metropolitan statistical area
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is the second-most populated metropolitan area in
Northeast Alabama
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, behind Huntsville. At the 2000 census, it had a population of 112,249. The MSA is anchored by significant jobs at Jacksonville State University, the Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center, Stringfellow Hospital, the Anniston Army Depot, and the Department of Homeland Security at McClellan. McClellan has transitioned from being a closed military base, to becoming the home of hundreds of residents, new retail growth such as a Lowe's Home Improvement Store, and now more than 3,000 jobs spread out over more than 20 employers. Anniston remains strong in health care, legal, financial services and manufacturing.
Oxford
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, with Interstate 20 running right through it, has developed a number of retail and restaurant establishments including the Oxford Exchange which is anchored by Target.
Jacksonville
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is an important city in the region due to its student population and education resources at
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville State University (JSU) is a public university in Jacksonville, Alabama. Founded in 1883, Jacksonville State offers programs of study in six academic schools leading to bachelor's degree, bachelor's, master's degree, master's, educati ...
. The other cities surrounding Anniston–Oxford are
Calhoun
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Calhoun can also refer to:
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Inhabited places in the United States
*Calhoun, Georgia
*Calhoun, Illinois
*Calhoun, Kansas
*Calhoun, Kentucky
...
Core cities
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Oxford
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Jacksonville
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Alexandria
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The Donoho School
The Donoho School is a private school in Anniston, Alabama that was honored by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program in 2005. The Donoho School serves students in grades PK through 12.
History
The Anniston Academy was founded as a secondary institutio ...
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Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School
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The Most ...
Jacksonville State University
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**Main Jacksonville Campus
**McClellan Campus
*
Gadsden State Community College
Gadsden State Community College (Gadsden State, Gadsden, or GSCC) is a public community college with campuses in Gadsden, Centre and Anniston, Alabama. The college was founded as a merger between Alabama Technical College (1925), Gadsden State T ...
Interstate 20
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runs through the southern portion of the county, connecting Atlanta with Birmingham. It is four-lane controlled access. Construction to widen to six lanes from the
Talladega Speedway
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to Golden Springs Road (also known as the Eastern Bypass) is complete .
* Noble Street runs through downtown, lined with office buildings, specialty shops, and restaurants. A major revitalization effort in 2003 made this street more pedestrian friendly. The old four-lane thoroughfare was gutted, and turn of the 20th century trolley tracks were removed to help resurface the street. The road was converted to two lane traffic with wider sidewalks.
*
Quintard Avenue
Anniston is the county seat of Calhoun County, Alabama, Calhoun County in Alabama and is one of two urban centers/principal cities of and included in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Area, Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of th ...
(
Alabama State Route 21
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) runs parallel two blocks east of Noble Street. It serves as the main north–south traffic corridor for Anniston. The road is six lanes from East P street to 19th Street, and then four lanes. It connects central
Oxford
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
to the south and
Jacksonville
Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the List of United States cities by area, largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the co ...
, Gadsden, and the McClellan area of Anniston to the north. Traffic is relatively heavy on this road around downtown and in Oxford as well. Since the early 1990s, bypasses have been planned on both sides of town to alleviate traffic. The North end becomes McClellan Blvd and heads toward Jacksonville via AL 21.
*The Western Bypass ( SR-202) is a completed project of the Alabama Department of Transportation. It runs from I-20 in Oxford (the Coldwater exit) and runs north into the present AL 202. It is five lanes wide (handling Anniston Army Depot traffic). Future plans will extend it on the present County road 109 by widening it to connect with US 431.
*The
Veterans Memorial Parkway
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(
US-431
U.S. Route 431 (US 431) is a spur of U.S. Route 31. It currently travels for approximately from US 231/Alabama State Route 210 and US 231 Business (US 231 Bus.) and US 431 Bus. in Dothan, Alabama, to Owensboro, K ...
) is a recently completed project of the Alabama Department of Transportation to build a four-lane highway in Calhoun County. This project will alleviate the high traffic congestion present on Alabama State Route 21 while also opening up new commercial and industrial shipping routes within the region as Interstate 20 will be able to connect quickly with US 431 through a limited access fly-over. It is the largest influx of federal money into the local economy since Fort McClellan closed. More than $21 million has been earmarked for this project ''(See Page 124 of Public Law 109-59-Aug. 10, 2005 as enacted by the US Congress).''
*
US 78
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(known as Hamric Drive in central Oxford) handles a good bit of traffic as well. It runs parallel to
Interstate 20
Interstate 20 (I‑20) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States. I-20 runs beginning at an interchange with Interstate 10, I-10 in Scroggins Draw, Texas, and ending at an interchange with Interstate 95, I-95 in Flo ...
in Oxford.
* Pelham Road (Alabama State Route 21) runs through Jacksonville and is a main road for commercial and retail traffic as well as college students commuting to Jacksonville State University.
general aviation
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facility, south of the city proper, in
Oxford
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. Its single asphalt runway is 7,000 feet long and 150 feet wide.
Birmingham International Airport
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in
Birmingham
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passenger traffic
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and by
aircraft traffic
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, provides air service between Atlanta many national and international destinations.
Train
Amtrak
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New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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Film and television
* '' ...
,
Philadelphia
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,
Baltimore
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,
Washington
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,
Charlotte
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,
Atlanta
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,
Birmingham
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and
New Orleans
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. The
Amtrak station
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is situated at the Southern Railway Depot (which was built in 1926), located at 126 West 4th Street. The city purchased the station in 2001 for $430,000 from federal grants for the restoration, in hopes of turning the building into a multi modal transportation hub for the city. It will serve by
Amtrak
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(train),
Greyhound
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(bus), and local taxi and bus services if goes as planned.
Economy
The military has played the biggest part in the economy in Anniston since the turn of the 20th century. The
Anniston Army Depot
Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) is a major United States Army facility for the production and repair of ground combat vehicles, overhaul of Small Arms Weapon Systems and the storage of chemical weapons, a.k.a. the Anniston Chemical Activity. The depot ...
which is used for the maintenance of most Army tracked vehicles (the M-1 Abrhams tank) remains in use. The depot formerly housed a major chemical weapons storage facility but those weapons and the equipment to destroy them have been closed since 2013 and will never return.
Fort McClellan
Fort McClellan, originally Camp McClellan, is a decommissioned United States Army post located adjacent to the city of Anniston, Alabama. During World War II, it was one of the largest U.S. Army installations, training an estimated half-million tr ...
, formerly site of the U.S. Army Military Police Training Academy and Chemical Warfare training center, was de-commissioned in 1999. A commission of local city and county leaders known as the McClellan Development Authority manages the redevelopment of the old fort. McClellan has evolved to becoming a master-planned community complete with residential, retail, professional and industrial employers. Millions of dollars in continued access road improvements continue to come to McClellan. An industrial department completed with full infrastructure is present at McClellan and in December 2014 its largest employer International Automotive Components of Luxembourg announced a 350 job expansion at the park.
A portion of the former fort is now home to the
Alabama National Guard
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Training Center. Another of the fort were set aside for the
Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge
Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located in eastern Alabama, near Anniston, Alabama on the former site of Fort McClellan. It takes its name from some of the last remaining mountain longleaf pine (''Pinus ...
in 2003. The Department of Homeland Security also uses a portion of the decommissioned fort for training and fieldwork.
Top employers
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Anniston Army Depot
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Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville State University (JSU) is a public university in Jacksonville, Alabama. Founded in 1883, Jacksonville State offers programs of study in six academic schools leading to bachelor's degree, bachelor's, master's degree, master's, educati ...
Homeland Security
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BAE Systems
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New Flyer
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Alabama Power Company
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Federal-Mogul Corporation
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Kronospan
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The company manufactures particleboar ...
Other employers with ties to county commerce
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Honda Manufacturing of Alabama
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Talladega Speedway
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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
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in
Gadsden, Alabama
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Media
Newspapers
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The Anniston Star
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The Chanticleer
''The Chanticleer'' is Averett University's student-run news magazine
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WCKS
WCKS (102.7 FM, "Kiss 102.7") is a radio station licensed to the community of Fruithurst, Alabama, United States, and serving Carrollton, Georgia, as well as West Georgia and East Alabama. The station is owned by Gradick Communications and the bro ...
810 AM classic country
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WPID
WPID (1280 AM, "E-Z 1280") was a radio station licensed to serve Piedmont, Alabama, United States. The station, established in 1953, was owned by Piedmont Radio Company.
Programming
WPID broadcast an adult contemporary music format. Along with i ...
1280 AM AC-oldies
* WHMA 1390 AM gospel
* WDNG 1450 AM talk
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WFZX
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* WJCK 88.3 FM religious
* WGRW 90.7 FM religious
* WTBJ 91.3 FM religious
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WLJS-FM
WLJS-FM (91.9 FM, "92J") is the student-run non-commercial educational college radio station of Jacksonville State University. The station was established for the purpose of giving students an environment in which they could learn to be radio bro ...
91.9 FM college/alternative/NPR
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WTDR-FM
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92.7 FM (Talladega, broadcasts from Oxford) country
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WHMA-FM
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95.5 FM country
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WVOK-FM
WVOK-FM (97.9 FM, "97.9 WVOK") is a radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary music format. Licensed to Oxford, Alabama, it serves the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Area. It is owned and operated by Woodard Broadcasting Company, Inc.
...
97.9 FM hot AC
* WGMZ-FM 93.1 FM Z93: Classic Hits
Television
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WEAC-CD
WEAC-CD, virtual channel 24 (UHF digital channel 35), is a low-power, Class A The Walk TV, and AMGTV- affiliated television station licensed to Anniston, Alabama, United States. The station is owned by Alabama Heritage Communications. WEAC maint ...
TV24 (Ind.)
Anniston–Oxford is part of the
Birmingham
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television market.
Culture
Anniston long has served as a cultural center for northeastern Alabama. The
Alabama Shakespeare Festival
The Alabama Shakespeare Festival (ASF) is among the ten largest Shakespeare festivals in the world. The festival is permanently housed in the Carolyn Blount Theatre in Montgomery, Alabama.
ASF puts on 6-9 productions annually, typically includi ...
has its root here when it was founded in Anniston, back in 1972, before moving to Montgomery in 1985. Jacksonville State University holds many performances such as plays and operas throughout the year The Knox Concert Series regularly brings world-renowned musical and dance productions to the area. Anniston is also home to the
Anniston Museum of Natural History
The Anniston Museum of Natural History is a museum in Lagarde Park, Anniston, Alabama, exhibiting more than 2,000 natural history items on permanent display, including minerals, fossils, and rare animals in open dioramas.
In addition to explorin ...
Alabama Symphony Orchestra
The Alabama Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra based in Birmingham, Alabama. The orchestra's resident and principal conductor is Christopher Confessore. The Orchestra was first formed in April 1921 but had to close because of financial issu ...
at the former
Fort McClellan
Fort McClellan, originally Camp McClellan, is a decommissioned United States Army post located adjacent to the city of Anniston, Alabama. During World War II, it was one of the largest U.S. Army installations, training an estimated half-million tr ...
, the perform outdoor concerts in the early summer.
The Anniston has many examples of Victorian-style homes, some of which have been restored or preserved. Many others have been destroyed or are in dilapidated conditions. Several of the city's churches are architecturally significant or historic, including th Church of St. Michael and All AngelsGrace Episcopal Church an Parker Memorial Baptist ChurchTemple Beth EL dedicated in 1893, has the oldest building in the state continuously and currently being used for Jewish worship. The Coldwater cover bridge sits at Oxford Lake Park, it was saved from demolition back in the early 1990s.
After decades of decay, Noble Street, is seeing a rebirth as a downtown shopping and dining district in the heart of downtown. There are several large shopping centers in the area as well, such as the
Quintard Mall
Quintard Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in Oxford, Alabama
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, anthem = "Alabama"
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, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin ...
and the Oxford Exchange, both located in
Oxford
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.
The Anniston–Oxford area is home to many restaurants ranging from American, Italian, Greek, Cuban, Cajun, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Southern cuisines. Many locally own dining establishments are located in the downtown Anniston, Buckner Circle, and around Jacksonville Square, as well as major chain restaurants along the interstate in Oxford.
Jacksonville is a center for the college activity in Northeast Alabama, as well as bar life. Brother's Bar, hosted Allman Bros. (unannounced) performances in the 1970s and is still a popular venue for local musicians. Many restaurant style bars are scattered around the square vicinity of Jacksonville. Jacksonville State has touring national acts on occasion.
Chemical contamination
The most significant news about the region came in a CBS 60 Minutes investigatio that revealed Anniston to be among the most toxic cities in the country. The source of local contamination was a Monsanto chemical factory. The current lead-in on CBS' website states:
Monsanto Corporation isn't the only source of chemicals in the area, though it is the only source of proven contamination. After the closure of Fort McClellan and the revelation of contamination, the federal government built an incinerator in Anniston to burn large stockpiles of chemical munitions including nerve gas and mustard gas. These chemical weapons were stored for decades by the US Army for potential use in warfare. Anniston is one of nine areas in the US that housed such stockpiles. Destruction of most of the munitions has gone without a hitch, and is expected to be completed during the next decade. However, the documented contamination left by the Monsanto factory will last lifetimes.
This fact belies the natural beauty of Anniston–Oxford's location at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountain chain. As the southernmost length of the Appalachian Mountains, the world's oldest mountain range, it is home to diverse species of birds, reptiles and mammals. Part of the former Fort McClellan is now operating as Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge.
Famous people from Anniston–Oxford
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Michael Biehn
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, actor
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Red Byron
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,
NASCAR
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Negro Folk Symphony
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The work consists of three movements:
Its world premiere on November 20, 1934, at Carnegie Hall in New York City was conducted by Leopold Stokowski a ...
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Cow Cow Davenport
Charles Edward "Cow Cow" Davenport (April 23, 1894 – December 3, 1955) was an American boogie-woogie and piano blues player as well as a vaudeville entertainer. He also played the organ and sang.
Davenport, who also made recordings under the ...
,
Boogie-woogie
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pianist
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Kevin Greene
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, NFL Linebacker
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David Satcher
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, former Surgeon General
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Patrick J. Que Smith
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, hip-hop songwriter
* James R. Hall, Lieutenant General United States Army
* Eric Davis, NFL Linebacker/sup>
* Riley Green, country singer (from
Jacksonville
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)
See also
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Anniston Army Depot
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Fort McClellan
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Alabama
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, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
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Cheaha State Park
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Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge
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Anniston Museum of Natural History
The Anniston Museum of Natural History is a museum in Lagarde Park, Anniston, Alabama, exhibiting more than 2,000 natural history items on permanent display, including minerals, fossils, and rare animals in open dioramas.
In addition to explorin ...
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Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville State University (JSU) is a public university in Jacksonville, Alabama. Founded in 1883, Jacksonville State offers programs of study in six academic schools leading to bachelor's degree, bachelor's, master's degree, master's, educati ...
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Coosa River
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Eric Davis (American football)
Eric Wayne Davis (born January 26, 1968) is a former professional American football player who was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the second round of the 1990 NFL draft. Davis played in 13 NFL seasons from 1990 to 2002. He played colle ...