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| From the NY Times, 6-15-1852 |
"The whole business part of the city was laid in ashes" (State Guard newspaper).
Wetumpka is still recovering from this year's tornado---five months ago next Wednesday---but 167 years ago today they were facing another destructive event....a huge fire that "destroyed...the entire business part of East Wetumpka".
Another newspaper report indicates one result of the fire is that all of the replacement buildings are made of brick:
Walking tours of the area are available.
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