{"id":2419,"date":"2019-02-27T11:55:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T11:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/haleyvillechamber.org\/Haleyville-Area-Chamber-of-Commerce\/?page_id=2419"},"modified":"2023-05-04T03:43:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T03:43:19","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/haleyvillechamber.org\/Haleyville-Area-Chamber-of-Commerce\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-image: url(&quot;http:\/\/haleyvillechamber.org\/Haleyville-Area-Chamber-of-Commerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hero.jpg&quot;);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"line-height:1em;color:#ffffff;\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Our History<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">HOW WE BEGAN &#8211; WHERE WE&#8217;RE GOING<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-section-separator section-separator hills-opacity fusion-section-separator-1\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-svg\" style=\"font-size:0;line-height:0;\"><svg class=\"fusion-hills-opacity-candy\" fill=\"#ffffff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" width=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 -0.5 1024 182\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\" class=\"section-separator-shortcode-divider-svg\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M0 182.086h1024V41.593c-28.058-21.504-60.109-37.581-97.075-37.581-112.845 0-198.144 93.798-289.792 93.798S437.658 6.777 351.846 6.777s-142.234 82.125-238.49 82.125c-63.078 0-75.776-31.744-113.357-53.658L0 182.086z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path class=\"st1\" d=\"M1024 181.062v-75.878c-39.731 15.872-80.794 27.341-117.658 25.805-110.387-4.506-191.795-109.773-325.53-116.224-109.158-5.12-344.166 120.115-429.466 166.298H1024v-.001z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path class=\"st2\" d=\"M0 182.086h1024V90.028C966.451 59.103 907.059 16.3 824.115 15.071 690.278 13.023 665.19 102.93 482.099 102.93S202.138-1.62 74.24.019C46.49.326 21.811 4.217 0 9.849v172.237z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path class=\"st3\" d=\"M0 182.086h1024V80.505c-37.171 19.558-80.691 35.328-139.571 36.25-151.142 2.355-141.619-28.57-298.496-29.184s-138.854 47.002-305.459 43.725C132.813 128.428 91.238 44.563 0 28.179v153.907z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path class=\"st4\" d=\"M0 182.086h1024v-77.312c-49.05 20.07-120.525 42.394-193.229 42.086-128.922-.512-159.846-72.294-255.795-72.294-89.088 0-134.656 80.179-245.043 82.022S169.063 99.346 49.971 97.401C32.768 97.094 16.077 99.244 0 103.135v78.951z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg><\/div><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-spacer\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-spacer-height\" style=\"padding-top:17.7734375%;\"><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-section-separator-1 .fusion-section-separator-svg {margin-left:1.92%;margin-right:1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-section-separator-1 .fusion-section-separator-svg {margin-left:1.92%;margin-right:1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-section-separator-1 .fusion-section-separator-svg {margin-left:1.92%;margin-right:1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-1{ padding-top : 150px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:40px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:60px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>The area\u2019s first inhabitants, the Cherokee Nation, lived in the area between Rocky Ravine and City Lake Park. They lived near the \u201cdivision of the waters.\u201d\u00a0 There is a continental divide in downtown Haleyville where water runs north to the Tennessee, south to the Warrior and west to the Tombigbee.\u00a0 When the Cherokee were forced out in 1836, many refused to go and and later intermarried.\u00a0 Many names of prominence today trace their roots to our Indian heritage.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-equal-height-columns\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column 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.fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-link-icon-hover.link-area-box .fusion-read-more::after,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-link-icon-hover.link-area-box .fusion-read-more::before,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .fusion-read-more:hover:after,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .fusion-read-more:hover:before,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .fusion-read-more:hover,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box-hover.link-area-box .fusion-read-more,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box-hover.link-area-box .fusion-read-more::after,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box-hover.link-area-box .fusion-read-more::before,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-link-icon-hover .icon .circle-no,\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .heading .heading-link:hover .content-box-heading {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcolor: #444444;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box-hover .icon .circle-no {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcolor: #444444 !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t}.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box.link-area-box-hover .fusion-content-box-button {background: #a6242e;color: #ffffff;}.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box.link-area-box-hover .fusion-content-box-button .fusion-button-text {color: #ffffff;}\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-link-icon-hover .heading .icon > span {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground-color: #444444 !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box-hover .heading .icon > span {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tborder-color: #444444 !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade fusion-animated\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" data-animationType=\"fadeIn\" data-animationDuration=\"0.25\" data-animationOffset=\"100%\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\" style=\"margin-top:15px;\"><div class=\"icon\" style=\"margin-top:-15px;margin-bottom:-15px;-webkit-animation-duration: 350ms;animation-duration: 350ms;\"><i style=\"border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-width:0px;background-color:#af0000;box-sizing:content-box;height:52px;width:52px;line-height:52px;border-radius:50%;color:#ffffff;font-size:26px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-home fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/div><h2 class=\"content-box-heading\" style=\"font-size:22px;line-height:27px;\">First Settlement <\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\" style=\"padding-left:72px;color:#747474;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>1820<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nRichard McMahan of Lauderdale County established the first settlement of a permanent nature in Winston County near Haleyville in 1820, one year after Alabama was admitted to the Union.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"content-box-shortcode-timeline-vertical\" style=\"border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);left:41px;top:26px;-webkit-transition-duration: 350ms;animation-duration: 350ms;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-2 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade fusion-animated\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" data-animationType=\"fadeIn\" data-animationDuration=\"0.25\" data-animationOffset=\"100%\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\" style=\"margin-top:15px;\"><div class=\"icon\" style=\"margin-top:-15px;margin-bottom:-15px;-webkit-animation-duration: 350ms;animation-duration: 350ms;\"><i style=\"border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-width:0px;background-color:#aa0000;box-sizing:content-box;height:52px;width:52px;line-height:52px;border-radius:50%;color:#ffffff;font-size:26px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-road fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/div><h2 class=\"content-box-heading\" style=\"font-size:22px;line-height:27px;\">Byler Road<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\" style=\"padding-left:72px;color:#747474;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>1821<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nRichard McMahan of Lauderdale County established the first settlement of a permanent nature in Winston County near Haleyville in 1820, one year after Alabama was admitted to the Union.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"content-box-shortcode-timeline-vertical\" style=\"border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);left:41px;top:26px;-webkit-transition-duration: 350ms;animation-duration: 350ms;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-3 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade fusion-animated\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" data-animationType=\"fadeIn\" data-animationDuration=\"0.25\" data-animationOffset=\"100%\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\" style=\"margin-top:15px;\"><div class=\"icon\" style=\"margin-top:-15px;margin-bottom:-15px;-webkit-animation-duration: 350ms;animation-duration: 350ms;\"><i style=\"border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-width:0px;background-color:#aa0000;box-sizing:content-box;height:52px;width:52px;line-height:52px;border-radius:50%;color:#ffffff;font-size:26px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-flag-usa fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/div><h2 class=\"content-box-heading\" style=\"font-size:22px;line-height:27px;\">Free State of Winston<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\" style=\"padding-left:72px;color:#747474;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>1863<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nOn July 4, 1863, Winston County had a \u201cgetting-out\u201d meeting at Looney\u2019s Tavern. This area was hilly, rocky and infertile,and most folks did not own slaves. Winston County loyalists did not want to fight against \u201cOld Glory,\u201d they wanted out of the fighting and to be left alone. At the famous meeting the\u00a0 \u201cthe Free State of Winston\u201d was born. However, many were conscripted into the army and many families had one child fighting for the North and another for the South.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"content-box-shortcode-timeline-vertical\" style=\"border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);left:41px;top:26px;-webkit-transition-duration: 350ms;animation-duration: 350ms;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-4 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade fusion-animated\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" data-animationType=\"fadeIn\" data-animationDuration=\"0.25\" data-animationOffset=\"100%\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\" style=\"margin-top:15px;\"><div class=\"icon\" style=\"margin-top:-15px;margin-bottom:-15px;-webkit-animation-duration: 350ms;animation-duration: 350ms;\"><i style=\"border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-width:0px;background-color:#aa0000;box-sizing:content-box;height:52px;width:52px;line-height:52px;border-radius:50%;color:#ffffff;font-size:26px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-plus fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/div><h2 class=\"content-box-heading\" style=\"font-size:22px;line-height:27px;\">Davis Cross-Roads<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\" style=\"padding-left:72px;color:#747474;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>1883<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nIn 1883, William \u201cBucky\u201d Davis owned 40 acres of land around the downtown area of Haleyville. The Columbus and Tuscaloosa roads intersected here thus the community was called Davis Cross-Roads. Mr. Davis built the first log house in the area where the Traders and Farmers Bank now stands.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"content-box-shortcode-timeline-vertical\" style=\"border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);left:41px;top:26px;-webkit-transition-duration: 350ms;animation-duration: 350ms;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-5 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade fusion-animated\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" data-animationType=\"fadeIn\" data-animationDuration=\"0.25\" data-animationOffset=\"100%\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\" style=\"margin-top:15px;\"><div class=\"icon\" style=\"margin-top:-15px;margin-bottom:-15px;-webkit-animation-duration: 350ms;animation-duration: 350ms;\"><i style=\"border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-width:0px;background-color:#af0000;box-sizing:content-box;height:52px;width:52px;line-height:52px;border-radius:50%;color:#ffffff;font-size:26px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-store fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/div><h2 class=\"content-box-heading\" style=\"font-size:22px;line-height:27px;\">Walker Haley<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\" style=\"padding-left:72px;color:#747474;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>1885<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe announcement of a railway from Sheffield running through Winston County in 1884 brought Neely J. Drewry here. Charles L. Haley left Buttahatchee in 1885 and came to Davis Cross-Roads and opened a general merchandise store. His father had purchased one thousand acres for a dime an acre in Marion County. His brothers, Walker and John, worked for him as clerks. It became one of the largest mercantiles because of their progressive policies. After the railroads were built the name was changed to Davis Crossing. It is told that the name was changed to Haleyville when Bucky Davis went into the Haley establishment to purchase a suit of clothes and exchanged the price of the suit for the name of the town-thus Haleyville. Walker Haley founded the Traders and Farmers bank in 1906. Walker built a two-story, Victorian home where Fred\u2019s Dollar Store is today.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"content-box-shortcode-timeline-vertical\" style=\"border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);left:41px;top:26px;-webkit-transition-duration: 350ms;animation-duration: 350ms;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .heading-link:hover .icon i.circle-yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box:hover .heading-link .icon i.circle-yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-link-icon-hover .heading .icon i.circle-yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box-hover .heading .icon i.circle-yes {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground-color: #444444 !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tborder-color: #444444 !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 0px ) * 0.5 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;http:\/\/haleyvillechamber.org\/Haleyville-Area-Chamber-of-Commerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/extra_large_4379630fe7eeb45c9a6fb60f58051735.jpg&#039;);background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\" data-bg-url=\"http:\/\/haleyvillechamber.org\/Haleyville-Area-Chamber-of-Commerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/extra_large_4379630fe7eeb45c9a6fb60f58051735.jpg\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p>The first one room school dates back to 1889. For years the Church of Christ, Baptists and Southern Methodists held a union Sunday School in the building owned by the Church of Christ. It was established the same year.<\/p>\n<p>The town grew from 165 in 1900 to 1100 in 1910. Hotels housed weary peddlers. John Dodd built the first brick building and it became Feldman\u2019s Department Store in 1914. Dr. Joe Teal bought it ten years ago and restored it. The railroad provided jobs and doctors, dentists, horse traders, blacksmiths and druggists came and even the 5 &amp; 10 in 1929. The present day Dixie Theater opened in 1948. Supermarkets, Caf\u00e9s and the Drive-In were part of the 50\u2019s. A radio station, newspaper and television followed. Main Street filled up and was the center of activity especially on the weekend when everyone \u201cwent to town.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was the manufacture and sales of mobile homes that really put Haleyville on the map. Beginning in the late 1960s Don Tidwell operated Tidwell Industries. Haleyville was home to a large textile plant and other support industries.<\/p>\n<p>The late 1980s were hard for Haleyville. Plants closed, jobs were lost and the elementary school burned. But the same independent spirit that kept the Indians here, that brought the Haleys here; the same unity exhibited in union Sunday School among churches in the 1800s, resulted in our beautiful $5 million facility across from the High School. Even though our population has decreased in the last 30 years, that same independent, fiery spirit is producing some of the brightest, most-talented students, who are becoming lawyers, doctors, teachers, and dentists. Celebrities like Pat Buttram, Polly Holiday, Lonzo and Oscar, the Speer Family, and Lili Zannuck, to name a few, have exhibited this same Haleyville spirit in their work recognized by the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Our dream is that our Haleyville talent will be able to reside in these quiet hills of North Alabama with good jobs, raising good families with good values. We have always been independent, but we can work together and get the job done. Our history has taught us that \u201cin tough times, the tough get going\u201d; we are from the Free State of Winston and we\u2019re ready!<\/p>\n<p>Source: Vicky Dean \u2013 Haleyville Historical Society Member<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-4{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-4 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-4{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-4 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-4{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-4 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-4{ padding-top : 50px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-equal-height-columns\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-image: url(&quot;http:\/\/haleyvillechamber.org\/Haleyville-Area-Chamber-of-Commerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/home_next_level_bg.jpg&quot;);background-position: center top;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:75px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 7% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 7%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:40px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-content-centered\"><div class=\"fusion-column-content\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:360px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jatIw-O9FUc?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 7% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-content-centered\"><div class=\"fusion-column-content\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"font-size:25px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:30px;\"><h3 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-center fusion-live-editable fusion-responsive-typography-calculated medium-editor-element\" role=\"textbox\" contenteditable=\"true\" spellcheck=\"true\" data-inline-parent-cid=\"114\" data-inline-override-color=\"text_color\" data-inline-override-font-size=\"font_size\" data-inline-override-line-height=\"line_height\" data-inline-override-letter-spacing=\"letter_spacing\" data-inline-override-tag=\"size\" data-toolbar=\"full\" data-param=\"element_content\" data-fontsize=\"48\" data-lineheight=\"57.6px\" data-medium-editor-element=\"true\" aria-multiline=\"true\" data-medium-editor-editor-index=\"1\" data-placeholder=\"Your Content Goes Here\" data-medium-focused=\"true\">Watch &amp; Learn about Winston County<\/h2><\/h3><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-\" style=\"border-color:#e2e2e2;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>A Historical Online Database can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freestateofwinston.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Free State of Winston<\/a>\u00a0created by Peter J. Gossett and the Winston County Genealogical Society.<\/p>\n<p>Comprising 614 square miles, Winston County is located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in northwest Alabama. It is part of the Cumberland Plateau physiographic section, and its terrain varies from low, rolling hills covered with evergreens to spectacular gorges, rock bluffs, and hardwood forests. Much of Winston County sits on the Warrior Coal Field, and the county\u2019s soils are a mixture of plateau and coastal soils. Winston County is bordered by Franklin and Lawrence counties to the north, Cullman County to the east, Walker County to the south, and Marion County to the west.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><p>The Black Warrior River and its tributaries flow throughout Winston County. Tributaries of both the Mulberry Fork and the Sipsey Fork flow through the county. Although the species diversity of the Mulberry Fork is relatively low compared with other water systems in the state, the Sipsey Fork is home to nearly 80 species of fish and is Alabama\u2019s only National Wild and Scenic River System. A large portion of Winston County is part of the William B. 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