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Calhoun House
CALHOUN HOUSE
On this site stood the Calhoun House, used as a Federal Courthouse, where desperado Frank James was tried and found not guilty, by jury trial, on April 25, 1884, for robbery of a government payroll near Muscle Shoals, Alabama, March 11, 1881. One of his defense attorneys was Huntsville's LeRoy Pope Walker, first secretary of war of the Confederate States of America
ALABAMA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 1979
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The Madison County Commission sponsored this Alabama Historical Association marker which was dedicated on October 21, 1979. It is located on the northeast corner of Eustis Avenue and Greene Street in Huntsville, Alabama. References 17, 20, 41, and 73 contain additional information on the Calhoun House.
