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Turner Corn Crib at the Clarke County Historical Museum in Grove Hill, AL

| Grove Hill in Clarke County  

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The Turner Corn Crib is believed to have been built with logs taken from the old Turner Fort which was a fortification used to protect settlers during the Creek War 1813-1814.  Fort Turner was located in west Clarke County near the community of West Bend,.  This fortification was constructed with split pine logs doubled, and it contained two or three block houses located inside its walls.

The Turner Corn Crib was donated to the Clarke County Historical Museum at Grove Hill in 2001.  Volunteers disassembled the corn crib and numbered each log. It was reassembled on the grounds of the Clarke County Historical Museum and a new roof was added. Today it houses farm implements and related artifacts detailing the county’s rural heritage.

The Clarke County Historical Museum is located at the intersection of Cobb Street and Jackson Street near downtown Grove Hill (31.710493,-87.777187 – Google Maps).

CLICK HERE for additional details about the Clarke County Historical Museum.

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Welcome to rural southwest Alabama. This website is dedicated to twelve counties located in rural southwest Alabama which includes a large portion of Alabama’s Black Belt area. This region is known for its rich and diverse heritage, historic homes and churches, and natural beauty. This website contains details about historic and interesting places that you will find in this area of Alabama.

PLEASE NOTE THAT MOST OF THE HOMES INCLUDED ARE PRIVATE RESIDENCES AND, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ARE DRIVE BY ONLY.

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Dedicated to the memory of Stacy Milstead Henson (1978-2008) & Inez “Sis” Watts (1924-2007).

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