Eufaula-Montgomery Roadway

Before the days of railroads, this route formed part of the original roadway between Eufaula and Montgomery. The stretch between Eufaula and the Bullock County line was reconstructed through the initiative and assistance of Edward Trippe Comer of Savannah, Georgia, and its perpetual upkeep was secured by a $100,000.00 trust fund he established in 1919. The road passes by Spring Hill, the home site of John Fletcher Comer and his maternal grandfather, John Drewry. Although E.T. Comer lived in Texas and Georgia, where he was loved and honored, the place where his father lived, died, and was buried remained dearest to him, and when he died he was brought back over this road to his final resting place, in the shadow of the little church built by his father.

Alabama · United States