West Alabama volunteer fire department makes history with blood products
Brierfield firefighters can now start blood transfusions and give plasma right there on scene before a patient ever gets to a hospital.
Jul 17, 2026Open source
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Brierfield, Alabama. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Bibb. Associated ZIP codes: 35035.
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American Village prepares for Sweet Home 250
CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER MONTEVALLO — The American Village in Montevallo is gearing up to host Sweet Home 250 — Where Freedom Feels Like Home, Alabama...
Jun 30, 2026Open source
Randolph County under tropical storm warning and flood watch as Isaias approaches
Hurricane Isaias is on its way to Alabama, and though it will weaken to a tropical storm by the time its effects reach Randolph County, local residents are b...
Oct 9, 2026Open source
Randolph County well represented at Alabama Farm & Land Conference in Mobile
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Aug 12, 2026Open source
James Venson 'Vince' Bailey
James Venson “Vince” Bailey passed away leaving behind a legacy of faith, service, hard work, and unwavering love for his family. Born on May 29, 1930, i...
Jul 14, 2026Open source
Boater who went missing after crash on Lake Wedowee found 61 feet below surface of water
RANDOLPH COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - A boater who went missing after a crash on Lake Wedowee has been found, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) announced Sa...
Jul 12, 2026Open source
Fincher: The moving target of Alabama’s primary election date
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May 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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Brierfield is in Bibb County, Alabama.
Region: North 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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Brierfield grew up around ironworks that helped arm the Confederacy. It is thought to be named for Jefferson Davis's Brierfield Plantation, which supplied the first ironworks with machinery. The Bibb County Iron Company, directed by C. C. Huckabee of Newbern, poured its first iron here in November 1862. Within a year the Confederate government bought the works and built a second, larger furnace beside the first, and as the Bibb Naval Works it was a principal supplier of iron to the Confederate naval foundry at Selma, especially for Brooke cannon.
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On the morning of March 31, 1865, the 10th Missouri Cavalry of General James H. Wilson's raid wrecked the furnaces and a rolling mill. After the war Josiah Gorgas, former chief of Confederate ordnance and later president of the University of Alabama, acquired the works and reopened them as the Brierfield Iron Works Company. His colleague John William Mallet, former superintendent of Confederate ordnance laboratories, built the house called Montebrier in 1866 and 1867. The business failed, the works were leased in 1869, and they closed in the Panic of 1873. In the 1880s Thomas Jefferson Peter, formerly of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, reopened the works as the Brierfield Coal and Iron Company, adding coal mines and coke ovens, and Brierfield was nicknamed the "Magic City." The Brierfield Furnace and Montebrier are on the National Register of Historic Places. Sources The Historical Marker Database: Bibb Furnace; Bibb Naval Furnaces Brierfield Furnaces (Alabama Historical Association) The Historical Marker Database: Montebrier Wikipedia: Brierfield, Alabama
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