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Transcript: At a crossroads, one mile south of Helena, a post office called Cove was established in 1849 and renamed Hillsboro in 185. During the Civil war the South & North Railroad (the Louisville & Nashville Railroad) was constructed to just north of Hillsboro on Buck Creek to facilitate the shipping of coal and iron from nearby mines and iron works. The construction engineer, Peter Boyle, married Helen Lee, the daughter of early settler Needham Lee Jr., and named the wartime railhead of Helena Station in honor of his wife. Union raiders, under Gen. J.H. Wilson, stormed through the area on March 29-30, 1865, destroying mines, mills and furnaces. The post office moved to Helena in 1872 following the post-war revival of industry. The town was surveyed into lots and streets by mining engineer Joseph Squire in 1873 and incorporated in 1877 with M.H. Williams as mayor. (Continued on other side) Erected by the Alabama Tourism Department and the CIty of Helena May 2010

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