Blakeley was once one of the largest cities in Alabama. Envisioned by its founders as a rival to Mobile as a regional trading center, the town thrived briefly before a combination of factors brought about its decline. Today the site of the city is . . . — — Map (db m131864) HM
On February 28, 1899, the U.S. Army completed construction of the post Hospital for the garrison of Fort Morgan. At a cost of $7,500.00, the original structure consisted of a two story modern medical facility that was heated by mineral oil. Due . . . — — Map (db m116935) HM
Before 1906, Perdido Pass was located three miles east of today's Pass.
It was all a part of Point Ornocor with a short river at its end curving to
the west. The pass was narrow and very dangerous. Alabama Point and
Ono Island did not exist. . . . — — Map (db m122442) HM
The City of Brent was founded in 1898 in the southern portion of Bibb County along the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Rail line. The town was named after Mr. Brent H. Armstrong, a surveyor for the railroad. Brent was later incorporated in 1913. The . . . — — Map (db m217202) HM
Completed in 1891 as the Chattanooga Southern Railway, the line ran 91.7 miles from Chattanooga to Gadsden. It was re-organized as the TA&G in 1911. From 1922 until 1951, the "scooter" motor car handled passenger service on the line. The railroad . . . — — Map (db m114744) HM
Side 1
In the summer of 1887, a notice was published confirming that the route for the Mobile and West Alabama Railroad would be the Choctaw Corner route. Soon the sounds of building could be heard over the swamp that was the . . . — — Map (db m101601) HM
Born in Tennessee on October 22, 1818, Charles Womble was the son of Amos and Sarah (Jarman) Womble. By 1850, Womble owned a farm near the town of Frankfort, which he helped select as the new seat of government for Franklin County, Alabama. Involved . . . — — Map (db m192076) HM
A tribute to the citizens of
Cullman County for
bending, but not breaking, following
the EF4 tornado on April 27, 2011.
Dedicated: April 27, 2013
Designed by: Cullman City Street Dept. — — Map (db m101094) HM
Building burned Dec. 1938
Rebuilt Sept. 1939
Ozark City School Board
T. C. Godwin Jesse Adams Sam J. Carroll H. L. Holman J.B. Mills, Chmn. Mrs. Emma Flowers, Supt.
Building Committee
T. C. Godwin Sam J. Carroll B. . . . — — Map (db m267739) HM
April 8, 1938
On this day, the Coosa River rose to this level at
this location after heavy rainfall over the Coosa
River basin.
For more information, contact:
National Weather Service Birmingham, Alabama . . . — — Map (db m123857) HM
The ridges located here are the remnants of a six-mile diameter circular feature created some 85 million years ago by an estimated 1,000-foot diameter asteroid. The area at the time of impact was a shallow sea. The ridges consist of a variety of . . . — — Map (db m67939) HM
In the summer of 1784 William Jones and his two young sons were among a group of families from Georgia making their way through this area following the Old High Town Path. They camped here near a large spring and planned to continue their journey . . . — — Map (db m156371) HM
An EF5 tornado passed through this community on Apr 27, 2011 at approx. 3:40 p.m. This storm system was one of the worst in US History and the worst natural disaster ever in the state of AL.
This storm stayed on the ground 132.1 miles from MS . . . — — Map (db m278629) HM
In Memory of the 27 Franklin County Citizens Who Perished in the Tornados of April 27, 2011
Berry, Donna Renee Black, Nila & Zan Reese Cotham, Jeffrey Dewight Cox, Jack Crochet, Charlene Gentry, Donald & Prtricia Ann Heaps, . . . — — Map (db m235835) HM
(Front): Cowarts Baptist Church
Cowarts Baptist Church was founded in 1885 when dissension arose in the Congregation of Smyrna. Originally located beside the cemetery, the church was destroyed by fire during the 1890s. It was rebuilt . . . — — Map (db m64865) HM
Early on the morning of Wednesday, July 17, 1996 hearts and minds overflowing with excitement for the journey five of our friends, neighbors and kinfolk, left Stevenson, Alabama, bound for Paris, France.
That evening, at sunset, TWA . . . — — Map (db m108799) HM
The Trail of Tears led groups of Cherokee up the Tennessee River here. The Cherokee are one of southeastern tribes who were relocated to Oklahoma due to the US Indian removal policy in the 1830s.
During removal, most Cherokee went by land, but . . . — — Map (db m107267) HM
On April 27, 2011 the lives and the landscape of
the community of Mt. Hope was forever changed.
During its 132 mile path of destruction, an EF5
tornado that was approximately 1 mile wide and with
winds in excess of 200mph passed through our . . . — — Map (db m309430) HM
Based on the large number of local mounds and artifacts, this site shows evidence of Indian occupation over 2000 years ago. According to tradition about 1780, Oakville became a Cherokee town located on Black Warriors' Path. By the early 1820's, . . . — — Map (db m36036) HM
This post oak started growth in 1850 and was 6 years old when East Alabama Male College was established. It was 33 years old when the Alabama Agricultural Station was established, 91 when the nation entered World War II, and over 100 when this site . . . — — Map (db m74430) HM
Left, top: Athens citizens celebrated the unveiling of the first Confederate monument in 1909. Due to objections to the bowed head, which suggested defeat, a second statue was ordered.
Left, center: Watermelon rinds litter the . . . — — Map (db m154206) HM
Primary marker
The bricks in these walls were once part of the homes of Limestone Countians. Each one represents a dream, and the loss of that dream on April 27, 2011, when seven tornadoes hit Limestone County and 62 struck in Alabama, . . . — — Map (db m72495) HM
The Fire Protection Shed in front of you was used to store equipment such as hoses, fire extinguishers, and tools for fighting fires. Fire was always a danger at the airfield because of the flammable materials used in airplanes and the fuels . . . — — Map (db m64364) HM
These were among the last words from Apollo 1.
On January 27, 1967, the first scheduled Apollo flight, Apollo/Saturn 204, was undergoing routine launch pad tests. Soon after the crew was sealed inside the command module, a deadly fire exploded . . . — — Map (db m85495) HM
City of Guin, Alabama: The Early Years
In 1889, Dr. Jeremiah Guin gave land to the Kansas City, Missouri & Birmingham Railroad to allow completion of its Memphis to Birmingham railway. The rails connected at Dr. Guin's farm, about Ό . . . — — Map (db m96796) HM
On December 29, 1954 an Air Force, C-119 "Flying Boxcar" plane
crashed near here killing nine military personnel.
The plane was en route from Stewart AFB in Smyrna, Tennessee
to Brookley-Donaldson AFB in Mobile. Severe weather, including
what, . . . — — Map (db m277920) HM
Dedicated to those who lost their lives and to the commitment by the communities in Marshall County to survive and recover from the April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak that produced 15 tornados, caused 5 deaths, 47 injuries, and did 30 million dollars . . . — — Map (db m235562) HM
The Tree of Pau
Presented to the people of Mobile
from their sister city, Pau, France.
Symbolic of the restoration after
Hurricane Frederic 1979. — — Map (db m86439) HM
This building was erected in 1845 by the Protestant Orphans Asylum Society, to care for children left homeless after the disastrous fires and yellow fever epidemics of the 1830s. It has operated continuously since that time. — — Map (db m111293) HM
(2010 marker inscription) Damaged in 1979 during Hurricane Frederic, The Little Colt was basically lost to the city until 2001 when it was retrieved from a private warehouse. The Wayne D. McRae Philanthropic Fund provided funding to Main . . . — — Map (db m154239) HM
Augusta, home of Old Augusta Cemetery, was built on the site of a former Indian village, “Sawanogi,” on high ground close to the Tallapoosa River. In 1824 a disastrous flood swept over the plateau, invading shops and residences. A year . . . — — Map (db m68260) HM
Organized on June 19, 1819, by Rev. James McLemore, Electious Thompson, Arnold Edwards, and E. Jeter, Old Elam is one of Montgomery's earliest Baptist churches. It began with fourteen members and was one of the four original churches that comprised . . . — — Map (db m111373) HM
On the faithful, stormy morning of April 21, 1995, at about 4:30 a.m., the historic 123-year old Fist Congregational Christian Church was completely destroyed by a fire caused by a bolt of lightning. Miraculously, the church's large wooden cross was . . . — — Map (db m267939) HM
The Old Decatur Historic District dates Back to the Town's settlement in 1817; at that time it was called Rhodes Ferry Landing after Dr. Henry W. Rhodes, an early landowner who operated a ferry across the Tennessee River. In 1820, President . . . — — Map (db m103225) HM WM
Eight U.S. Army Air Corps officers and enlisted men were killed one-fourth mile east of here near the Roundtop Community on Sunday, April 9, 1944, at 2:20 p.m. when their B-26C Martin Marauder bomber, nicknamed the Katy-Did, crashed nose-down, . . . — — Map (db m80562) 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
This site began as the burying ground for Harmony Presbyterian Church, the first church built in the area that would become Helena. The earliest marked grave is Jones Griffin (died 1836), one of Andrew Jackson's Tennessee volunteers who was credited . . . — — Map (db m76237) HM
The South and North Alabama Railroad Company constructed the Helena Freight House & Depot about 1872 while repairing damage inflicted by Union raiders in 1865. The original location of the structure was just north of the present railroad . . . — — Map (db m76262) HM
At a crossroads, one mile south of Helena, a post office called Cove was established in 1849 and renamed Hillsboro in 1857. During the Civil War the South & North Railroad (the Louisville & Nashville Railroad) was constructed to just north of . . . — — Map (db m76243) HM
Established in 1905, the Gantts Quarry Post Office
served the Gantts Quarry community, the location
of a marble quarry known for producing a pure white
marble rivaling Italian marble. A tornado destroyed
the building in 1932, and Alec Chappell . . . — — Map (db m295009) HM
First Presbyterian Church was organized March 2, 1893. The church was made up of 17 members at the home of Robert Clinton Sandlin, who was installed as the First Ruling Elder. The church constructed their 1st building on this site in 1895. The . . . — — Map (db m28548) HM
In April 2011, one of the most devastating tornado outbreaks in the history of Alabama left an unprecedented path of destruction through the City of Tuscaloosa.
On the street corners and in the neighborhoods, thousands of citizens transformed . . . — — Map (db m217166) HM
Newtown bounded on the east by 32nd Ave., west by Snow Terrace, south by 15th St., north by Black Warrior River surveyed before Tuscaloosa incorporated December 20, 1820 as The lower part of Tuscaloosa built on part of Section 21, a . . . — — Map (db m263528) HM
The first recorded land owner was James Tittle on November 28,
1822; second, John Hellums on October 20, 1823; third, Ashley
Aldridge on September 10, 1858. All these made up the town
of Kansas. The first postmaster noted was Frank Gamba in . . . — — Map (db m286455) HM
Constructed in 1936,
this building remains on its original site.
It survived the March 27, 1964 earthquake.
Major renovation was completed in 1989.
The Anchorage Hotel
Built 1936
has been placed on the
National . . . — — Map (db m254236) HM
General McCloud's untimely death on 26 July 1998, ended a remarkable and promising
career that began when he graduated number one in his class from Officer Training School in
1969. Upon graduation from flight school, he served as an F-106 and . . . — — Map (db m254426) HM
On Elmendorf AFB, September 22, 1995 at 0747 hours
a Boeing E-3B Sentry AWACS from the 962nd Airborne
Air Control Squadron crashed shortly after takeoff
for a routine surveillance training sortie.
This memorial is dedicated in memory of . . . — — Map (db m254409) HM
We honor the service and sacrifice of our fallen Yukla 27 aircrew with this lasting symbol of
respect for the loss suffered by their families, friends in the American and Canadian Forces and
the Alaska community. Let the following symbolism be . . . — — Map (db m254424) HM
This cabin was part of the original Portage town site. The small coastal towns of Girdwood and Portage located on Turnagain Arm were destroyed in the 1964 earthquake. Girdwood was later relocated a few miles inland, while Portage, which subsided . . . — — Map (db m70719) HM
Measuring the Magnitude of Damage
The Good Friday Earthquake destroyed or severely restricted all forms of transportation, utilities and communications over a large part of south-central Alaska.
Communications and Utilities
The . . . — — Map (db m69766) HM
“And, behold The earth did quake and the rocks rent;”
Matthew 27:51
A description of the first Good Friday
The gruesome dance of the earth finally stopped, leaving much of downtown Anchorage in ruins.
In four . . . — — Map (db m69795) HM
More devastating than the Good Friday Earthquake itself, the seismic sea waves or tsunamis, that followed caused the major loss of life and property in Alaska.
Tsunamis are generated by the sudden upward movement of the seafloor along the . . . — — Map (db m69769) HM
You are standing on the edge of the Turnagain Heights Slide, the largest and most destructive landslide in Anchorage.
Ninety seconds into the Good Friday Earthquake, an 8,000-foot strip of bluff, 1,200 feet wide began cracking apart into . . . — — Map (db m69770) HM
Our cabins are built of fire killed wood harvested by the Nenana Lumber Company after the Great 10,000 Acre Tok Fire of 1990. Tok is a town of 1,400 near the Athabascan village of Tanacross, between the Tanana River and the Alaska Range, 200 . . . — — Map (db m257555) HM
A monument to recognize Ben Eielson's accomplishments
was conceived in late 1955 and dedicated with the
construction of a monument at the main gate July 20,
1957. This monument enjoyed a short life, it was destroyed
February 27, 1963 when a . . . — — Map (db m255944) HM
This building served as the Guard Shack for Eielson Air Force Base's Hursey Gate between 1963 and 2007. In January 2007, the main gate was upgraded and moved to accommodate force protection measures as well as modernize traffic flow onto and off . . . — — Map (db m256129) HM
Fairbanks flooded in 1967; there was a fear that the
SS Nenana might float away, so holes were drilled in
her hull. Drilling holes in the hull caused the Nenana
to sink into the pond where she was moored.
You can still see where those . . . — — Map (db m256630) HM
This totem is dedicated
in loving memory of
Daniel A. Frederick
April 15, 1946 - December 11, 2008
The original owner of
"Blondies"
We Miss You! — — Map (db m256879) HM
Eight hundred people lived in Fairbanks in the winter of 1903. By the summer of 1904 the population had swelled to 5,000.
The thriving town had two newspapers and numerous hotels, like the two story
Pioneer. It featured 100 rooms, steam heat, . . . — — Map (db m256490) HM
The 1967 flood in Fairbanks made one thing clear-the city and nearby Fort Wainwright needed better flood control.
Planning Ahead
The Chena River has a history of flooding, but the damage from the 1967 flood was so extensive that it . . . — — Map (db m256591) HM
In 1967, Fairbanks experienced the greatest flood in its history, as the Chena River
seemingly swallowed the city whole.
It's Raining, It's Pouring
Fairbanks residents expect cooler and shorter days and a little rain in August, but . . . — — Map (db m256584) HM
Walter Harper was the son of the Koyukon Athabascan (Dena') woman Seentaαna (Jenny), and the Irish prospector and trader Arthur Harper. He was born in 1892 at Nuchalawoyya, near Tanana, as the gold rush era was transforming Alaska. Jenny and . . . — — Map (db m257249) HM
In the turbulence of World War II, as Japan invaded the Aleutian Islands, Aleut Americans
were removed from their homes by the United States government and sent to isolated
internment camps in Southeast Alaska. Between June 1942 and August . . . — — Map (db m258026) HM
Dedicated to the men and women who have given
their lives to the Alaska commercial fishing industry.
The purpose of this Memorial is to demonstrate support for the
commercial fishing industry by individuals, families, and . . . — — Map (db m257928) HM
Facing the open Gulf of Alaska, Cape Saint Elias lighthouse stands on Kayak Island, where in 1741, Russian voyagers first set foot on North American soil. The Cape's bald pinnacle serves as a key landmark in daylight. The light provides guidance at . . . — — Map (db m181632) HM
Scotch Cap and Cape Sarichef lighthouses mark the north and south entrances to Unimak Pass in the Aleutian Islands. Both sites were declared to be too isolated for family life.
Scotch Cap was the first light on Alaska's outside coast and is the . . . — — Map (db m181636) HM
[Totem pole effigies, top to bottom]
EAGLE
WOLF
KILLER WHALE
THUNDERBIRD
BROWN BEAR
The Raven and Eagle totem poles honor the Raven and Eagle
clans that once were present among our Tlingit, Haida, and
Tsimshian . . . — — Map (db m258001) HM
The drug store on the corner was once the jewelry store of Emery Valentine. In addition to serving several terms as mayor and founding the Juneau Volunteer Fire Department, he built
the elegant Queen Anne structure that housed his store and . . . — — Map (db m257941) HM
Eldred Rock is the oldest original lighthouse still standing in Alaska. It is a two-story building topped by a light tower. The ground floor was built of reinforced concrete, the first time that material was used for a lighthouse facing Alaska's . . . — — Map (db m181635) HM
Southeast Five Finger was the first name given this lighthouse site due to its location on the southeastern-most island of the Five Finger Islands group. The original, wood boathouse and carpenter shop remain.
A keeper thawing frozen water pipes . . . — — Map (db m181645) HM
Will Rogers & Wiley Post. Wiley Post was a famed aviator who, in 1935, flew into Juneau with Will Rogers, a humorist much loved by the American public. The two friends were on a private adventure trip in Post's plane. After spending several days in . . . — — Map (db m181846) HM
Sentinel Island Lighthouse guards the entrance to Favorite Channel, linking Lynn Canal to Juneau's Auke Bay. The original, wood frame structures included a keeper's house with an attached light tower and out-buildings, including a wharf and . . . — — Map (db m181644) HM
'Lest We Forget'
The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal was as ferocious and decisive as any battle of World War II. It was not won cheaply. The night action of Friday the thirteenth of November, 1942 was the last day of life . . . — — Map (db m77160) HM WM
[Totem pole effigies, top to bottom]
DIVING WHALE
RAVEN
FROG
BEAVER
SALMON
The Raven and Eagle totem poles honor the Raven and Eagle
clans that once were present among our Tlingit, Haida, and
Tsimshian cultures. . . . — — Map (db m257997) HM
Our fire department: From buckets to pumpers
Ketchikan Fire Department started in 1900 with a bucket brigade. You were a member if you had a bucket and could carry it full of water. Such rudimentary protection was inadequate in a bustling . . . — — Map (db m181985) HM
Balto was the lead dog of Gunnar Casson's dog team.
This team was the final team of the diphtheria serum run
to Nome from the Railroad Station in Nenana in 1925.
This sculpture was made possible by the efforts of the
Butte Elementary . . . — — Map (db m254875) HM
The machinery in front of you is the circulating fan used for tunnel
and shaft mining at the Evan Jones Mine. The mine was located at
Wishbone Hill and accessed by Jonesville Road in Sutton. This giant
fan was necessary for underground mining . . . — — Map (db m254931) HM
Hans Andersen started his first business in Hadley, Alaska in 1903. He built the Hotel Hadley in the mining town of Hadley on Prince of Wales Island. Several years later, copper prices plummeted and the town was soon abandoned. Hans moved to . . . — — Map (db m308410) HM
Saint Michael's Cathedral, a National Historic Landmark, is the central point of interest in historic downtown Sitka and is recognizable statewide as the most prominent symbol of the Russian colonial presence in Alaska. It was the main edifice of a . . . — — Map (db m181574) HM
Skagway was the starting point for the fateful voyage of the SS Princess Sophia on Oct. 23, 1918. After the arrival of the last train of Yukoners bound for southern ports, the Sophia left Skagway a few hours late. This delay was the . . . — — Map (db m248857) HM
In memory of the more than 350 people lost on the SS Princess Sophia, on October 25, 1918.
On October 23, 1918, the Princess Sophia left Skagway, bound for Juneau. One of the final outbound ships of the year, the October sailing . . . — — Map (db m248856) HM
The original dam at this site was destroyed in the spring floods of April, 1915. With the loss of eight lives and severe damage to farmlands. It was rebuilt with loans from the state of Arizona. — — Map (db m136234) HM
On June 30, 1956, a TWA Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collided over the Grand Canyon. The 123 passengers and crew members aboard both aircraft perished.
This site is a common burial and memorial to 66 of the 70 TWA passengers and . . . — — Map (db m154949) HM
1956 Grand Canyon TWA-United Airlines Aviation Accident Site has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
This tragic accident site represents a watershed moment in the modernization of America's airways leading to the establishment of . . . — — Map (db m81861) HM
Catastrophe can happen even in spectacular beauty. When technological achievements and human actions fail, disasters may happen.
On June 30, 1956, a United Airlines DC-7 and a TWA Super Constellation maneuvered around towering cumulus clouds on . . . — — Map (db m124533) HM
Lewis Nez, born 1900 of the Todichiinii (Bitter Water) Clan. He married twice, first to Fannie and second to Bessie Betoney. He had ten children. He was employed by the Cedar Ridge Trading Post. He was responsible for hauling supplies, U.S. . . . — — Map (db m189731) HM
When Grand Canyon became a national park in 1919, the North Rim was scarcely developed. While the South Rim had grand hotels and many visitor programs and services, the hard-to-reach North Rim had only rustic tent cabins for 40 guests. The National . . . — — Map (db m163289) HM
A fire consumed the main lodge building at the height of the Great Depression. The September 1, 1932, fire claimed no lives but left only stones. For four years the ruins of the Grand Canyon Lodge stood undisturbed, silhouetted eerily against a . . . — — Map (db m163553) HM
Buried under Sunset Crater's lava and cinders are perhaps dozens of pithouses. Those excavated revealed few artifacts; even building timbers had been removed. This suggests people had ample warning of the impending eruption.
The changed . . . — — Map (db m41693) HM
When a volcanic eruption occurred near what is now Flagstaff, Arizona, people lost homes and lands they had cultivated for at least 400 years. A major life events for locals, the eruption was also visible to large population centers across the . . . — — Map (db m61325) HM
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
Circa 1919 — — Map (db m67462) HM
On June 25, 1990 a lightning caused fire entrapped ten members of the Perryville fire crew in this canyon, resulting in six fatalities. Before the fire was contained it had burned more than 24,000 acres and destroyed over 70 structures.
This . . . — — Map (db m28210) HM
The deadliest natural disaster in Arizona history occurred over Labor Day weekend in 1970 when a tropical storm named Norma swept north into Arizona and turned deadly releasing a downpour of heavy rain. One weather station measured nearly 12 . . . — — Map (db m157859) HM
These Trees Planted in Memory of the Firefighters Who Died in the Dude Fire June 26, 1990
Sandra J. Bachman Joseph Chacon Alex S. Contreras James L. Denny James E. Ellis Curtis E. Springfield — — Map (db m28211) HM
Side A
TSGT Jackie D. Glenn
56th SPS
SSGT Gerald A. Coyle
56th SPS
SSGT Faleagafulu Ilaoa
56th SPS, K-9
SGT Jimmy P. Black
56th SPS
SGT Bobby G. Collums
56th SPS
SGT Thomas D. Dwyer
56th SPS
SGT Bob W. . . . — — Map (db m292151) HM
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