Albertville, AL news and local guide

At about 4:10 p.m. on April 24, 1908, a tornado remembered as "The Great Cyclone" all but wiped out the town. It is believed to have killed 35 people across northeastern Alabama, 15 of them in Albertville. Relief arrived largely by train from Gadsden, bringing doctors, nurses and the Queen City Guards militia, whose commander, Colonel R. A. Mitchell, reported to Governor B. B. Comer that the destruction was unprecedented in the state's history. Albertville was later home to the Seventh District Agricultural School and calls itself the "Fire Hydrant Capital of the World." Sources Wikipedia: Albertville, Alabama The Historical Marker Database: Birthplace of Albertville (Chamber of Commerce Sesquicentennial Committee)