"Vernon, Alabama."
Front of card: "The Way it Was / November 10, 1868, the name of Sanford county seat was changed from Swayne to Vernon." Back of card: "A group of citizens standing in front of A. A. Summer's General Store chose the new and permanent name for the town. 'Let's name it Mt....
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Alabama Photographs and Pictures |
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Alabama Photographs and Pictures "Vernon, Alabama." |
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Alabama Photographs and Pictures Banks; Buildings; Business & industry; Courthouses; Government facilities; Politics & government; Vernon (Ala.); Lamar County (Ala.) |
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Front of card: "The Way it Was / November 10, 1868, the name of Sanford county seat was changed from Swayne to Vernon." Back of card: "A group of citizens standing in front of A. A. Summer's General Store chose the new and permanent name for the town. 'Let's name it Mt. Vernon,' one said. 'No', said another. 'There's a Mt. Vernon community between here and Fayette'. Then a man spoke up. 'Name it Vernon, for I'm Edmond Vernon, from Vernon, England!' And it was that the new name for Swayne, Swayne Courthouse or Big Pond was coined 'Vernon' for Edmond Vernon from Vernon, England. / November 10, 1868." |
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Q0000218041Q218041"Vernon, Alabama."Front of card: "The Way it Was / November 10, 1868, the name of Sanford county seat was changed from Swayne to Vernon." Back of card: "A group of citizens standing in front of A. A. Summer's General Store chose the new and permanent name for the town. 'Let's name it Mt. Vernon,' one said. 'No', said another. 'There's a Mt. Vernon community between here and Fayette'. Then a man spoke up. 'Name it Vernon, for I'm Edmond Vernon, from Vernon, England!' And it was that the new name for Swayne, Swayne Courthouse or Big Pond was coined 'Vernon' for Edmond Vernon from Vernon, England. / November 10, 1868."1990-1999; 2000-2009Banks; Buildings; Business & industry; Courthouses; Government facilities; Politics & government; Vernon (Ala.); Lamar County (Ala.)Still imagePostcardsAlabama. Department of Archives and HistoryAlabama Department of Archives and History postcard collectionLPP45, Box 8, #3175Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/44396 |
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