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Frank I. Derby, organizer of the 1919 Rooster Auction in Demopolis, Ala., accepts a rooster from President Woodrow Wilson. Derby is holding the rooster on a tray.

The auction was held to raise money to build a bridge spanning the Tombigbee River.…

Frank Chandler Sr. sits in the passenger seat of this roadster which he constructed with his friends who are in the photo, but unidentified. The paper mill at Holt is in the background.

The railroad trestle across the Black Warrior River between Tuscaloosa and Northport as it appears in 2015.

The Mobile & Ohio (M&O) Railroad trestle is a wooden and steel truss bridge that was constructed across the Black Warrior River in…

The Mobile & Ohio (M&O) railroad trestle over the Black Warrior River between Tuscaloosa and Northport is shown in the background with the Josie W. leaving for Mobile.

The M&O Railroad trestle is a wooden and steel truss bridge that was…

This train served the University of Alabama campus with a depot that was located approximately where the parking deck on campus is located today.The track ran parallel and north of what is now Campus Drive and followed the fence that was in front of…

State Senate of Alabama Resolution renaming State Highway 69 from Coffeeville to Guntersville, Alabama, "The Folsom-McFarland Highway."

Governor James E. Folsom, known as "Big Jim," was governor of Alabama from 1947 to 1951 and again from 1955 to…

This photo shows the train side of the L & N (Louisville and Nashville) railroad station in Tuscaloosa. Built in 1912, the depot still stands and has been used over the years as a restaurant and event facility.

It is constructed of yellow pressed…

The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Station was built in Tuscaloosa in 1912. The depot still stands and has been used over the years as a restaurant and event facility.

It is constructed of yellow pressed bricks, marble and steel. The recessed…

This Alabama and New Orleans Transportation Company Barge No. 3 was the first barge to travel up the Warrior River to Tuscaloosa from New Orleans, arriving in Tuscaloosa on October 30, 1913.

A ceremony to celebrate its arrival was planned for…

The invitation to the Open Warrior ceremony is dated Oct. 28, 1913, but delays getting the barge from New Orleans to Tuscaloosa caused the ceremony to be postponed until Oct. 31, 1913.

President Woodrow Wilson was scheduled to attend, but did not,…