Florence Y'all Water Tower — Attraction in Florence

Discovered in the late 1780s by Daniel Boone, Florence Water Tower served as a beacon, attracting thousands of early settlers to the Ohio River valley. While it’s origins are unknown, native peoples have for generations told tales that reference this landmark. Cave paintings and oral histories both reference the coming of the Great Eagle to rest upon “Striped Tower” as a euphemism for the end of days. Designated a World Heritage site in 1983, the Florence Water Tower is currently protected and preserved by UNESCO, and attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. In addition, it provides fresh drinking water to a community that takes its name as a derivative of the symbols carved by ancient people’s on the southeast side of the Paleolithic structure. Other noteworthy contributions of the Tower include giving the southern region of the United States their...

The "Florence Y'all" watertower was originally painted with the words "Florence Mall" to advertise the Florence mall that was to open a few years later. The Bureau of Highways told the city that it was illegal to advertise something that didn't exist. They also stated that it exceeded the legal size for advertising from the Highways. The mayor of Florence brainstormed the problem and decided to adjust the word "mall" by changing the letter M and add an apostrophe. It also gives the Southern connotation of...

If this is a tourist attraction then I have to explain from an outsider viewpoint it seems odd. I moved here from Louisville first of all. I was told this tower used to say Florence mall but they had to change it to Florence y'all which is very clever and makes the city stand out. I now tell people I love in Florence yall! It's a nice...