0.69 Acres in Prairie Bluff, AL - $69,500
This prime Alabama River lot is located in the gated Prairie Bluff subdivision on the west side of the Alabama River just upstream from Millers Ferry Lock and Dam. It fronts on Dana Drive as noted in the lot layout. Lot owners in this development have exclusive use of a private boat ramp on Lake Dannelley, one of Alabama's premier fishing and recreational lakes.
Owners become members of the Praire Bluff Homeowners Association. There are protective covenants regulating home size and common facilities use. A copy of the covenants can be provided upon request.
Prairie Bluff is a very historic community as described in the history written by Jane McDonald Henderson and Bob Henderson. This history is synopsized as follows.
After the Creek Indian War of 1812, the soldiers who returned home from the eastern colonies, told glowing stories of the fertile land of Prairie Bluff, Wilcox Co...
After the Creek Indian War of 1812, the soldiers who returned home from the eastern colonies, told glowing stories of the fertile land of Prairie Bluff, Wilcox County, Alabama with its rich black soil mixed with lime and the beautiful green pastures. As a result, land hungry settlers and adventurers flocked to Wilcox County.
Prairie Bluff was settled in 1815 several years before Alabama became a state on December 13, 1819. It became one of the greatest and wealthiest of the now forgotten river towns in Alabama. The name was changed to Daletown in 1822 to honor the great Indian fighter Sam Dale of Georgia, and was officially known as Daletown for the next 16 years at which time the name reverted to Prairie Bluff. Sam Dale and two associates first acquired land and divided it into town lots. It featured well defined streets named Bluff, Commerce, Second, Wilcox, etc. The town was able to serve the river boats with storage facilities for 3,000 barrels of "up-freights", 3,000 bales of cotton awaiting shipment, and provide boat passengers with finest overnight accommodations in Holts Hotel. By 1843, Prairie Bluff was the largest town in Wilcox County and it almost became the capital of the State. When heavy floods made it necessary to move the State Capital from Cahaba, Prairie Bluff and Tuscaloosa were the chief contenders for the honor of being the seat of state government. Tuscaloosa won by a single vote! During this time, Prairie Bluff was one of five major trading posts from Mobile to Cahaba. Three postal routes led from Prairie Bluff to Cahaba, St. Stephens, Greensboro, and Uniontown, and Prairie Bluff was also the shipping point for goods shipped to Tuscaloosa.
In the 1830's,40's, and 50's, Wilcox County became an important duchy of the vast southern cotton empire, producing thousands of tons of the "white gold". As a result, cultural life began to flourish and Prairie Bluff became a social hub. Lafayette Lodge, the first Masonic Lodge in the county, was built in 1826. Apparently, it was named in commemoration of the famous French General Lafayette who traveled down the Alabama River in April 1825. Civilization continued to flow in and out along the course of the historic Alabama River. By 1880, there were 16 large business houses, many of them brick, and paved streets. Some of remains of the foundations of the old buildings and of the brick streets can be seen even now. Ironically there were 13 saloons and no churches during this era! It has been suggested that this may have been the reason for the demise of the town, but in reality the changing mode of transportation lessened the importance of the river towns, and Prairie Bluff gave way to the changing times.
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