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Please note that in the photos of sharecropper families some are correctly identified as being by Walker Evans, and some are incorrectly identified as “Evans Walker.” Walker Evans was a photographer who was employed by the Farm Security Administration of the U.S. Government to document the lives of the Hale County sharecroppers. His work went past the level of documentation however, and became art. He is a very famous and celebrated photographer. He collaborated with writer James Agee to produce the book “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.”
They you for clarifying that and providing the additional information. I believe I’ve corrected the errors.
Donna
Many of the family members in my wife’s Pless and Mann line were from Eufaula, Tallapoosa Co, Alabama. Just wondering if this is the same town is your article.
The town described is in present day Barbour County, Alabama. There was an Native America tribe called Eufaula and other early small Indian towns with that name.
Here is some additional information about the area that may guide you from this website. http://chickamaugacherokee.org/eufaulalake/
The area surrounding Eufaula Lake has a colorful history, recalling such notorious characters as Belle Starr and the James-Younger Gang, who used the area north of the dam as their hideout. The name “Eufaula” comes from the Eufaula tribe, part of the Muscogee Creek Confederacy, whose tribal jurisdictional area the town falls under today. As early as the year 1800, the Muscogee Creeks had a town of that name, on Eufaula Creek, near the present site of Talladega, Alabama. It was one of their early Upper Creek towns. Pickett’s History of Alabama mentions an Indian town, belonging to the Creeks, which he calls Eufaulahatche. Little Eufauly is mentioned by one of the historians as early as 1792. Another upper creek town called Eufaula, was located on the Tallapoosa River, near the present town of Dadeville, AL. Another Eufaula, known as a lower creek town, was located on the east bank of the Chattahoochee River, within the limits of the present County of Quitman in the State of Georgia. In 1799 some of the Indians of this settlement went down to the mouth of Flint River and established another town of the same name. And still another lower creek town, called Eufaula, was located on the Chattahoochee River, in Henry County, Alabama.
There was a Eufaula in Tallapoosa County also small community
She mentioned it in the statement about the various places with the same name.
There was a Eufaula in Tallapoosa County also small community
My GGG Grandfather’s home similar to this is still standing and in excellent condition. I wish I could post a pic. They also called these split homes Dog Trots. The design helped with air flow in the hot summers.
My GGG Grandfather’s home similar to this is still standing and in excellent condition. I wish I could post a pic. They also called these split homes Dog Trots. The design helped with air flow in the hot summers.
And riverboat gamblers!
wheres da winders
Here you go Beth Cotton Vereb and Sam Lindsey DeFee.
Haaawwww! Call that rough? Alta Utah had a saloon called the “bucket of blood” for obvious reasons.
Judy I dont know about the New Jersey thing but I am still in pville
Katie LeMaistre Moore
my great grandfather built a dog trot cabin near clear creek falls (now covered by smith lake) in what use to be falls city alabama in winston county in 1907.
Many of my ancestors were in the Eufaula area as early as the early eighteen hundreds.
There is a companion book to the Walker Evans book called “Cotton Tenants” which can be found online. It is a complete explanation of share cropping in that period is very revealing. I grew up the son of a sharecropper and can vouch for it’s accuracy.
Sounds like a typical Saturday night
Sounds like LA and Vegas!!!
Bill Simpson Allen Davis Kylee Grimes James
Eufaula is a beautiful quaint town ,,,love main street ,,best Mexican food I ever ate
Russell Caldwell
I like Alabama history. Times was tuff but people was better people then.
My Great Great Grandfather, Dr. Henry Middleton Kaigler , was a surgeon in the Confederate Army and served his last assignment as a surgeon in the hospital pictured in Eufaula. He was from Sandy Run, SC , but setteled in Quitman County , Georgetown, Georgia after the war . . I graduated from Eufaula High School , but lived in Georgetown, GA as did some o fmy classmates ….1956 .
Enjoyed reading the history of Eufaula
Hello, cousin!
Henry Middleton Kaigler is my great, great grandfather also. His daughter, Barbara Kaigler married H.G. Purcell of Columbia, Georgia. Their son, Harry Purcell (professional baseball player from 1914 to 1927) was my mother’s father. I live in California and have only recently begun to research the family tree. Fascinating.
Hi Mark……
I’m a baseball researcher and I think I’ve solved a bit of a mystery. It appears that there were 2 Henry “Harry” Purcell(s) Your grandfather’s career came first (1914-1919) and the other Harry (who was from Massachusetts) his career was from 1920-1927. The confusion is obvious. The second Purcell’s middle name was Edward and his father’s name was John.
Thank you for share the history of Alabama.
Can’t get enough of these stories about early Alabama.
Thank you :!!
Michelle Robinson share this with Mary….
Katie LeMaistre Moore
Truly enjoyed reading this. I live in Oklahoma and my husband was raised in Eufaula, OK. We passed through Eufaula, AL when we were on a trip. We didn’t get to stay long but could tell it was a great place. I’m hoping to visit again in the future.
Eufaula, Oklahoma is Eufaula, Alabama’s sister city. Oddly enough, Alabama has “Lake Eufaula” and Oklahoma has “Eufaula Lake.”
Wasn’t that technically the first house built in Irwinton (1835)? It didn’t become Eufaula until it was incorporated 1857, twenty-three years later.
Technically you are correct.
My mother was born there in 1939, and lived on a farm with her mother and relatives. Her maiden name is Glover. We are African American. I would love to get down there and take a look around to retrace our roots.
This article is in “History of Barbour County, Alabama by Mattie Thomas
Thompson, Chapter 14 “Historic Old Homes”: “Coming down Broad street, as you turn into Riverside drive along the old historic bluff, we come to the two-story English type home built by Mark Williams in 1827. He was one of the first settlers of Eufaula and of Barbour County, and this was the first house built in the village, other than log cabins. It was built for a home, but for several years was used as a
hotel and called “The Tavern”. When the name of the village of Eufaula temporarily called “Irwinton”, some newspaper writer erroneously called the “Irwinton Inn” but that was incorrect. It was never the Irwinton Inn. During the War Between The States, it was used as a hospital for Confederate soldiers, under the management of Doctors F.C. Blake and Pope and Perry.
“It was inherited by the descendants of Mark Williams. One of the (Mrs. Bathman) sold it to Mrs .T.A. Mashburn. Another article from “A Sketch of Noted Landmarks Old Houses and Modern Homes” by Jennie Kendall Dean, states that the house was built by Edward Williams (Mark and Edward were brothers) The land was deeded Edward by Seth Lore and Co. on the 6th day of December1836.(above states 1827) The property was given to Edwards daughter Cynthia who married Dr.
Webster Rains. It was used for a hotel and called ‘The Tavern’.
My four times great grandfather, Mark Williams, from Duplin County, North Carolina, is the man mentioned in the article written by Mattie Thomas Thompson. Mattie Thomas Thompson, who is credited as the author of the article, was a relative by marriage to Mark Williams. Mattie Thomas Thompson also wrote a history of Eufaula, which has been out of print for decades. My family has been in Eufaula since 1841. Folks down there still call that building The Tavern.
Dinah Moss Estes
Benje Estes
I remember Mr.Roberts was the last resident and he owned photography business there. I tried to have him for our wedding but he was booked.
Linda Cruz
Boyce Godwin
Ashley Tidmore Beard
Summer Smallwood Sims
Cool!
Love these old homes.
Need to go to home show next April. I love it, do the night tour.
Cathy Sloan Irvin Eufaula AL was originally known as Irwinton AL.
Wow! Cool
I love this post about the Irwin House here on Alabama Pioneers. I just recently snapped a photo of it. Here’s the link. https://goo.gl/UtwMk3
Looks like Dennis hotel in Dadeville Al
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