Cherokee County's Beginnings

Historical marker location:

Centre, Alabama

( Marker is on Cedar Bluff Road (State Road 283) north of West Main Street (Business U.S. 411), in the median.)

The first known use of the phrase "Roll Tide" was in a 1907 Birmingham News article that referred to the University of Alabama football team. The phrase became a rallying cry for Alabama football fans and is still used today.