TIMELINE: The rise and fall of Benson
- Siri Hedreen
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TIMELINE: The rise and fall of Benson
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A photo of John Benson's original Kowaliga School cabin appears in the Kowaliga Academic and Industrial Institute's 17th annual report.
TIMELINE: The rise and fall of Benson
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A group of Tuskegee-trained teachers pose for a photo in the Kowaliga Academic and Industrial Institute's 17th annual report.Â
TIMELINE: The rise and fall of Benson
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Feb. 5, 1909: The Alexander City Outlook reports on the fire that razed the Kowaliga Academic and Industrial Institute. Will Benson later raised $20,000 to rebuild the school.
TIMELINE: The rise and fall of Benson
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A photo of Howland Hall in Tallapoosa County Bicentennial Committee's 1976 "Tallapoosa County: A History."
TIMELINE: The rise and fall of Benson
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A photograph of the Kowaliga Academic and Industrial Institute campus in the school's 17th annual report depicts what is today a mostly forested section of Russell Lands.
TIMELINE: The rise and fall of Benson
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Feb. 17, 1911: The Alexander City Outlook reports on the Dixie Industrial Company's new road engine service (later upgraded to railroad).
TIMELINE: The rise and fall of Benson
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A photo in Tallapoosa County Bicentennial Committee's 1976 "Tallapoosa County: A History" depicts Kowaliga Academic and Industrial Institute students in shop class.
TIMELINE: The rise and fall of Benson
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Students pose for a photo in the Kowaliga Academic and Industrial Institute's 17th annual report.
TIMELINE: The rise and fall of Benson
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Aug. 4, 1914: England declares war on Germany, the Dixie Industrial Company's largest turpentine market.
TIMELINE: The rise and fall of Benson
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Aug. 7, 1914: A (very) short front-page editorial in The Alexander City Outlook foreshadows the demise of the Dixie Industrial Company.
TIMELINE: The rise and fall of Benson
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June 6, 1915: An Alexander City Outlook reprint of The New York Times documents Will Benson's resignation as president of the Dixie Industrial Company
TIMELINE: The rise and fall of Benson
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Oct. 13, 1915: The Alexander City Outlook reports the death of William E. Benson, "one of the best-known negroes in the state."
TIMELINE: The rise and fall of Benson
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Jan. 26, 1916: The Alexander City Outlook reports on the Dixie Industrial Company's sale of timber rights to J. M. Steverson and Ben Russell.
TIMELINE: The rise and fall of Benson
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Feb. 2, 1916: The Alexander City Outlook editorializes on the business prospects of Steverson and Russell's timber rights purchase.
TIMELINE: The rise and fall of Benson
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July 24, 1918: A Dixie Industrial Company advertisement in the The Alexander City Outlook promotes farm land for sale.Â
TIMELINE: The rise and fall of Benson
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Aug 17, 1930: The Alexander City Outlook describes summer diversions at Hotel Camp Dixie in its society column.
TIMELINE: The rise and fall of Benson
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Nov. 1, 1934: The Alexander City Outlook advertises Camp Dixie Hotel (Hotel Camp Dixie), on the grounds of what was once the Kowaliga Academic and Industrial Institute.
TIMELINE: The rise and fall of Benson
Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
The Rosenwald school that replaced the Kowaliga Academic and Industrial Institute is across the street from what is now Russell Crossroads. For awhile it was used by the Dixie Hunting Club but now sits abandoned.
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TIMELINE: The rise and fall of Benson
Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
The Rosenwald school that replaced the Kowaliga Academic and Industrial Institute is across the street from what is now Russell Crossroads. For awhile it was used by the Dixie Hunting Club but now sits abandoned.
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