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By Mark Hilton, June 1, 2020
View of marker in front of flat-topped mound between the moat.
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| On Vine Street at Capitol Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Vine Street. |
| | Between AD 1500 and 1600, the
indigenous inhabitants of the area around
the confluence of the Cahaba and
Alabama Rivers built a flat-topped mound
measuring about ½ acre in size. The
mound was the central feature of a
semicircular village . . . — — Map (db m150834) HM |
| Near 2nd Street North near Vine Street. Reported permanently removed. |
| | By 1858 many brick stores had been built in Cahaba, so everyone called this the "old brick store." Merchant Sam M. Hill turned the building into one huge dry goods store where shoppers could buy just about anything!
Col. Hill, like most of the . . . — — Map (db m23242) HM |
| On Vine Street at Capitol Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Vine Street. |
| | Vine Street was Cahawba's business district. Stores, offices and hotels were tightly packed together along these three blocks. Homes were scattered over an entire square mile. Nearly every house had a yard of one or two acres. — — Map (db m83520) HM |
| On Vine Street at Capitol Street, on the right when traveling north on Vine Street. |
| | Cahawba's homes were spread over an
entire square mile, many with yards of
one or two acres. That was not the case
here on Vine Street. Offices, stores and
hotels were tightly packed along this
main street. The steamboat landings on
the . . . — — Map (db m112560) HM |
| Near Oak Street south of 1st Street North. |
| | This house, the Fambro / Arthur home,
takes its name from two of its owners.
One was a judge, the other was a former
slave.
The Fambro Family
A. Judge W. W. Fambro built this house
in the early 1840s. He may have created . . . — — Map (db m112451) HM |
| On Capitol Avenue at Walnut Street, on the right when traveling west on Capitol Avenue. |
| | Walnut Street was the working
backside of the business district.
Cahaba's mechanics and enslaved
laborers knew this street well. It was a
place of livery stables, harness makers,
carriage makers, and blacksmiths. It
was a smelly, dirty street. . . . — — Map (db m150850) HM |
| On Union Street at McLeod Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Union Street. |
| | Once a gracious turn-of-the-century neighborhood, many of the homes here were close to condemnation when purchased by Circle “S” Industries, Inc. in 1980. In all, 12 Victorian cottages were renovated in the area.
Built between 1870 . . . — — Map (db m37651) HM |
| On Broad Street (U.S. 80), on the right when traveling north. |
| | [Side A:]
Highlights of Selma History
Dallas County was created by Territorial Legislature Feb. 9, 1818. Selma Land Company formed Mar. 19, 1819 by George Phillips, William Rufus King, Jesse Beene, Gilbert Shearer and Caleb Tate. . . . — — Map (db m37679) HM |
| | The earliest Jewish settlers came to Selma prior to the Civil War, some as early as the 1830’s. A group of Jewish citizens assembled as the Mishkan Israel Congregation and began meeting in private homes in 1867. The congregation was formally . . . — — Map (db m37677) HM |
| On Kings Street south of Dallas Avenue (State Highway 22), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Native Sampson County, North Carolina.
Admitted to bar, 1806.
North Carolina House of Commons 1807-1809.
U.S. Congressman 1811-16.
Secretary U.S. Legation Naples and St. Petersburg 1816-1818.
Moved to Dallas County, Alabama, 1818.
. . . — — Map (db m37654) HM |
| On West Main Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in February 2006, the district includes 117 commercial and residential properties dating from around 1875 to 1950. The district lies along and adjacent to Grand Avenue, South Valley Avenue and Main . . . — — Map (db m62367) HM |
| On East Main Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Collinsville burned twice. On December 24, 1884, the Collinsville Depot, Hall-Mackey Store and other businesses were destroyed. Flames again swept the town on February 2, 1900, damaging and destroying businesses and homes including: B.A. Nowlin . . . — — Map (db m62377) HM |
| On Alabama Route 68, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Cherokee Indians first inhabited this mound site, subsequently settled by A.H. Lamar, a captain in the Seminole War and first constable (1836) of DeKalb County. Lamar and his Cherokee wife operated trading post and stage coach stop on site, selling . . . — — Map (db m62366) HM |
| On Main Street (Alabama Route 68) at Gaines Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. |
| |
(front)
Crossville, once known as a little village, was named by James A. Copeland because of the area’s many crossroads. In the mid-1800s, mail was brought through Crossville from Rome, GA and Guntersville, AL by stagecoach. The first . . . — — Map (db m79904) HM |
| On County Road 52 at County Road 293, on the left when traveling west on County Road 52. |
| | Lebanon Courthouse was constructed during the 1840s when Lebanon, the county seat of
DeKalb County, was a thriving community with inns, taverns, and government offices. This building, built for courthouse use, remained in use as a courthouse until . . . — — Map (db m156255) HM |
| On Alabama Route 75 0.1 miles east of Main Street (Alabama Route 227), on the right when traveling north. |
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(front)
No one knows for sure how Geraldine got its name. Some say it was named for a lovely Indian maiden. The first official record was on September 5, 1882 when Mr. William A. Johnson applied for the location of a new post office. The . . . — — Map (db m79905) HM |
| On State Highway 117, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Front:
The first Lookout Mountain settlers arrived shortly after the Cherokee Indian removal of 1838-1839. These pioneers had been too late for homesteading the good farmland in northwest Georgia. They now turned their attention to Lookout . . . — — Map (db m83688) HM |
| On Winston Street at Sulphur Springs Road, on the right when traveling north on Winston Street. |
| | Former Site Of Battelle
Thriving iron ore and coal mining community of early 1900’s established by Colonel John Gordon Battelle five miles north of Valley Head. — — Map (db m61018) HM |
| On Monument Drive 0.1 miles west of Main Street (Alabama Route 143), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Side 1:
Clear, bubbling springs have enticed people to this vicinity for thousands of years. Native American hunting paths led to them and after the defeat of the Creek Indians by the United States in 1813, old trails became the Jackson and . . . — — Map (db m71177) HM |
| On Tukabatchee Road (State Highway 229) at Taylor Road, on the right when traveling south on Tukabatchee Road. |
| |
(north side)
Tukabatchee
On this bend of the Tallapoosa River, stretching out before you, lay one of the ancient towns of the Muscogee Creek People, called Tukabatchee. Tukabatchee is one of the original four mother . . . — — Map (db m92945) HM |
| On West Fort Toulouse Road 0.1 miles west of U.S. 231, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
William Bartram, America’s first native born artist-naturalist, passed through Elmore County during the Revolutionary era, making the first scientific notations of its flora, fauna and inhabitants. In 1776 the appointed botanist of Britain’s King . . . — — Map (db m69431) HM |
| Near West Fort Toulouse Road 0.3 miles west of Jackson Park Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Here stood
Fort Toulouse
A defense against
the Indians
Built by
Bienville
1714
The Alabama Society
of Colonial Dames
preserves the memory
of faithful service
1912 — — Map (db m69567) HM |
| Near West Fort Toulouse Road 0.6 miles west of Jackson Park Road. |
| | This earthen mound and an adjacent
village were built by people of the
Mississippian culture who likely had
some relationship to the major mound
center at Moundville near present-day
Tuscaloosa. The Mississippian culture is
believed to have . . . — — Map (db m145084) HM |
| Near East Commerce Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | (obverse)
The land area which now comprises the City of Wetumpka was inhabited by various Indian cultures prior to the inward migration of the white man at the turn of the 19th century. The largest Indian village near here was located on . . . — — Map (db m67936) HM |
| On U.S. 31 at Baker Street, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 31. |
| | Settled by A.J. Hall in 1852 and occupied by Confederate troops because of its value as a railroad stop during the War Between the States (1861-65), Canoe was the site of a March 27, 1865 encampment of Union forces. The 1870s brought expansion . . . — — Map (db m72265) HM |
| On U.S. 31 0.1 miles west of Presley Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Side 1
Williams Station, Alabama
1866-1897
Creek Indians lived in these parts some 200 years before trains began stopping here in 1866 to leave supplies for a farmer, William Larkin Williams, who lived nearby. Workers, who came first . . . — — Map (db m154553) HM |
| On Damascus Road at Well Road (County Route 71), on the right when traveling east on Damascus Road. |
| | Damascus Travelers Well (construction date unknown) was originally a public water well offering refreshment and rest for travelers and their animals passing through this area. The Damascus community also benefited from this well. Mr. and Mrs. N. W. . . . — — Map (db m130668) HM |
| On Sidney E Manning Blvd (U.S. 29) at Houston Street, on the right when traveling north on Sidney E Manning Blvd. |
| | Front As railroads were reconstructed following the Civil War, a junction of north-south and east-west lines was established along the Alabama-Florida border near the confluence of Big Escambia Creek and the Conecuh-Escambia River. A . . . — — Map (db m47484) HM |
| On Butler Road (County Road 45) 0.1 miles south of Neuschwander Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
Coley Chapel is the present day site of the former Town of Hadley.
MacDavid's Hotel was also located here and was recorded by travelers in the 1830's as a hotel which had "plenty of nice pork, which in some shape or other is the food generally . . . — — Map (db m84376) HM |
| On U.S. 31 at Old US Highway 31, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 31. |
| | Located 1½ miles south, town of Pollard established 1861 at juncture of Alabama & Florida and Mobile & Great Northern railroads. Named for Charles T. Pollard, builder of Alabama & Florida Railroad.
One of largest military training camps of . . . — — Map (db m84371) HM |
| On Cabot Avenue at Dwight, Winona, & Lakefront Aves. & Coolidge Cir., on the right when traveling north on Cabot Avenue. |
| | Nichols came to Alabama City in 1894 to supervise construction of the Dwight Manufacturing Company. While serving as the mill's first agent, he planned and began a model mill village and was elected Mayor of Alabama City. — — Map (db m18578) HM |
| On West Meighan Boulevard (U.S. 278) west of North 27th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | During the year of 1890, Capt. James M. Elliott, Jr., the famed riverboat captain and industrialist, began to draw up plans for a new town about two miles west of Gadsden. Elliott's dream was to develop the town as an industrial center and . . . — — Map (db m156368) HM |
| On Marston Ave at Coolidge Circle, on the right on Marston Ave. |
| | Dwight Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts selected this site in Alabama City for a cotton mill in 1894. The Mill and the village covering 240 acres was constructed under the direction of Howard Gardner Nichols.
There were 160 . . . — — Map (db m18575) HM |
| On South 1st Street at Broad Street (U.S. 411), on the right when traveling north on South 1st Street. |
| | Side A:
In the early 1840’s, John S. Moragne, along with Gabriel and Joseph Hughes, began surveying for a city on the banks of the Coosa River near the settlement of Double Springs. The new city would be located on 120 acres of land at the . . . — — Map (db m39139) HM |
| On Church Street north of Mission Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Sardis community derived its name from Sardis Baptist Church which was founded in 1882 on another site. There were 20 charter members. They met in a brush arbor until a building was completed in 1887, at this site. The church was a wooden, box frame . . . — — Map (db m156365) HM |
| On Temple Avenue at 2nd Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east on Temple Avenue. |
| | Fayette County was created in 1824. The town of Fayette, once known as Frog Level due to being located in swampland, got its name from the incessant croaking of bullfrogs. In 1883, the Georgia Pacific Railroad was located trough this swamp after . . . — — Map (db m51203) HM |
| On Alabama Route 172 north of Canyon Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Town of Hodges held a war bond auction in the month of January 1943. The proceeds amounted to about $47,000. As an award, the war department allowed Hodges to name a P-51 Mustang Fighter aircraft. She was named "The Spirit of Hodges." The plane . . . — — Map (db m83741) HM |
| On County Route 87 south of Alabama Route 24, on the right when traveling south. |
| | First known as New Boston when a post office was established here in 1832, by 1834 the community was known as Newburg. The Newburg Masonic Lodge #388 was organized in 1872. Since its completion in 1878, the Lodge hall has been a center for community . . . — — Map (db m80561) HM |
| On North Jackson Avenue at Lawrence Street West, on the right when traveling south on North Jackson Avenue. |
| | Incorporated on November 27, 1819, three weeks before Alabama achieved statehood, Russellville was platted around the intersection of two historic roads.
Edmund Pendleton Gaines began work on the road that would bear his name on December 26, . . . — — Map (db m83750) HM |
| On County Route 23 north of Alabama Route 19, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Vina was first known as Jones Crossroads, and later it was called New Burleson before the railroad came through the area. In the early 1900s, the Illinois Central Railroad was built through Jones Crossroads and the town’s name was changed to Vina . . . — — Map (db m83751) HM |
| On South Commerce Street north of East Town Avenue when traveling north. |
| |
Side 1
The town of Geneva was established in the 1820s at the junction of
the Choctawhatchee and Talakahatchee (Pea) Rivers. Henry A. Yonge,
who established an Indian trading post there, named the settlement,
Geneva, for his bride who . . . — — Map (db m145697) HM |
| On Tuscaloosa Street (U.S. 11) east of Springfield Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Named for Revolutionary hero,
General Nathaniel Greene,
who drove British from Southeast.
Area explored by DeSoto, 1540.
Claimed as French Louisiana, 1699.
Ceded to England, 1763.
Ceded by Choctaw Nation, 1816.
Made a territorial . . . — — Map (db m37962) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 11) near Springfield Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1838, Greene County citizens voted to change the town seat from Erie to Eutaw. The City of Eutaw, Alabama was incorporated as a town by an act of the State Legislature on January 2, 1841. Greene County had been named for General Nathaniel Greene. . . . — — Map (db m83752) HM |
| On U.S. 80 2 miles east of State Highway 69, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In 1867 a group of African American men and women laid the foundations for Freetown. William, John, Albert, George, Richard, and Peter Collins; Susan and Lawrence Moore; Thomas Jeffries; the children of John Jeffries; and Louisa Conway and her . . . — — Map (db m38192) HM |
| Near Mound State Parkway 1.5 miles west of Alabama Route 69. |
| | Imagine a clan chief 800 years
ago standing exactly where
you are. It's possible he would
see something resembling this
artist's rendering. Larger
mounds, like this one, dotted
the plaza's perimeter, serving
as elevated platforms for . . . — — Map (db m144752) HM |
| Near River Bank Road 0.3 miles west of Mound Parkway, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Before you is Mound V, a broad, low, rectangular platform that forms an apron to Mound B at your left. Until recently, scientists knew only that Mound V's function was somehow intimately tied to Mound B upon which the principal chief's house stood. . . . — — Map (db m144777) HM |
| On River Bank Road 0.5 miles north of Mound Parkway, on the left when traveling north. |
| | At least 29 mounds were built and used as platforms for important structures at Moundville. Their rectangular arrangement, roughly aligned with the four directions around a central plaza, shows us that these people planned this site before they . . . — — Map (db m144811) HM |
| Near River Bank Road 0.3 miles west of Mound Parkway, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The mound in front of you probably once served as a platform for the principal chief's house. The noble who lived there was an extremely important political and religious figure. It is likely that this chief claimed to have divine relationships with . . . — — Map (db m144808) HM |
| On Mound Parkway at State Highway 69, on the right when traveling west on Mound Parkway. |
| | Site of a prehistoric Native American political and ceremonial center from about A. D. 1100-1500 that, at its height in the 13th century, was America’s largest community north of Mexico. Between 1,000 and 3,000 people lived in this town fortified by . . . — — Map (db m30700) HM |
| On Mound Parkway 0.6 miles west of Alabama Route 69, on the right when traveling west. |
| | I do not think in the Southern States there is a group of Mounds to compare to Moundville, in the arrangement and state of preservation of the mounds.
- Clarence B. Moore, amateur archaeologist, 1910
Spanning more than . . . — — Map (db m144745) HM |
| On Mound Parkway 0.6 miles west of Alabama Route 69, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Welcome to Moundville Archaeological Park, the best preserved site of its kind in
North America. At its height, Moundville was the largest and most powerful political
and religious center in the Southeast. Nobles at Moundville ruled over thousands . . . — — Map (db m144759) HM |
| On River Bank Road 0.3 miles west of Mound Parkway, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The mounds you see here were built in a very orderly arrangement over the course of about 100 years. Surrounding them was an immense wall constructed from tens of thousands of logs. How did the rulers harness the manpower and allegiance of the . . . — — Map (db m144774) HM |
| On Kirkland Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Created in 1819 by Alabama Territorial Legislature. Named for Patrick Henry of Virginia, colonial statesman and orator: “Give me liberty or give me death.” This area ceded by Creek Indian Nation in 1814 under Treaty of Ft. Jackson. Had . . . — — Map (db m60682) HM |
| | The oldest remaining colonial settlement in East Alabama from Florida to the Tennessee line and older than the county of Henry and the state of Alabama. An active trading post was located here in the Alabama Territory on “The Hill” early . . . — — Map (db m83757) HM |
| On Kirkland Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Upon formation, Henry County was the largest county within Alabama composing all or portions of the present counties of Barbour, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva, Houston and Pike. When the youngest county of Houston was formed in 1903, . . . — — Map (db m60683) HM |
| On County Road 28 2.5 miles east of State Route 95, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Side 1
Reuben Hicklin Hall Log Home
Reuben Hicklin Hall (1812-1890) and Mary Ann Strange (1814-1872) moved to Henry County by ox wagon from Washington County, Georgia, in 1845. They built a log home just south of here with slave . . . — — Map (db m71821) HM |
| | Side 1
The First Baptist Church of Abbeville
This church was founded in 1834 as a mission of the Lawrenceville Baptist Church. Reverend Jeremiah Campbell was one of the early pastors. Later meetings were held in the lower story . . . — — Map (db m71807) HM |
| On County Road 75 at County Road 54, on the right when traveling south on County Road 75. |
| | This early settlers' church was constituted as a member of the Choctawhatchee Association District here on the Eufaula-Ozark Wagon Train Road, April 23, 1860. First Presbytery was M.W. Helms and J.J. Dickerson, Deacon William Hasten and Clerk D.R. . . . — — Map (db m71827) HM |
| On Main Street 0.1 miles south of Alabama Route 173, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Side 1
Headland, Alabama
James Joshua Head (1839-1927) founded Headland in 1871 as Head’s Land. He patented land, platted the town and built his home. The Post Office opened, as Headland, on October 10, 1871. J. J. Head sold . . . — — Map (db m71817) HM |
| On Main Street 0.1 miles south of Alabama Route 173, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Begun on 160 acres of land owned by Dr. Joshua Head, "Head's Land," or Headland, was established in 1871, incorporated as a town in 1884 and a city in 1893. The land itself yielded the city's first industry. Due to the abundance of pine trees, . . . — — Map (db m71816) HM |
| On County Road 119 at County Road 37, on the right when traveling south on County Road 119. |
| |
Lawrenceville
This early cultural, educational and religious center was settled in 1823 and named for Joseph Lawrence, prominent pioneer, farmer, and extensive land owner. A Baptist and a Methodist Church were established here prior to . . . — — Map (db m71825) HM |
| On North Broad Street (Alabama Route 173) 0.1 miles north of North Railroad Street (County Route 7), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Side 1
Newville, Alabama
James Madison Wells founded a village called Wells circa 1882. When Abbeville Southern Railroad laid tracks through the town in 1893, its name was changed to Wells Station. The post office was built in . . . — — Map (db m71810) HM |
| On County Road 92 0.3 miles north of State Route 95, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Liberty United Methodist Church
Also called Liberty Chapel, the Church was organized circa 1830 and originally located three miles northeast of this site, on the Old Liberty Church Road. Rev. Anson West, D.D., renowned Methodist minister, . . . — — Map (db m71829) HM |
| On Alabama Route 10 0.4 miles north of County Road 91, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Site of the 1831 Irwin homeplace where over 50,000 acres of land was owned by Major General William Irwin (1794-1850). He was an Indian fighter, farmer, politician, statesman and considered one of the nation’s richest and most influential men. A . . . — — Map (db m71824) HM |
| On Hartford Road (Alabama Route 10) 0.6 miles east of County Road 46, on the left when traveling east. |
| | First settler crossings were made here prior to 1817 on a log ferry operated by Robert Irwin. First bridge built by Prescott and Bemis and destroyed by flood of 1855. Second wooden covered bridge was completed in 1869 by ex-slave Horace King. Third . . . — — Map (db m71843) HM |
| On Hartford Road (Alabama Route 10) 0.6 miles east of County Road 46, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The frontier village of Franklin was established here by Colonel Robert Irwin in 1814 on the site of the Indian town of Cheeska Talofa. It was the first colonial village in east Alabama. Fort Gaines, Georgia, was constructed in 1816 to protect the . . . — — Map (db m71844) HM |
| On North Broadway, on the right when traveling north. |
| | (Front): Incorporation of Ashford
Wishing to incorporate their small town of “Pine-Woods,” a group of men set off to Abbeville, Alabama to go before Probate Judge Dan Gordon on May 11, 1891. A petition was signed on that . . . — — Map (db m64866) HM |
| On East Church Street (Alabama Route 52) at South Davis Street, on the right when traveling east on East Church Street. |
| |
Side 1
History suggests that, in the early 1820's, circuit riding preachers from the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church arrived in the newly settled town of Columbia. Assigned to the Early County Mission in . . . — — Map (db m73363) HM |
| On South Main Street at West Church Street (Alabama Route 52), on the right when traveling south on South Main Street. |
| | Founded in 1820, Columbia was originally located about a mile south, near where the Omussee Creek flows into the Chattahoochee River. It served as the county seat of Henry County from 1826 to 1833. Bordering the State of Georgia and the . . . — — Map (db m73364) HM |
| On East North Street at South Main Street, on the left when traveling west on East North Street. |
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(side 1)
Old Columbia Jail
Erected sometime in the early 1860's, the Old Columbia Jail is today one of the last wooden jails still standing in Alabama. Originally, there were two cells, each measuring 10 x 15 feet. Interior . . . — — Map (db m73368) HM |
| On Omussee Creek Road 0.5 miles north of Picnic Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Near where you stand lies Omussee Creek Mound, the southernmost
platform mound along the Chattahoochee River, occupied
approximately 1300 to 1550 A.D. as part of an important
Native American settlement. This region of southeastern Alabama and . . . — — Map (db m115032) HM |
| On Omussee Creek Road 0.5 miles north of Picnic Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | We do not know the exact date that residents of the community of which Omussee Creek Mound was a part abandoned the mound, but by around 1550 it was definitely in decline. Many believe this may have been part of a broader, regional depopulation due . . . — — Map (db m115034) HM |
| On County Road 55 at Cottonwood Road (State Road 53), on the right when traveling south on County Road 55. |
| | In April 1903, the Town of Cottonwood was incorporated, making it the first town established in Houston County. The town's name may have come from either Mr. Wood, an influential land owner, or from the softwood trees growing in the area. General . . . — — Map (db m73381) HM |
| On East Powell Street at North St Andrews Street, on the left when traveling east on East Powell Street. |
| | One hundred feet tall and sixteen feet in diameter, this structure embodies the significance of "pure and plentiful" water resulting in the city's early growth and development as the hub of the Wiregrass region. Through the careful stewardship of . . . — — Map (db m115022) HM |
| On East Main Street (Business U.S. 84) at Museum Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street. |
| | Located near this marker is the Poplar Head Spring which served as a meeting place for Indian traders prior to the arrival of the white and black settlers. The Alibamu Indians of the Chattahoochee River basin met the Creeks of the Choctawahatchee . . . — — Map (db m41141) HM |
| On North St Andrews Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Side A In the late 1700s and 1800s, horse and ox-drawn covered wagons from Charleston, Savannah, and Jacksonville traveled across the South as pioneer families searched for a place to build new homes and to start a new life. Those pioneers, . . . — — Map (db m154411) HM |
| On Museum Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1858, the tiny Poplar Head community requested a post office. Since there was a town called Poplar Spring in the state, the postal authorities arbitrarily assigned the name Dothan to the new post office to prevent misdirected mail. Early maps and . . . — — Map (db m41137) HM |
| On Main Street (Alabama Route 95) 0.1 miles north of Hall Street (County Road 81), on the left when traveling north. |
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(side 1)
Gordon Cemetery
Mr. William Wood (b. 22 Mar. 1826, d. 15 Oct. 1885), a prominent Gordon businessman, donated one acre of land located north of the town center adjacent to the old river road, now U.S. Highway 95, from . . . — — Map (db m73371) HM |
| On Bellefonte Road (County Road 33) 0.8 miles east of Lee Highway/John T Reid Parkway (U.S. 72), on the left when traveling east. |
| | (Front): Before the courthouse was completed, the community selected a location for a cemetery. The highest elevation in Bellefonte's corporate limits was chosen as the town's burial place. The earliest inscribed marker in Bellefonte Cemetery . . . — — Map (db m83790) HM |
| On Langston Road (County Road 67) west of Godwin Point Road (County Road 98), on the right when traveling west. |
| | The small village of Coffeetown, located to the southeast of what is now Langston, was established in the 1810s. Coffeetown faded away in 1869 when most of its residents moved to Texas. It was then that James Morgan sold 15 acres in town lots and . . . — — Map (db m83791) HM |
| | Planter, tavern operator, newspaper editor, legislator, and land developer, he sought in vain to have the Jackson County seat moved from Bellefont to the settlement that bore his name. After his death in 1863, his widow reached an agreement in 1868 . . . — — Map (db m22260) HM |
| On Dutton Road east of Main Street (County Route 43), on the left when traveling east. |
| |
Section, Alabama is on a land where the Cherokee once hunted and lived. There were communities such as Kirby Creek, Gossets Hollow, and Fern Cliff. These communities came together to form the Town of Section. Pioneer settlers came in large . . . — — Map (db m79906) HM |
| On Alabama Avenue north of 19th Street N, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Bessemer Site was the largest
indigenous mound site in what is now
Jefferson County, and it once dominated
a large territory in what became
north-central Alabama. Occupied from
about AD 1150 to 1250 during the early
Mississippian period, . . . — — Map (db m144908) HM |
| Near Valley View Drive west of Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South. |
| | The arrival of two railroad lines in Jones Valley opened nearby deposits of iron ore, limestone, and coal to commercial development and helped make Birmingham one of the great industrial cities of the post Civil War South.
In 1871, the year of . . . — — Map (db m69018) HM |
| Near Valley View Drive west of Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South. |
| | Red Mountain, where you are standing, and Jones Valley, which stretches before you, were sites of human activity long before Birmingham's founding in 1871.
Native American presence
Recorded history and archaeological evidence indicate the . . . — — Map (db m83805) HM |
| | The Corey Land Company, a group of prominent local businessmen headed by Robert Jemison, Jr., developed Belview Heights as a neighborhood for the professional employees of U.S. Steel in the 1910's. Extending the grid system being used in Ensley over . . . — — Map (db m24351) HM |
| On Cahaba Heights Road at Sicard Hollow Road and Blue Lake Drive, on the right when traveling north on Cahaba Heights Road. |
| | Side A The Elyton Land Company, which had founded the city of Birmingham in 1871, established a subsidiary, the Birmingham Water Works Company in 1887. Dr. Henry M. Caldwell, President of the Elyton Land Company, contracted with Judge A. O. . . . — — Map (db m83806) HM |
| Near 12th Avenue at Cahaba Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Marker Front:
Founded in 1886 on 600 acres of land, East Birmingham was the agricultural area consisting primarily of dairy farms extending to the present Birmingham airport. The East Birmingham Land Company that developed the area was . . . — — Map (db m83827) HM |
| On 1st Avenue North (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Creek Indian Cession of 1814 opened this section of Alabama to settlement. At the time of statehood in 1819 many pioneer families had located here in what later became known as Jones Valley. By 1820 the area was called Ruhama Valley as a result . . . — — Map (db m26680) HM |
| On Essex Road South at Clairmont Avenue South, on the left when traveling north on Essex Road South. |
| | A residential district extending from the crest of Red Mountain to the floor of Jones Valley with roads built along natural land contours. Birmingham real estate promoter and civic leader, Robert Jemison, Jr., began development as Mountain Terrace . . . — — Map (db m26983) HM |
| On 16th Avenue South at Glen Iris Park, on the right when traveling east on 16th Avenue South. |
| | Founded in 1898 by Robert Jemison, this 30-acre historic district is a private residential park containing an almost intact collection of some of Birmingham's finest 20th century houses. It was the first professionally landscaped residential . . . — — Map (db m27520) HM |
| On Cahaba Road at Park Lane, on the right when traveling north on Cahaba Road. |
| | In 1822 William Pullen, Revolutionary War veteran, acquired this land from the Federal Government for farming. In 1889 his heirs sold the land to the City of Birmingham for use as the New Southside Cemetery which operated from 1889 to 1909 with . . . — — Map (db m27096) HM |
| On Morris Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Morris Avenue. |
| | Created 1972 by the Jefferson County Historical Commission, the district is based on this avenue. Morris Avenue was named for one of the founders of Birmingham, Josiah Morris, who paid $100,000 for 4,157 acres of the original site of the city in . . . — — Map (db m27156) HM |
| On 27th Street North at 31st Avenue North, on the left when traveling north on 27th Street North. |
| | On October 1, 1886, the North Birmingham Land Company was formed to develop a planned industrial and residential town on 900 acres of land, formerly part of the Alfred Nathaniel Hawkins plantation north of Village Creek. The plan included sites for . . . — — Map (db m26700) HM |
| On Montevallo Road west of Glenbrook Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The original log structure was built c. 1820 - 1830, with the board and batten addition dating to as late as the 1860s. The log cabin was at first one and one-half stories and is believed to be the oldest structure in Shades Valley. Members of the . . . — — Map (db m26697) HM |
| On Roebuck Boulevard, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In 1850 George James Roebuck and his wife Ann Hawkins Roebuck built a log cabin at the mouth of Roebuck Spring. His Influence and leadership led to the area around it to be known as Roebuck. In 1900 Alabama Boys Industrial School was located . . . — — Map (db m26688) HM |
| On Cumberland Drive east of 4th Avenue South, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Roebuck Springs was the first large residential suburb in Birmingham where planning and development were tied to the automobile, and the first community in the city associated with a golf course development. The 1910 land plan was designed to . . . — — Map (db m26684) HM |
| On 2nd Avenue South, on the right when traveling north. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m26695) HM |
| On 8th Avenue West at Center Street North, on the right when traveling east on 8th Avenue West. |
| | Marker Front:
This residential area was carved from the Joseph Riley Smith plantation, a 600 acre antebellum farm, one of the largest in 19th century Jefferson County. Smithfield lies to the west of Birmingham's city center on the flat land . . . — — Map (db m26990) HM |
| Near Valley View Drive west of Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South. |
| | At the turn of the last century, Birmingham residents seeking home ownership and escape from the smoke, congestion, and unhealthy living conditions of an industrial city, began moving south. New streetcar lines encouraged the move “over the . . . — — Map (db m83840) HM |
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