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Canoe, Alabama

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The settlement grew into a town and prospered from the 1870s-1950s. New settlers came during the 1880s-early 1900s in search of cheap, cut over timberland on which to build homes and farms. The town was the site of 3 schools, a mineral spring, and a hotel, among other businesses. By the 1960s, Canoe
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soldiers camped in Canoe during the Canoe Rendezvous. During this 24-hour period several Union commanders brought together their forces which had been operating in the area and then moved on towards
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was in an economic decline as store keepers aged, closed up shop, and as younger people moved from the town. The post office and public schools closed by the 1970s.
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Today, Canoe has a population of several hundred with a half dozen shops and businesses,
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forces operated out of the area and on March 27-March 28, 1865 10,000
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as it includes all portions of Escambia County outside of
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