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 Historic Oxford - Oxford, AL Posted by:  Lat34North
N 33° 36.963 W 085° 50.077
16S E 608105 N 3720194
Oxford -- the “Crossroads of the Future.” This marker is located in Simmons Park at the intersetion of Main and Oak Street.
Waymark Code: WMF0K1
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 08/02/2012
Views: 10
Historic Oxford
First incorporated as a town, February 7, 1852, in Benton County, Oxford's second incorporation was approved February 21, 1860 in Calhoun County. Long before this territory was “settled”, it was inhabited by Creek Indians. In the time that the Creek Indians were leaving, Sylvanus Simmons and Dudley Snow came and settled north and south of present-day Choccolocco Street. The first post office, located in the home of Dudley Snow, served the town known as “Lick Skillet." Oxford's valuable contribution to the Confederacy in the War Between the States was a cavalry company, the Dudley Snow Rangers, organized here in 1862 and mustered into service by Col. John Tyler Morgan. The Alabama-Tennessee River Railroad was the first to lay its tracks in Oxford sometime between 1859 and 1862. The Oxford Iron Company, organized November 1862, mined iron ore and manufactured pig iron. Its furnace was burned by Federal troops April 23, 1865. Through the years, Oxford has grown, creating memories for its citizens, adopting the slogan “Crossroads of the Future.”
Erected by the Alabama Tourism Department and the City of Oxford
Oxford homecoming week, May 31 -- June 5, 2010
Marker Name: Historic Oxford
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Oxford, AL, is located in Calhoun County on I-20 about midway between Atlanta and Birmingham. “Founded in the early 1850s, Oxford was the first city in Calhoun County to be incorporated.” [source: Wikipedia]
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2010
Marker Number: None
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