Russell County AlArchives Photo Place.....Historic Marker  Bartram's Trail February 1, 2006
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    Bartram' s Trail
William Bartram, America'a first native born
Artist - Naturalist, passed through Russell
County during the Revolutionary era, making
the first scientific notations of this flora, fauna
and inhabitants. As the appointed botanist of
Britain's King George III, he traveled 2,400 miles
in three journeys into the Southern Colonies in 
1775. 1776, collecting rare plants and specimens 
and making detailed drawing of plants and animals.

  Located off of Hwy 165 near the Oswichee Bapt. Church.
 Oswichee, Russell Co., Al.

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