Episode 77 - Jasponica Florence On AHA 2024 Pilgrimage To Phenix City

Air Date: September 3, 2024 Ms. Jasponica Florence, chair of the
local arrangements committee for the AHA’s 2024 Fall Pilgrimage to
Phenix City, discusses the history of Phenix City (beginning with
why the city name does not have an “O”); the pre-meeting tour sites
in Russell County, AL; the Pilgrimage tour sites in Phenix City
(with special emphasis on the Franchise Baptist Church and South
Girard School); and the special program devoted to antebellum
enslaved / manumitted bridge builder and native son Horace King.
Links referenced in the interview: Alabama Historical Association:
https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Fall 2024 AHA Newsletter (download
PDF):
https://www.alabamahistory.net/_files/ugd/3aaf16_7bf43642929b4d948f835115a0123a4f.pdf
Phenix City (EOA):
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/phenix-city/ Movie, “The
Phenix City Story,” 1955:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048488/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk ; (EOA)
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/the-phenix-city-story/
Ft. Benning / Ft. Moore (Wikipedia):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Moore Crawford Masonic Lodge
(Historical marker Database): https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=111586
Crockettsville Store Museum:
https://www.citizenofeastalabama.com/news/local_history/gazebo-crockettsville-general-store-open/article_34ff6bf8-8547-5972-976a-a3518c63170b.html
Ft. Mitchell (EOA):
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/fort-mitchell/ Jones
Store Museum:
https://www.citizenofeastalabama.com/news/local/jones-museum-smiths-station-celebrates-opening-of-historic-jones-store-museum/article_8db09708-9a9a-5a51-b6c6-7d13316995df.html
Museum of Wonder: https://museumofwonder.com/ Russell County
Courthouse at Seale (Wikipedia):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_County_Courthouse_at_Seale
Horace King (EOA):
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/horace-king/ Tom Lenard’s
documentary, “Horace: The Bridge Builder King” (1995-96), part I:
https://youtu.be/4qQWPX3oaNU?si=eYGI1Ijsg_W663PX Albert Patterson
(EOA):
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/albert-l-patterson/
Phenix City Old Post Office (Wikipedia):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenix_City_Post_Office_Building
Russell County Courthouse (EOA):
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/media/russell-county-courthouse/
South Gerard School (Historical Marker Database):
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=253870 Trinity United Methodist
Church: https://www.trinityumcpc.org/ New Central Missionary
Baptist Church (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/NewCentralmbc8
Franchise Baptist Church:
https://www.franchisebaptist.org/our-history/ Whitewater Rafting in
Phenix City:
https://alabamarecreationtrails.org/trail/chattahoochee-river-whitewater-phenix-city/
_Overcoming Twenty-Five Years of Separate but Unequal_ (iPublisher,
2021):
https://www.iuniverse.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/821211-overcoming-25-years-of-separate-but-unequal
Rather read? Here's a link to the transcript:
https://tinyurl.com/3m3v6z3z *Just a heads up – the provided
transcript is likely to be less than 100% accurate. The Alabama
History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff and its associate
producer is Laura Murray. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical
Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama.
The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the
past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other
programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.