Historical Marker
Wehadkee Yarn Mills
Historical marker location:
Rock Mills, Alabama
( Marker is at the intersection of Rock Mills Road (Alabama Route 22) and Bacon Cove Road (County Road 75), on the right when traveling east on Rock Mills Road.)
The city of Anniston, Alabama was the site of one of the most violent incidents of the Civil Rights Era. In 1961, a bus carrying Freedom Riders, a group of civil rights activists, was attacked and set on fire by a mob in Anniston.