Site of Cherokee Council Tree

Historical marker location:

353 Railroad Avenue, Valley Head, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Railroad Avenue and Mountain Street, on the right when traveling west on Railroad Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1955

Alabama is home to the largest cast iron statue in the world. The Vulcan statue, located in Birmingham, stands 56 feet tall and weighs over 100,000 pounds. It was built in 1904 for the St. Louis World's Fair and was later brought to Birmingham as a symbol of the city's industrial might.