Sarah Stephens
Elmore Autauga News
Who is up for a Low Country Boil, with proceeds going to help preserve important Autauga County history?
It’s Springtime and that means it’s time to mark your calendars for April 26 and to purchase your tickets for the annual Autauga County Heritage Association’s LOW COUNTRY BOIL! Tickets may be purchased at the Prattaugan Museum (334-361-0961) or online www.autaugahistory.org
Tickets are $40 in advance, $45 at the door.
This popular event will be held at Buena Vista Mansion located at 541 County Road 4 in Prattville. It will feature live music with the Lo-Fi Lounges, a shrimp boil dinner and silent auction. The event is from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m.
For information and sponsorship opportunities, call the Prattaugan Museum. See graphic below for sponsorship levels.
About ACHA –
MISSION
The Autauga County Heritage Association is a group of people who share a common interest in the history of Autauga County, who strive to create historical interest and educate the community about the benefits of preservation and the significance of our own heritage.
OUR PURPOSE
- To bring together those interested in the history and genealogy of Autauga County
- To discover and collect any material which may help to establish or illustrate our history and ancestry.
- To provide for the preservation of such material and for its accessibility, as far as may be feasible, to all who wish to examine or study it.
- To cooperate with officials in insuring the preservation and accessibility of the records, structure heritage and landmarks of the county and of its people, its towns and communities.
- To disseminate historical and genealogical information and arouse interest in the past by organizing groups or societies, by holding meeting and pageants, addresses, lectures, and discussion; by making historic buildings, sites and trails.
- To awaken public interest through use of newspapers, radio, television, internet and social media.
OUR HISTORY
The Daniel Pratt mansion being torn down in 1961 was the impetus of the ACHA forming some years later. It was after more than a decade of regret at having lost forever one our our most treasured of historic homes, the Prattville Study Club, then a group of 50 women, initiated the establishment of a county historical society. In 1976, our nations bi-centennial year, the Autauga County Heritage Association’s first president, Evelyn Striplin, was elected from among the 309 charter members of the association.
