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Described as "bright, handsome, and marriageable" by the press, Frances Golson was the only woman delegate to the 1919 Alabama Press Association convention in Andalusia, Alabama. [7] In 1949, a fire at the Herald building did extensive damage to both the building and equipment. [8]
Elmore County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 87,977. [1] Its county seat is Wetumpka. [2] Its name is in honor of General John A. Elmore. [3] Elmore County is part of the Montgomery, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Elmore is located in western Elmore County at (32.542314, -86.315455 It is bordered to the west by Millbrook and to the south by Coosada. Alabama State Route 14 passes through the town, leading east 7 miles (11 km) to Wetumpka and west 10 miles (16 km) to Prattville.
Wetumpka: Elmore County: Alabama: Broken out of jail on June 17, 1898 Arrested as potential witnesses in the robbery and arson of a William Carden and his wife's home in which $1200 ($44,000 in 2024) was stolen. In 1898 a mob of 500 stormed the county jail where Solomon Jackson, Camp Reese, Louis Spier and Jesse Thompson were being held.
Wetumpka (US: / w ɪ ˈ t ʌ m k ə /) is a city in and the county seat of Elmore County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 7,220. [2] In the early 21st century, Elmore County became one of the fastest-growing counties in the state. [3] The city is considered part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Area.
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Hickory Ground, also known as Otciapofa (or Odshiapofa, Ocheopofau, and Ocheubofau) [2] [3] is an historic Upper Muscogee Creek tribal town and an archaeological site in Elmore County, Alabama near Wetumpka. [1] [4] [5] It is known as Oce Vpofa in the Muscogee language; [6] the name derives from oche-ub,"hickory" and po-fau, "among". [3]