Orion Institute - Orion, AL
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hoteltwo
N 31° 57.665 W 086° 00.391
16R E 593881 N 3536552
Rural marker located at intersection of Pike County Roads 37 and 105 about the Orion settlers and early school.
Waymark Code: WMK61W
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 02/18/2014
Views: 6
Marker Text:
Founded 1848 by legislative act and donations of citizens. Excellent instruction made it only school of kind for youth in area. Later used as public school until 1929 school consolidation.
Orion settled about 1815, by 1830 saw arrival of wealthy planters. Here on Chunnenuggee Ridge they built homes and cultivated valley plantations.
Marker Name: Orion Institute
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Alabama Historical Association.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1953
Marker Number: Not Listed
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