Ellicott's Stone

Historical marker location:

Le Moyne, Alabama

( Marker is on U.S. 43 at milepost 19,, 0.1 miles south of Lofton Road, on the right when traveling north. Reported damaged.)

Marker installed: 1999

Erected April 9th, 1799.

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.