Pea River Historical & Genealogical Society

PEA RIVER HISTORICAL &
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Our mission: identifying, collecting, preserving, archiving, researching, and promoting interest in historic and genealogical records of Coffee County and the Pea River Region of South Alabama.

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Research Library & Gift Shop 108 S. Main St. Enterprise, Alabama 36330 334-393-2901	Depot Museum Railroad Street Enterprise, Alabama 36330 334-393-2901	Welcome Center & Little Red Schoolhouse 749 Boll Weevil Circle Enterprise, Alabama 36330 334-393-3977

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2nd QUARTER 2013 EVENTS
The Troy Civil War Forum will meet at the Troy Public Library on Elm Street, Monday, May 6 at 6:30 pm. Sallie Fenn will present the program on "The Library of Congress and the Civil War," covering the Library and its holdings of material from and about the War. Sallie Fenn worked at the Library of Congress for many years. Everyone is invited to attend.	The next general meeting of the Pea River Historical & Genealogical Society will be Sunday, May 19, 2013 at the Welcome Center on the Enterprise By-Pass at 2:00 pm. This is our Annual Business Meeting. We hope all members will make an effort to attend; the public is also invited.
The John Coffee DAR Chapter will unveil an Alabama Historical Commission marker for the birthplace home of former Governor Jim Folsom located in Elba. The marker will be unveiled at 10:00 am on Thursday, May 30, 2013. The public is invited to attend. The 19th century home was moved to its present location on Putnam Street in Elba, next to the old jail.

If you know of an event of historical or genealogical interest and would like to see it listed here, let us know.

Featured Photograph

The Graduating Class of Coffee County High School
Enterprise, Alabama
1934

Featured Museum Artifact

This snakebite kit, manufactured by Mine Safety Appliances Co., was owned by Dr. William W. Grubbs, who moved his practice to Enterprise in the 1890s. He married Mattie Carmichael, daughter of Enterprise founder John Henry Carmichael.

A Highlight From Our Library Collection
Eudon Holland gave the Library a copy of his most recent book, The Murder That Never Dies, in which he explores the idea that Dr. Gordon Wright Smith, a respected physician in Slocomb in the 1920s, murdered a local high school principal and several members of his own family. Most intriguing of all is the evidence that Dr. Smith avoided being convicted of the murder of the principal by faking his own death. (Ferne Press, 2013)