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By Mark Hilton, August 22, 2018
A County Older Than the State, Baldwin County Marker (reverse)
1 ► Alabama, Baldwin County, Bay Minette — A County Older Than the State, Baldwin County —
2 ► Alabama, Baldwin County, Daphne — The Village —
3 ► Alabama, Baldwin County, Fairhope, Montrose Historic District — Ecor Rouge —
4 ► Alabama, Baldwin County, Gulf Shores — Indian Village Achuse —
5 ► Alabama, Baldwin County, Magnolia Springs — The Springs —
6 ► Alabama, Baldwin County, Spanish Fort — Bay of the Holy Spirit —
7 ► Alabama, Baldwin County, Spanish Fort — Caisson Trace —
8 ► Alabama, Baldwin County, Spanish Fort — Spanish Fort —
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9 ► Alabama, Butler County, Greenville — Bartram's Trail —
10 ► Alabama, Calhoun County, Oxford — The "Shattering" of the Mississippian World — AD 1540 to AD 1730 — Choccolocco Park Interpretive Trail —
11 ► Alabama, Cherokee County, Cedar Bluff — Indian Village of Costa —
12 ► Alabama, Choctaw County, Gilbertown — First Oil Well In Alabama —
13 ► Alabama, Choctaw County, Gilbertown — First Oil Well in Alabama —
14 ► Alabama, Clay County, Delta — Home Sweet Home —
15 ► Alabama, Cleburne County, Muscadine — Hernando de Soto in Alabama — The De Soto Trail —
16 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Muscle Shoals — Explore the River —
17 ► Alabama, Dallas County, Cahaba — Alabama's Native Prairie — Reported permanently removed
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18 ► Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — The De Soto Trail — Alabama De Soto Trail —
19 ► Alabama, DeKalb County, Sulphur Springs — The De Soto Trail — Hernando De Soto In Alabama —
20 ► Alabama, DeKalb County, Sulphur Springs — The De Soto Trail —
21 ► Alabama, Elmore County, Wetumpka — Bartram's Trail —
22 ► Alabama, Elmore County, Wetumpka — William Bartram Arboretum — 1739 - 1823 —
23 ► Alabama, Houston County, Columbia — Omussee Creek Mound and the Ancestors of the Creeks — Creek Heritage Trail —
24 ► Alabama, Houston County, Cottonwood — Southern Boundary of the United States — 1795-1819 —
25 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Florence, East Florence — Celia Ramirez Heil — Inducted 2026 — City of Florence Walk of Honor —
26 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Florence, East Florence — Jesse Clopton James — City of Florence Walk of Honor —
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27 ► Alabama, Lee County, Smiths Station — Line 32° 28΄ North Latitude —
28 ► Alabama, Limestone County, Ardmore — Hernando De Soto in Alabama — De Soto Trail —
29 ► Alabama, Lowndes County, Tyler — Talisi visited by De Soto — Sept. 18, 1540 —
30 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee — Bartram's Trail —
31 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Armstrong • Collins • Aldrin — Launched: July 16, 1969 • Landed: July 20, 1969 • Splashdown: July 24, 1969 — "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." —
32 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Astronaut Facts — U.S. Space & Rocket Center —
33 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Atlantis, OV-104 — U.S. Space & Rocket Center —
34 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Cernan • Evans • Schmitt — Launched: December 7, 1972 • Landed: December 11, 1972 • Splashdown: December 19, 1972 — "...America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow." —
35 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Conrad • Gordon • Bean — Launched: November 14, 1969 • Landed: November 19, 1969 • Splashdown: November 24, 1969 — "I see the Surveyor! I see the Surveyor!" —
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36 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Cosmic Apple Tree — Dedication Date: October 9, 2009 — Boeing —
37 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Discovery, OV-103 — U.S. Space & Rocket Center —
38 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — External Tank — Liquid Propellent Supply for Space Shuttle Main Engines —
39 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Flight Span 30 Years — U.S. Space & Rocket Center —
40 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Lovell • Swigert • Haise — Launched: April 11, 1970 • Splashdown: April 17, 1970 — "Okay Houston, Hey, We've got a problem here..." —
41 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — McDivitt • Scott • Schweickart / Stafford • Young • Cernan — Launched:March 3, 1969 • Splashdown:March 13,1969 / Launched:May 18, 1969 • Splashdown:May 26, 1969 — “…We had to fly once more before we take the big step…” —
42 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Ms. Baker: Monkeynaut —
43 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — NASA Lunar Module (LM) —
44 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — NASA Saturn I —
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45 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Saturn V —
46 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Schirra • Eisele • Cunningham / Borman • Lovell • Anders — Launched: October 11, 1968 • Splashdown: October 22, 1968 — Launched: December 21, 1968 • Splashdown: December 27, 1968 —
47 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Scott • Worden • Irwin — Launched: July 26, 1971 • Landed: July 30, 1971 • Splashdown: August 7, 1971 — "It's really rolling hills, up and down we go, buckin' bronco!" —
48 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Seasoned Global Traveler — U.S. Space & Rocket Center —
49 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Shepard • Roosa • Mitchell — Launched: January 31, 1971 • Landed: February 5, 1971 • Splashdown: February 9, 1971 — "...It's been a long way, but we're here." —
50 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Shuttle Training Aircraft — Gulfstream II C-11A, G-1159 —
51 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Space Shuttle Main Engine/RS-25 —
52 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — The Orbiter — U.S. Space & Rocket Center —
53 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — U.S. Army/NASA Juno II —
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54 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Young • Mattingly • Duke — Launched: April 16, 1972 • Landed: April 20, 1972 • Splashdown: April 27, 1972 — "Look at the size of that rock!" —
55 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville, Quigley — Dr. Wernher von Braun —
56 ► Alabama, Marshall County, Guntersville — Indian Village Tali —
57 ► Alabama, Mobile County, Dauphin Island — Dauphin Island —
58 ► Alabama, Mobile County, Grand Bay — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773-1777 — Deep South Region —
59 ► Alabama, Mobile County, Le Moyne — Ellicott's Stone — Erected April 9th, 1799 —
60 ► Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile — Crown & Scepter of Isabel —
61 ► Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile — Hernando de Soto — C 1500-1542 —
62 ► Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile — Isabel La Catolica — 1451-1504 —
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63 ► Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile — Our Spanish Heritage —
64 ► Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile — Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville —
65 ► Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile — Tristan de Luna y Arellano — 1519–1573 —
66 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Hope Hull — William Bartram — 1739 ~ 1823 —
67 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Maxwell Air Force Base — Site of Indian Town Tawasa — 1540-1814 —
68 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Alabama River: The Grand Avenue —
69 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Europeans Along the Alabama River —
70 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Struggle For Colonial Empire —
71 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Mt. Meigs — Ulibahali —
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72 ► Alabama, Pickens County, Aliceville — George Downer Field — Aliceville, Alabama — Dedicated Nov. 7, 1961 —
73 ► Alabama, Russell County, Fort Mitchell — Archaeology And Our Understanding of the Creek People — Creek Heritage Trail —
74 ► Alabama, Russell County, Phenix City — The Creek Town of Coweta — Creek Heritage Trail —
75 ► Alabama, Russell County, Phenix City — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773-1777 — Deep South Region — Reported missing
76 ► Alabama, St. Clair County, Pell City — None — A County Older Than The State — St. Clair County —
77 ► Alabama, Sumter County, Cuba — Hernando De Soto In Alabama — Alabama De Soto Trail —
78 ► Alabama, Sumter County, Cuba — The De Soto Trail — Alabama De Soto Trail —
79 ► Alabama, Sumter County, York — Line 32° 28΄ North Latitude —
80 ► Alabama, Talladega County, Childersburg — Coosa —
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81 ► Alabama, Talladega County, Childersburg — De Soto's Visit —
82 ► Alabama, Talladega County, Childersburg — History Of Childersburg —
83 ► Alabama, Talladega County, Childersburg — The De Soto Trail / Chief Coosa And His Dominion — Alabama De Soto Trail —
84 ► Alabama, Washington County, Chatom — Washington County — First County in Alabama —
85 ► Alaska, Anchorage, Downtown — Anchorage Area Pre 1915 —
86 ► Alaska, Anchorage, Downtown — Captain James Cook — R.N., F.R.S. — Navigator, Explorer, Chartmaker, Scientist, Humanist / 1728 – 1779 —
87 ► Alaska, Anchorage, Downtown — Resolution Park 1776 / 1778 —
88 ► Alaska, Chugach Census Area, Valdez — Gold Rush Pioneer Trail: The Richardson Highway, Oldest Highway in Alaska —
89 ► Alaska, Copper River Census Area, Copper Center — Intrepid Travelers —
90 ► Alaska, Copper River Census Area, Slana — Allen's Incredible Journey — Gold Rush Centennial —
91 ► Alaska, Copper River Census Area, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve — Traversing the Wilderness — Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
92 ► Alaska, Denali Borough, Denali National Park and Preserve — Meet the Neighbors — There was a time when arriving passengers were greeted by a frontier community — Denali National Park and Preserve —
93 ► Alaska, Denali Borough, Denali National Park and Preserve — Road to Wildness —
94 ► Alaska, Fairbanks North Star Borough, College — The Russian American Company —
95 ► Alaska, Fairbanks North Star Borough, College, Pike's Landing — 4 — "Wise Mike" Stepovich — Dog Ran Away With Gold Brick — Cabin 4 —
96 ► Alaska, Fairbanks North Star Borough, College, Pike's Landing — 19 — Alphonso L'Kievicz — Goldsmith, Miner & Dredger — Cabin 19 —
97 ► Alaska, Fairbanks North Star Borough, College, Pike's Landing — Felix Pedro — Felice Pedroni's 1902 Goldrush — Fairbanks, Alaska —
98 ► Alaska, Fairbanks North Star Borough, College, Pike's Landing — 16 — Felix, Joy, & Dandy Pedro — Death of Joy, Felix Pedro's Dog — Cabin 16 —
99 ► Alaska, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Eielson Air Force Base — Col Carl Ben Eielson —
100 ► Alaska, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Fairbanks — Citizen's Mill (1909-1915) —

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