Marble Valley is an unincorporated community in Coosa County, Alabama, United States.

History

Marble Valley is named after the Sylacauga marble found and quarried locally.[2] A post office called Marble Valley was established in 1852, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1934.[3] Marble Valley became a site for soldiers to volunteer to join the Confederate States Army from Coosa County.[4] One soldier from Marble Valley, William Wood, wrote letters home to his family during the Civil War. After his death in a northern prison in 1863, his brothers compiled the letters and information from fellow soldiers into memoirs.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Marble Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 90. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. ^ "Coosa County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  4. ^ Burton, John Michael. Gracie's Alabama Volunteers: The History of the Fifty-ninth Alabama Volunteer Regiment - John M. Burton - Google Books. ISBN 9781455605248. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  5. ^ Wood, Wayne (1986). The Marble Valley Boys - Wayne and Henry Black Wood - Google Books. Retrieved October 29, 2014.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Valley,_Alabama
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