User:Nhlarry/Huntsville History

Geography

 * Chapman Mountain named for Reuben Chapman, member of U.S. House from (1835 to 1847) and 13th governor of Alabama (1847-1849)

Transportation

 * Sparkman Drive named for John J. Sparkman, a senator from Huntsville, serving a term that lasted from 1946 to 1979.
 * The NC&StL Railway ferry transports train cars on a wooden river barge that is pushed by the steamboat "Guntersville" for twenty miles down the Tennessee River between Hobbs Island and Gunters Landing. Ferries used to carry passengers on an upper deck before it was removed. The ferries ran from 1893 until the 1960's.
 * Hughes Road in Madison was named for Miss Mabel Hughes, who taught first grade at Joe Bradley School for over forty years. (?)

Schools/Education

 * Cave Spring School, a four room building, in Owens Cross Roads served pupils from 1910 until 1924, when a new building was built on a different site. The second Cave Spring School building in southeastern Madison County at Owens Cross Roads was built in 1924 behind the old school building. The school was active until 1951, when it was consolidated with Owens Cross Roads School.
 * Lincoln School, on Meridian Street, was built in 1929 in what was known as the Lincoln Mill District of Madison County. The original school received financial support from the Lincon Mills of Alabama and was named after its owner and operator, William Lincoln Barrell. Since the school has historical significance, Lincoln was placed on the National Historic Register. It is the oldest school building still being used as a school in Huntsville.
 * Cloud's Cove School was located eight to ten miles southwest of New Hope, just off Hobbs Island Road near the Tennessee River. After the school burned in 1943, the students were transported to Union Grove School, and the Cloud's Cove School was never rebuilt.
 * Huntsville High School, located at Bob Wallace and Billie Watkins Avenue, was dedicated on August 22, 1954. This building was torn down and replaced in 2004.
 * The first public school in Huntsville was located on the Greene Academy site in the northwest corner of east Clinton and Calhoun streets. The two-storied wooden structure opened in 1882 and was torn down in 1902.