very much improved.”

In addition to Alexander City First Baptist Church, there was

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a small log church for Baptists of color. According to a historical marker for Needmore, the church was begun by “freedmen” moving to the new market town in the early 1870s: “Freedmen moving to the new market town of Youngsville in the early 1870s occupied homes along a street they called Needmore Street. They relocated their house of worship from near the present junction of South Central Avenue and Cherokee Road to the Needmore neighborhood where Methodists and Baptists shared a building. Missionaries from the Methodist Episcopal Church formed a congregation in Alexander City and, in 1873, Bishop Gilbert Haven appointed Rev. George Scott pastor of the new church. In 1876 the church became a charter member for the Central Alabama Conference.

In 1895 the Bethel Baptist Church congregation constructed a separate house of worship. Great Bethel Baptist Church attained distinction in the 20th century for its religious and social outreach programs under the leadership of its pastor of 45 years, Rev. Milton Nunn.”

In August of 1894, the Presbyterians completed their organization and constructed a house of worship on the corner of Tallapoosa Street and Main Street. The building was completed just in time for a special Thanksgiving Day service in 1895. The Presbyterian Church was described by writer Jennie Lee Kelley as a “picturesque frame church.”

It remained in its location until the congregation constructed a more “adequate and modern” building on the hill on Jefferson Street. The old church was remolded into an office building soon after. The Presbyterian Church was one of the remaining buildings after the 1902 fire that ravaged downtown Alexander City. The Methodist Church was a loss. According to Kelley, The Baptist Church offered for the Methodist congregation to worship with Baptists until they could rebuild. The Methodists starting rebuilding in 1903 off Green Street, where the First United Methodist Church’s Arbor Campus still sits.

According to Kelley’s writings, Catholics gathered in

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The First Baptist Church of Alexander had humble beginnings. This is the first house of worship constructed by the Baptists in Alexander City.

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Watch our video on the churches of Alexander City by scanning this QR code with your phone’s camera. the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tifton at Lake Hills on Easter Sunday in 1945.

They organized the city’s first Catholic church and named it St. Thomas.

They later changed the name to St. John the Apostle.

“Father Vincent Loeffler, the priest in charge of the parish and tremendously anxious to build a church, learned that a Catholic benefactor in a midwestern city was anxious to make a large contribution to a parish willing to build a church and name it St. John,” writes Kelley.

Father Loeffler obliged and a building on the corner of North Central Avenue and Parks Avenue was soon completed.

“We needed the church, and I don’t think St. Thomas would mind at all giving way to St. John for such a worthy purpose,” Father Loeffler explained once.

The end of World War II saw another faith begin in Alexander City. St. James Episcopal Church was organized with 14 charter members in 1946. They completed a church on South Central Avenue, where the congregation still meets today.

By 1974, when Kelley wrote the History of Alexander City, Alexander City was dotted with some 25 churches of various faiths.

“Some 25 churches of 8 or 10 different faiths call the townspeople to religious worship and service. And approximately fifteen cultural and service organizations meet regularly to pursue the various purposes for which they exist,” writes Kelley.

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The Presbyterian Church was the only building to survive the horrific fire of June 13, 1902. The old church was remolded into an office building soon after the congregation completed a new building on the hill on Jefferson Street. The building is still recognizable downtown.

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A historical marker erected by the Alabama Historical Association details part of the First United Methodist Church’s history since its founding in 1872.

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Part of the congregation of the First Baptist Church of Alexander City in the 1920s.

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The Schools

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he first official school for Alexander City began in 1887 by J.D. Dickson and J.M. Pearson. There were between 75 and 80 students enrolled in the school come September of 1887. According to the writings of Kelley, there were “few textbooks and no regular salary” for the teachers. The first courses offered were spelling, reading, writing, grammar, arithmetic, geography and history. Some advanced students were schooled in Latin, higher mathematics, music and science.

The grounds the school stood on faced some of the same battles that plagued the recently abandoned site for the new Benjamin Russell High School — rocky terrain.

“The grounds about the building were rough, rocky, gullied, and muddy in rainy weather,” writes Kelley. “Drinking water was from a spring some 300 yards away, drunk from a common gourd dipper…”

Students and teachers walked to school in that time, as there was no other means of transportation.

The next 60 years of that school bore the mark of J.M. Pearson. He taught three generations of students in that school building. Dickson also left his mark on the students. He was said to be a “military man” and he urged the wearing of uniforms in school. Most of the students did so. The boys had outfits of gray pants and the girls had outfits with beige skirts.

By 1903 the school’s enrollment grew to 180 students, still under the watchful eye of Pearson.

On Tuesday, June 16, 1909, the city gathered to watch the laying of the cornerstones of the Alexander City high School building. The building would be two stories tall, constructed of brick, with a large basement, several classrooms, a principal’s office, a large auditorium and “spacious corridors.”

The building was funded entirely by the residents of the city. The City of Alexander City donated the first $2,000. The rest was raised by businessmen and residents. The Froshin family donated money, as did the Russells and many more families.

According to Kelley’s records, the city managed to do this once more, nearly 50 years later, when the city built Benjamin Russell High School.

In September 1950, the city dedicated the newly finished Benjamin Russell High School. Two years after that the city built Laurel High School, which was built for Black students in the area. The two new schools were soon after integrated after the United States Supreme Court ruled segregated school systems were unconstitutional.

Pearson died in 1951, at the age of 89, after contributing over 60 years of his life to serving the students of Alexander City.

In the 1960s, the Alexander City State Junior College was built. The first iteration of the college

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On Tuesday, June 16, 1909, the city gathered to watch the laying of the cornerstones of the Alexander City high School building. The photo above shows that school once it was completed.

was housed in the old Russell Hospital. Then a new campus was built where the country club once sat where modern-day Central Alabama Community College’s campus sits. The junior college also housed a trade school.

Now there are five schools in the Alexander City Schools district: Jim Pearson Elementary (named

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The graduating class of Alexander City High School in 1926.

for J.M. Pearson), Stephens Elementary School, Radney Elementary School, Alexander City Middle School and Benjamin Russell High School.

The Benjamin Russell High School relocation project is currently on hold and the school system just recently named Dr. Beverly Price as interim superintendent.

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The Friday the 13th Fire of 1902

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here’s not many around who can remember it, but Jennie Lee Kelley can tell you all about it.

More than 100 years ago on Friday, June 13, 1902, a small fire started in downtown Alexander City. That small fire quickly consumed the entire downtown.

“The buildings were wood, so they gave way right away,” Kelley said. “It burned all across town.”

Kelley researched the history of Alexander City for about six months to compile a series of stories for the town’s 125th birthday in 1998. The history of Alexander City wouldn’t be complete without the Friday the 13th fire that destroyed downtown.

“I hadn’t even realized it was the anniversary,” Kelley said. “It’s been so long.”

The fire started on a hot, dry day in 1902 behind A.R. Robinson’s Machine Shop, which is near what is now the Alexander City Hall. Bob Saxon, who has also studied the history of the fire, said all that could be seen at first was a small flame.

Kelley said those who witnessed it, described the first few flames to be about the “size of a wagon.” It didn’t stay that way for long, though.

“It was really hot that day,” Saxon said. “The wind was blowing and most of the flames went South to North.”

At the time, all the buildings were made of wood and there were no firewalls to keep it contained to one building.

To make things worse, the city didn’t have a water system at that time, Saxon said.

“The fire was just completely out of hand,” he said.

By mid-afternoon, the city lay in ruins. More than 30 businesses in downtown were destroyed as were 13 residences.

It only took a few hours for the fire to destroy downtown. It would take a little longer to repair it, but those repairs started immediately.

Money from the two banks were moved to the homes of J.C. Maxwell and Ben Russell. Even though The Outlook’s press was damaged, the paper continued to publish. And the more than 100 yards of damaged railroad track was repaired in about three hours.

Businesses step up booths downtown giving the area a fair-like appearance, Kelley said.

In just a few short months, Alexander City had a new downtown.

Building codes and modern technology will likely prevent another Alexander City inferno destroying most of town.

The fire in 1902 had advantages a fire today doesn’t have — just about everything was made of wood and no water supply to put out a blaze. Today, a fire stands little chance of taking out downtown Alexander City. Design and construction materials make a difference in preventing the spread of fire and modern firefighting technology

helps as well.

“Building codes didn’t exist in 1902,” Alexander City Fire Department chief Reese McAlister said. “Everything was made from wood and limited water and firefighting equipment just spelled doom.”

New building codes prevent fires from spreading. Just look at the building The Square is in. It burned in 1902 and was rebuilt. It burned again two decades ago but new building codes including masonry construction between buildings prevented the fire from spreading. ACFD was able to keep it contained and had firefighters received a call a few minutes earlier, they may have been able to make an internal attack on the blaze. The firewalls between buildings extend beyond the roof so if a building catches fire, it is more difficult for the fire to lap over the wall to the next building. Even roofs of commercial buildings are built in such a way now that sparks from a fire are less likely to start a fire on the roof of a building. Then most commercial buildings have fire suppressions systems — just look up in many buildings and parts of a sprinkler system are visible. The sprinklers are not just sitting there waiting for someone to charge them with water. Most are connected to heat and smoke detectors causing the sprinklers to suppress a fire long before most fires have done major damage.

McAlister said today’s firefighting efforts start well before any blaze would potentially start.

“There is a high priority on fire prevention education,” McAlister said. “We visit buildings to look for hazards and make recommendations about clearing boxes and other flammable things.”

Firefighters in Alexander City have an advantage in fighting fires that wasn’t available in 1902 — ready access to water. In 1902 a water works program had been authorized by city leaders but it wasn’t in place at the time of the fire. Today fire hydrants are everywhere and fire trucks are equipped with tanks. ACFD currently has three shifts of 14 firefighters and that doesn’t count part-time firefighters. There are also 10 firefighter/paramedic trained personnel in administration. The fire department operates two fire stations with three trucks and a ladder truck capable of putting water on a fire from 100 feet high.

“Training, equipment and water make all the difference in fighting a fire today,” McAlister said. “Turnout gear is expensive but it allows us to get closer to fire to put it out and save lives. Training helps us be ready and up to date on the newest and latest techniques. Having good access to hydrants is important too. The pumps on the trucks can put out 1,000 gallons per minute. While that amount of water is not always needed, it can be useful to help contain a larger fire and keep it from spreading.

“I’m not saying a 1902 fire won’t happen again, but the chances of it are very slim thanks to today’s technology in building codes and firefighting ability.”

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