President William McKinley, the nation’s 25th president visited Decatur via train on May 3, 1901, one of several U.S. Presidents to visit here over the years. The combined populations of Decatur and New Decatur (later Albany) at the time were about 7,500. Virtually the entire population of both towns turned out at the then depot (replaced by the current depot in 1905) to greet the President and his wife Ida.
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You may have seen tracks in the middle of some of our historic downtown and residential streets. Are those leftover from real streetcars or were they simply added later for decorative purposes? Indeed, they ARE real streetcar tracks!
In the area of Decatur near present day Point Mallard Park and especially on the Limestone County side of the Tennessee River and lands which were originally intact, but now covered by the river was a Paleo-Indian site known as The Quad
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authorDavid Breland is kind of a big deal in Morgan County. His memory goes WAAAAY back (check out his picture), but he also is a local expert in Morgan County history. David is Director of Historical Resources and Events for the City of Decatur in Morgan County, Alabama. Categories
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