Pre 1900
City of Lincoln’s story begins the Indians, who were the first settlers here. The Indians were the Muskogee and local tribes in our area were invited to Conchardee. Conchardee are now gone, but they have left their mark on our region. Many local place names are reminders of those first inhabitants. And ‘the Blue Eye Creek that starts near the Talladega / Calhoun County Line, and runs through Lincoln. Blue Eye is a unique story that the name will be one of the most well-known local legends. It ‘was supposedly named Conchardee chief, who had a brown eye and one blue eye, and because it was so unusual Creek was named in his honor, or so the legend goes. Chocolocco Creek is also a tribute to their presence, and the name of another local leader. This stream runs south of the city and, finally, the questionnaire was almost called the River.
During the War of 1812 Andrew Jackson and his men camped at Fort Strother on the banks of the Coosa River about ten islands, just north of Lincoln. They arrived at the fort without supplies and foraged for food over a large area. Lincoln area was noticed by the men to have a good drinking water and fertile land, and many returned after the war was over and settled in the region. Andrew Jackson also cut a track through Lincoln on their way to Talladega for the Battle of Talladega. This battle took place on what is now known as the Battle Street in the heart of Talladega. This battle was between the red sticks, a sect of “Creek”, as opposed to white domination, and the men of Andrew Jackson. Since then, the track was paved and is now known as Jackson Trace Road, part of it is parallel to the Talladega Super Speedway.
The first post office was established in Lincoln January 29, 1850. The name of the post office and surrounding area called Kingston at the time. Jesse Calhoun was the first postmaster. On January 17, 1856, the post office was officially known as the Post Office with Jesse Hardin Lincoln as the first postmaster.
The city was named after Revolutionary War soldier. This man’s name was Benjamin Lincoln, and he became known as a defender in Charleston for his valor in the line of fire. His fame spread to the southern states. General Benjamin Lincoln was the second command of the revolutionary army and accepted the surrender of General Cornwallis’s sword at Yorktown battle, which ended the War of Independence. Early settlers took the name from North Carolina and Georgia. These early settlers Theodore Burns, John Groce, and Henry Turner and Sword. While some of their descendants still live in the region, other early settlers of the names were: Embry, McClellan, Bell, Burns, Montgomery, Acker, Wilson, Watson, Kirksey, Weed, Brewer, Mynatt, Collins, and Groce, Dickinson, Franklin Schmidt and Jones. Many of these early settlers came from the vehicle to develop the desert and make homes for their families.
Some were farmers, shepherds and teachers, some doctors, mechanics, carpenters, and some merchants.
The Georgia Pacific Railroad came through Lincoln in 1883. The laying of the track is moved mile south city 1 / 4 of the old site. New businesses were centered around the railroad. The Georgia-Pacific was one of four railway to be built connecting the west coast to east coast.
1900
Lincoln was founded in 1911. WD was the first mayor of Henderson, with the first members of the Council are: LU Dickinson, JL Richey, JM Cunningham, WN, Jons, and WD Davis. WC Madden was in town, and Lon cleark Embry was a policeman. A new area of ​​the town was little more than a square mile.
One of the first acts of business was to open the Third Avenue between Magnolia Street and Chestnut Street and Magnolia extending the area of ​​the school. It was very important because Lincoln was chosen as the site of the new Talladega County High School. ED and RD Acker Burns, members of the legislature in Alabama deserves much credit for the school is located in Lincoln, though they never officially received much praise for her.
Before the crisis, as with most small towns in the South cotton was the principal occupation and all business was centered around the railroad. There were two banks, fifteen businesses, a hotel, a cotton oil mill and two cotton gin. The city had electricity and a telephone system.
1929 crash and the banks closed, businesses and slowly strangled the city. That same year, U.S. Highway 78 is built through Lincoln. New businesses along the new highway. In 1930 the water system installed in the WPA program, then the mayor, James I. Kirksey. In 1960, Interstate 20, which is part of the Eisenhower Interstate System, came through the Lincoln needs more entrepreneurs to open businesses of approximately 165 and 168, exit. U.S. Highway 78 and Interstate 20 are now the main activity of the city. In 1966, the National Bank and Talladega Isbell Bank have announced that they would have branches in Lincoln. Later, they change their name from the banks and areas of the Bank of First National Bank. Metro Bank became a city in 2002.
In 1998, Honda began its quest for a place in Alabama for a new car plant. At the end of February 1999 Contact was made with the city to place an ideal channel for a potential industry. In the weeks following the occasion was obtained from TJ Watson & Sons in 1550 acres. In early April 1999, the mayor was told that Honda would make an announcement on the 6th May that Honda would build their new car plant in the city. The plant originally built on the Odyssey, adding pilot ridgeline and social studies. The state built 67 500 square meters gym in front of the Honda plant. In 2006, over 20 new subdivisions are under construction in the city. With the arrival of Honda in the city of U.S. Highway 78 was extended from Alabama Highway 77 to the road Stemley. A number of old business on the south side of the road were removed to make way for the expansion of the highway. Especially the buildings were lost: Auto Repair Allred, who was previously a Shell station (1931), Dairyland (1957), and Pik-A-convenience store Dilly (1969).