Greenville quilt shop owner hopes ‘Shop Hop’ creates new business in Alabama
Ever heard of a Shop Hop? If you haven’t, you’re not alone. But Claranna Roberts is well traveled so she has seen them before.
Aug 10, 2026Open source
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Fort Deposit, Alabama. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Lowndes. Associated ZIP codes: 36032.
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Alabama Bicentennial Wagon Train sparks love story still going strong 50 years later
Steve Stabler of Greenville and Deborah Stabler of Elba met in the spring of 1976 while taking part in the Bicentennial Wagon Train’s 35-day trek through A...
Jul 14, 2026Open source
Greenville police raid 4 businesses in illegal product crackdown
The investigation began after the police department received complaints of minors purchasing items that were either age-restricted or illegal in Alabama enti...
Jun 12, 2026Open source
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Activist charged with setting fire to embattled Mississippi police department
An Alabama man has been charged with setting fire to a Mississippi police department that has faced protests in the months since an officer fatally shot a 1-...
Nov 4, 2026Open source
Alabama oyster season opens amid decline in oyster numbers
Alabama Marine Resources officials say several years of poor water conditions have contributed to a significant decline in oyster numbers. Because of the dec...
Nov 3, 2026Open source
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Fort Deposit is in Lowndes County, Alabama.
Region: Central Alabama
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Activist charged with setting fire to embattled Mississippi police department
An Alabama man has been charged with setting fire to a Mississippi police department that has faced protests in the months since an officer fatally shot a 1-...
Nov 4, 2026Open source
Alabama oyster season opens amid decline in oyster numbers
Alabama Marine Resources officials say several years of poor water conditions have contributed to a significant decline in oyster numbers. Because of the dec...
Nov 3, 2026Open source
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Fort Deposit takes its name from a supply fort built on the orders of General Andrew Jackson during the Creek War of 1813 and 1814 to serve his soldiers. The town is said to sit on the highest point of land between Montgomery and New Orleans.
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Fort Deposit was incorporated on February 13, 1891, and since 1890 it has been the largest town in Lowndes County. On August 13, 1965, civil rights demonstrators, including Episcopal seminarian Jonathan Daniels, were arrested while picketing whites-only stores in Fort Deposit and taken to jail in Hayneville; Daniels was killed there a week later. Today the town is known for Calico Fort, an arts and crafts fair held on the second weekend of April each year. Sources Wikipedia: Fort Deposit, Alabama Wikipedia: Hayneville, Alabama
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31.9959790, -86.5761420
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12:43 PM America/Chicago
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Lowndes County
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