The museum collection of books represents donations from professional and from private individuals who felt the calling to make their collection available to all forever.

The museum has:

  • Law Books: Research guides issued years and years ago
  • Medical Books: Just what the young doctors studied with
  • Agricultural Reports (back to 1851) submitted to President Lincoln
  • Magazines: 20's; 40's; and more
  • Newspapers: Bound and unbound issues of local newspapers
  • Novels: Some famous and some unique (written by local authors)
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Special Exhibits In 2010

  • The Coosa River and its Riverboats, Flat boats, Keel Boats, and Ferry's...before the Weiss Lake Dam
  • County Railroads: All 3 of them remembered
  • On display now: Oil Paintings by local artist Pat W. and Pen and Ink Drawings by local artist Cloud Farrow

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2009-10 NonProfit Sponsors

  • Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce
  • Georgia Innocence Project
  • Rotary Club of Centre

2009-10 Business Sponsors

  • First Southern State Bank
  • Southeastern Trailers
  • Southern States
  • Bay Springs Motel & Campground: A Class Trip Sponsor
  • Starr's Real Pit BBQ
  • State Farm Insurance-Beth Baker
  • Southern Banking Company
  • Harris Furniture
  • KTH Leesburg Products
  • Banners by Model Tees and the POST
  • High Speed Wireless by TDS
  • Brochures by CRS Printing & Promotions

2009-10 Patron Sponsors

  • Town of Gaylesville
  • WAL-MART FOUNDATION

2009-10 Platinum Sponsors

  • Cherokee Operation Round Up Trust: A Class Trip Sponsor
  • Cherokee County Commissioners

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Visit the Museum and Discover Your Past

  • New Bethel Methodist Church 1960
    This photo album gives you a quick glimpse into the Collections of the Cherokee County Alabama Historical Museum.

Schools and Students before 1899

  • Cherokee Normal Institute at Forney in 1892
    County education began long ago. These pictures starkly reveal our County's educational heritage.

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Wow! County Sports over 80 years ago

  • CedarBluff Girls Basketball Team 1924
    Share these photos. It sure is the way it was!

The Museum's Historical Road Signs in our County

  • Key to Historical Markers Map
    Take a slow trip around the County and see how many historical informational signs you can discover.

Old Alabama Photos courtesy of Auburn Univ

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