The first issue of The Alabama Baptist was published in Marion, Alabama. General Edwin D. King, a Judson trustee, offered his office for use in printing and distributing the paper from 1843-1852. The building was owned by Milo P. Jewett, . . . — — Map (db m70070) HM
On February 18, 1965, a night march was planned to support activist James Orange, incarcerated in the Perry County Jail. Preachers led participants from this church, Zion Chapel Methodist, the physical and spiritual base of the movement in Marion. . . . — — Map (db m116896) HM
This gun was cast at
Tuscaloosa, Ala. in the
early days of the Civil War.
It was intended for local
defense and was bought by
private subscriptions through
the efforts of Dr.
O. L. Shivers, Sr.
1861 –––– . . . — — Map (db m116912) HM
During the War Between the States, Breckinridge Military Hospital was established at what is now Marion Military Institute. Soldiers who died were first buried behind MMI campus. After the war, Ladies Memorial Assoc. had remains exhumed and . . . — — Map (db m70105) HM
Organized in Lincoln School by freed slaves and representatives of the American Missionary Association, an auxiliary of the Congregational Churches of America. Wherever a school was operated by the A.M.A. a church soon followed. Religion and . . . — — Map (db m70087) HM
Jailed as a leader in the
struggle for voting rights
Perry County, Alabama
- 1965 -
"Hey Leader!"
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N., INC.
Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now
Evelyn G. Lowery, . . . — — Map (db m117076) HM
– Pioneer Freedom Fighter
– Champion of
Voting Rights
– Bold advocate for
the poor
and oppressed
Presented by
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N., INC.
Women's Organizational Movement for Equality . . . — — Map (db m117077) HM
Jimmie Lee Jackson
Voting Rights Martyr
The death of Jimmie Lee Jackson, shot after police disrupted a peaceful nighttime demonstration in Marion, inspired the first attempted march from Selma to Montgomery that led to passage of the . . . — — Map (db m116893) HM
Founded 1838
Milo P. Jewett, President
Deeded in 1843 to
The Alabama Baptist Convention
One of the nation's first colleges to offer higher education for women, it has served, since its founding, as a liberal and fine arts . . . — — Map (db m70071) HM
On July 17, 1867, nine ex-slaves (James Childs, Alexander H. Curtis, Nicholas Dale, John Freeman, David Harris, Thomas Lee, Nathan Levert, Ivey Pharish and Thomas Speed) formed and incorporated the “Lincoln School of Marion.” They soon . . . — — Map (db m70096) HM
County Seat of Perry County
Population 4457
Founded by Anderson West in 1822
Home of Judson College
and
Marion Military Institute
Friendly People Welcome You. — — Map (db m116895) HM
Built in 1832 as a law office for John Lockhart; bought in 1880 by the Young Men's Christian Association, this being the first chapter south of the Mason-Dixon Line to own a building; Andrew Barry Moore Chapter of the U.D.C. organized here in 1903; . . . — — Map (db m116914) HM
Founded in 1842 as Howard English & Classical School by the Alabama Baptist Convention, with Dr. S. S. Sherman as President, it later became Howard College. Lovelace Hall (Old South Barracks), built 1854, and the Chapel, built 1857, served the . . . — — Map (db m70091) HM
In memory of those who
served and those who died
so others might live free
killed in action
Killed in Action
George B. Lee Claude H. Cargile William O. Brantley, Jr. Robert W. Brunson Hugh M. Byrd, Jr. Joseph R. Mitchell . . . — — Map (db m116915) WM
Truth•Honor•Service
To commemorate
those alumni of
Marion Military Institute
whose lives were taken
in the Korean War
25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953
Bruce Beveridge, Jr.
Edward S. Guthrie
Frank B. Howze
William B. . . . — — Map (db m116913) WM
The site that became Marion was settled by Michael McElroy, traditionally known by his alias, Michael Muckle, around 1817. McElroy sold his property, which had become known as Muckle’s Ridge, to Anderson West in 1818. West and his wife moved into . . . — — Map (db m70089) HM
In honor of
Nicola Marschall
1829 - 1917
who designed at Marion Ala.
The “Stars And Bars”
first official flag adopted
by “The Confederate
States of America,” at
Montgomery Ala., March 4, 1861;
then raised over dome
of . . . — — Map (db m70100) HM
Siloam was Alabama's most influential and important Baptist congregation and one of the strongest denominational centers in the South during the mid-19th century. The pastor and laymen were leaders in the organization of The Alabama Baptist State . . . — — Map (db m70088) HM
Erected By
The Cadet Corps 1923-1924
Cadets
Jefferson Bryant Meharg
and
Lawrence Christopher Olsen
who lost their lives
in the burning of college barracks
March 17, 1924
"Greater love hath no man than this, . . . — — Map (db m116917) HM
From October 24, 1855 through December 17, 1877, the Parish records of St. Wilfrid's Episcopal Church states that people of color, both slave and free, were buried here in St. Wilfrid's cemetery. — — Map (db m70067) HM
One of the earliest colleges for women in America. Founded in 1835, was the first of four colleges established in Marion,“The Athens of Alabama.”
This building, erected in 1850, contained the art studio of Nicola Marschall, who . . . — — Map (db m70068) HM
Side 1:
May 1844 - Episcopalians in Uniontown and Marengo County united to form Union Parish. The parish was admitted to the Diocese of Alabama on May 2, 1845. After the donation of this site in 1847, ladies of the congregation diligently . . . — — Map (db m70065) HM
Site of the road-house, Green Gables, built in 1928, which became the social center of the Black Belt. It was known for its lively but restrained atmosphere provided by a dance floor, juke box, and excellent T-bone steaks. Mr. Walter Kemp was the . . . — — Map (db m70064) HM
Among early settlers were Price, Houston, Greathouse, Rison, Blackwell, Buckingham and Bland. Perryville was named after Commodore Oliver H. Perry, established as a county seat 1840 and incorporated as a town in 1878. First church organized in Rison . . . — — Map (db m156771) HM
The first court house in Perry County, created in 1840, was erected in 1841 in what is known as the Old Town of Perryville. This house was burned in 1850. In 1871 a court house was built on the present location, in the New Town of Perryville. This . . . — — Map (db m156774) HM
Perry County men served on both sides in the Civil War. Many enlisted in Company B, 1st Arkansas Mounted Volunteers, the Perry County Rangers, in 1861. Later designated the 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, the troops fought for the Confederacy east of the . . . — — Map (db m156837) HM
This monument stands upon the site of the Red Star Mill, which was purchased by Edgar Provart in 1918 and thereafter operated by him as one of the major industries of the City of DuQuoin. The flour and feed produced by the mill were sold to . . . — — Map (db m146180) HM
In the frame building that stood on this site, the Illinois Baptist State Association was organized, January 31, 1907, by messengers from 226 churches.
Officers elected were: Moderator R.H. Flannigan; Ass't Moderator, J.K. Trovillion; Secretary . . . — — Map (db m173405) HM
World War I
John C Barratt •
Leo Bednarkewicz •
Clyde Fulton •
Henry Isaacs •
George Matzenbacher •
Carl H McCollum •
Ezra J Miller •
Roy Mitchell •
Rollen E Naylor •
Arthur R Parker •
Harry H Polley •
Harry H Ray • . . . — — Map (db m175056) WM
Drew Michaels Uhles • Wyatt Dale Eisenhauer • William David Templeton
To the men and women of this community who helped preserve the freedom of humanity for all ages to come. — — Map (db m174405) WM
This Bicentennial Memorial was erected by the Pinckeyville Chamber of Commerce and dedicated on July 4 1975 may this memorial remind us that liberty and justice have made this nation the greatest in the world . The use of this bell was granted in . . . — — Map (db m174397) HM
A tribute to our Country's Veterans
With this memorial we honor those who gave their lives defending our freedom. As we remember their sacrifices, we appreciate more than ever the willingness of all who served and who risked their lives . . . — — Map (db m196114) WM
Perry County’s boundaries had changed by 1859. The county offices and courthouse were then moved into a remodeled house in Cannelton to provide a more centrally located county seat. In 1896 this Renaissance Revival building was built to serve as . . . — — Map (db m171730) HM
Dedicated to Abraham Lincoln and the Lincoln ideals and to the old Perry County of his boyhood years (1816-1830) Lincoln-Humble-Homely-Lonely-Gifted-Great — — Map (db m243582)
The Indiana Cotton Mill is remarkable in many ways. Its presence in the town might be compared to a medieval Gothic cathedral towering over a European village. It was built between 1849-1851 under the direction of Charles T. James with land donated . . . — — Map (db m171728) HM
Who spent a night and a day at Rock Island four miles from here May 9, 1825. His steamboat was wrecked. Pioneers for miles came to see him. The spot is now called Lafayette Spring. ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 1775-1783 In . . . — — Map (db m171731) HM WM
Built of native sandstone, 1847~1849. It began operating in 1850 and employed 400 people on 372 looms. Indiana's largest industry in its early years, it was in continuous operation until 1954. — — Map (db m164423) HM
Lafayette and his party spent the night in this community after the steamer Mechanic sank in the Ohio River May 9, 1825. Pioneers came from miles around to visit him at this spring before he departed the following day on a passing steamer. From this . . . — — Map (db m243579) HM
On May 9, 1825, General Lafayette survived sinking of steamboat "Mechanic" nearby & continued to Louisville aboard passing steamboat "Paragon" — — Map (db m243576) HM
The central part of southern Indiana has an abundance of rocks. Throughout the nineteenth century and continuing to the present, the extractive industry has benefited from easy access to Ohio River transport. For decades, Perry County tapped the . . . — — Map (db m171729) HM
Captain Thomas H. Hines with 62 Confederate cavalrymen entered Perry County between Rome and Derby, June 17. Ambushed near Leavenworth, June 19, most of his command were captured. — — Map (db m171500) HM
In 1819, the Perry County Seat was moved to centrally located Rome, a prominent river port at the time. This two-story brick building, echoing the design of the first Indiana Capitol building at Corydon, was built in the town's central square to . . . — — Map (db m171499) HM
In the early 1800s, the Ohio River was the font of Midwestern settlement. Easy river travel helped spur colonization. German speaking Swiss people were among the many ethnic groups who migrated to America seeking economic opportunity and freedom . . . — — Map (db m47526) HM
Dedicated in honor and memory of all past, present and future members of the Army and Air National Guard
Monument inspired by Family Readiness Group Co C 1st BN 152nd Infantry Tell City, Indiana
May 24th, 2003 — — Map (db m47450) WM
In memory of Perry County Veterans who gave their lives for their Country
* * * Spanish American * * *
Albert Hemphill
* * * World War I * * *
( Row One )
Albert Bauer • Eugene Bolin • James Bolin • Anthony Bruggeman . . . — — Map (db m47449) WM
Heritage Project
Tell City Hall
c. 1898
Tell City had grown into a thriving community in the forty years after its founding by the Swiss Colonization Society. At that time they built this Romanesque Revival style city hall . . . — — Map (db m47411) HM
In honor and memory of all men and women who have served and are now serving our country in times of peace and war. And to those who paid the supreme sacrifice so that we might enjoy freedom. Their spirit, devotion and love of country will be . . . — — Map (db m47402) WM
In memory of these our heroic dead and to honor those who fought for the preservation of American ideals.
Spanish American
Albert Hemphil
World War I
Albert Bauer •
Harold Bolin •
James Bolin •
Anthony Bruggeman • . . . — — Map (db m176617) WM
brother of Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat, is buried in Troy Cemetery near this spot. He was fatally injured while felling trees to build the family home on the site called Fulton Hill. The Fulton family owned extensive acreage in Perry . . . — — Map (db m47349) HM
Harvey Short Murdoch, 1871-1935, came from Brooklyn, N.Y. and, as Field Secretary of E. O. Guerrant’s
Society of Soul Winners founded Witherspoon College, 1902. Became Presbyterian Child Welfare Agency.
Log Cathedral built 1907. Murdoch was pastor . . . — — Map (db m39150) HM
Forces of Harlan Co. BRN (US) clashed with company B of Caudill’s Army (CS). Numerous casualties resulted. (US) Forces captured (CS) supplies and held the saltworks a short time before abandoning the site. — — Map (db m97061) HM
Here in 1835, the Brashears' well produced salt from a fine brine. For half century it supplied area with that commodity so necessary to their livelihood. These wells were drilled by hand. Salt was sold both here and in Virginia, transported for . . . — — Map (db m212414) HM
Elijah Combs and seven brothers came with parents to Kentucky, 1790. He was first settler here; leader in forming county, named for Com. Oliver Hazard Perry, 1821. He deeded land on which Hazard stands to trustees, 1826. Member of Legislature, 1840. — — Map (db m73219) HM
Rev. Asbel S. Petrey, born 1866, Whitley County, Ky. Ordained, 1891. Came here 1897, organized First Missionary Baptist Church of Hazard, 1898. Founder, 1902, and President of Hazard Baptist Institute, a public school since 1941. He organized 12 . . . — — Map (db m73894) HM
Formed from parts of Clay and Floyd counties. Both Hazard, the county seat, and the county named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, 1785-1819, the commander and hero in battle of Lake Erie, 1813, which he reported in famous message: "We have met the . . . — — Map (db m73221) HM
The Ira Combs Memorial Church — Little Zion Church, built in 1909 on land settled in 1790 by Mason Combs. Ira, a grandson, was Civil War veteran. Born 1844. In 1874 began preaching. For 60 years, without pay, he ministered to the Old Regular . . . — — Map (db m97059) HM
Two miles north, on banks of Leaf River. Famous as the first county seat of Perry County and site of trial of the famous outlaw, James Copeland. Served also as U.S. land office. — — Map (db m120885) HM
Some 700 Saxon Lutherans settled, 1839, in Perry County and formed the parishes of Altenburg, Wittenberg, Dresden, Seelitz, Frohna, and one settlement, Johannisburg, in Cape Girardeau County. The community of Paltzdorf (Uniontown) was organized, . . . — — Map (db m35290) HM
Born: October 25, 1811
Langenchursdorf, Saxony, Germany
Died: May 7, 1887
St. Louis, Missouri
After having arrived with the Saxons immigrants in Perry County in 1839, Walther served as pastor of the newly founded congregations of Dresden . . . — — Map (db m213757) HM
Born: November 10, 1483
Eislben, Germany
Died February 18, 1546
Eisleben Germany
Luther was called as professor to the University of Wittenberg and was ordained a priest in 1507. On October 31, 1517, Luther posted an announcement of his . . . — — Map (db m213726) HM
First College Building of the Ev-Luth. Missouri Synod. Built by the Saxon immigrants A.D. 1839. Moved to present site A.D. 1912. Shelter erected A.D. 1915.
Erste Lehranstalt der Ev-Luth. Missouri-Synode. Erbaut . . . — — Map (db m191473) HM
Born: January 5, 1797
Kahla, Saxony, Germany
Died: August 19, 1849
Altenburg, Missouri
Loeber became one of the leading pastors in the Perry County Settlements. Altenburg was named by Loeber after Altenburg in Saxony, Germany. Loeber . . . — — Map (db m213758) HM
Founded by Saxon immigrants from Germany in the year 1839
This marker was placed by Trinity young peoples society on the 100th Anniversary of continuous organized youth work in this congregation July 20, 1951 — — Map (db m213723) HM
C.F.W. Walther born in Saxony, Germany, emigrated in 1838 together with a large group of confessional Lutheran Saxons who arrived in St. Louis and in Perry County, Missouri early in 1839. In the face of severe troubles and serious doctrinal . . . — — Map (db m213722) HM
In the early stages of the Korean War, during the Chosin Reservoir conflict Lt. Col. Raymond G. Davis Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines Lead his "Ridge Runners", on the 4th of December 1950, across treacherous and frigid terrain . . . — — Map (db m172339) HM WM
General Robert E. Lee. surrenders his Confederate Army of 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. grant ending the American Civil War. Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 9 1865. Donated By Timothy and Jeanne Drone Saint Louis, Missouri . . . — — Map (db m172341) WM
Capt. Raymond Littge Born in Altenburg October 18, 1923 Died for his country May 20, 1949 A member of 352nd Fighter Group Credited with destroying 23 1/2 enemy planes Missouri top-ranking fighter pilot of WWII It earned him the . . . — — Map (db m172479) WM
(panel 1 – Eclipse)
This sundial commemorates the total solar eclipse that occurred here on August 21, 2017, starting with a partial eclipse at 10:51:05 solar time (11:53:43 AM CDT), reaching a peak of totality at . . . — — Map (db m119698) HM
In honor of those who served in the Military Force of America in war and in loving memory of those who gave their lives in that service. — — Map (db m172492) WM
In honor of Perry County, Mo. soldiers who lost their lives in the Vietnam War. LCPL Michael Elliott Johnson KIA 5/16/1968 · SSGT Ray Fordyce KIA 8/16/1966 · PFC Darryl Charles Lintner KIA 4/20/1968 · PFC Gary Joseph Ernst KIA 6/17/1967 · LCPL . . . — — Map (db m172389) WM
On Nov. 27, 1803, Lewis and Clark camped near this point, which at that time was the lower portion of Horse Island. Horse Island was located just below the mouth of the Kaskaskia River at the beginning of a sharp bend in the Mississippi River. As a . . . — — Map (db m208663) HM
United States Navy
Naval Special Warfare
Seals, SWCC, Combat Support and Civilians
The only easy day was yesterday.
United States Air Force
Special Operation Forces
Any place. Any time. Anywhere.
United States Coast Guard
1790 . . . — — Map (db m172391) WM
United States Coast Guard ··· Semper Paratus
National Security Program
2015
United States Air Force ··· "Aim High... Fly. Fight. Win.
Far East Air Forces
1951
United States Navy ··· "Not For Self But Country"
USS Constellation . . . — — Map (db m172393) WM
In memory of the men and women who served in the Vietnam War and later Died as a result of their service. We honor and remember their sacrifice. — — Map (db m172337) WM
Site of second house of worship of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod), dedicated to the glory of God on Advent Sunday, 1920. Wittenberg, Missouri (named after Wittenberg in Germany), was one of seven settlements of the Saxon immigration to . . . — — Map (db m214282) HM
Tower Rock is a grand vision. As Lewis and Clark passed through this area 200 years ago, Lewis found the rock so commanding that he wrote about it at length in his journal. Climbing to the top of a nearby summit, Lewis was impressed with the bold . . . — — Map (db m208669) HM
Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and about 600 Confederates rode into Hemlock, on July 22, 1863, coming from Snow Creek to the southwest. The raiders stopped at the Benjamin Sanders Farm for food and to water their horses. The farmhouse, which . . . — — Map (db m140131) HM
On February 10. 1899, a United States Weather Bureau Station
operated by Steve Eveland, in the small hamlet of Milligan, Ohio,
now part of McLuney, reported a temperature of 39 degrees
below zero. To date, this is the lowest temperature . . . — — Map (db m122407) HM
Mariah Storts Allen was Ohio’s last surviving
first generation daughter of a Revolutionary
War soldier. She was born August 4, 1842 in
Bearfield Township and died May 2, 1933 in New
Lexington. Her father, John Jacob Storts, volunteered to fight . . . — — Map (db m122418) HM
Side A
Erected in 1828, the Randolph Mitchell House is a five-bay, Federal-style "I" house. Its facade features a doorway with an Adam-style fan and sidelights. The interior boasts a grand stairway in the foyer and fine woodwork . . . — — Map (db m224972) HM
This site, known as the World's
Greatest Mine Fire's is a part of
the Wayne National Forest
located on the Athens Ranger
District, and managed by the US
Forest Service, Department of
Agriculture.
A reclamation project begun in
2010 . . . — — Map (db m166297) HM
Side 1 Payne Cemetery (1852-1945) is the only remnant of a freed African American community known as Paynes Crossing. Research indicates that the area was involved in the Underground Railroad Movement, and may have been established expressly . . . — — Map (db m86103) HM
On a forested hillside south of New Straitsville. the spacious
1000 square foot Robinson’s Cave offered a secluded location with
great acoustics where large groups of Hocking Valley coal miners
could meet in secret. Beginning in about 1870, . . . — — Map (db m122775) HM
During the 9-month Hocking Valley Coal Strike beginning in June
1884, tensions between the Columbus & Hocking Coal and Iron
Company and striking miners led to violence and destruction.
Starting October 11, 1884, unknown men pushed burning mine . . . — — Map (db m122804) HM
Established in 1879 by Chicago industrialist William P. Rend as a coal
mining town, Rendville became a place where African Americans broke
the color barrier. In 1888, Dr. Isaiah Tuppins, the first African
American to receive a medical degree in . . . — — Map (db m122447) HM
I say white brother, because I believe that to be the proper phrase, inasmuch as I believe in the principle of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of all mankind no matter what the color of his skin may be. Richard L. Davis . . . — — Map (db m166298) HM
In 1910, Nelson McCoy Sr. established the Nelson McCoy Sanitary
Stoneware Company on Gordon Street in Roseville. The company made
utilitarian stoneware using regional and local clay. In 1933, the
company name became the Nelson McCoy Pottery . . . — — Map (db m122408) HM
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