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Preserve America Community: Chickasaw, Alabama |
 | | Preserve America is a White House initiative in cooperation with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; the U.S. Departments of Defense, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, and Education; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities; and the President's Council on Environmental Quality. |
 | | Chickasaw, Alabama (population 6,364), came into being during World War I, when the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company bought land in the area to construct a shipyard. |
 | | To promote heritage tourism, the City of Chickasaw has placed a large billboard on the nearby interstate highway inviting travelers to visit the community's historic area, and the Chickasaw Historic Preservation Society has developed a driving tour of the historic homes. |
| www.preserveamerica.gov /PAcommunity-chickasawAL.html (228 words) |
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