Monroe County
Duncan MacMillan’s Stage Stop was located near this site along the Old Federal Road. This marker connects the road to the stagecoach era and to one of the early settlers who lived and worked along this important route.
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OLD FEDERAL ROAD
Duncan MacMillan’s Stage Stop was located near here. According to traveler James Stuart in 1830, he (Duncan) did not taste fermented liquor and thought coffee was the best stimulant. Mr. MacMillan came from Scotland and like many early settlers cleared his own land and grew sugar and cotton.
Erected in 1998 by Monroe County Heritage Museums and The J. L. Bedsole Foundation
Old Federal Road Project
This marker was photographed and documented as part of the Old Federal Road Project, an ongoing effort to visit and document historic sites, communities, and markers connected to the route of the Old Federal Road across South Alabama.
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Location
Monroe County, Alabama
31.44796, -87.2341