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By Mark Hilton, January 14, 2017
Plaque and stone in front of the Baldwin County Courthouse.
1 ► Alabama, Baldwin County, Bay Minette — Judge Harry Toulmin — (1766 – 1823) —
2 ► Alabama, Baldwin County, Blakeley — The Town of Blakeley —
3 ► Alabama, Baldwin County, Fairhope — Land, Capital, Labor —
4 ► Alabama, Baldwin County, Spanish Fort — 70 — Legendary Oaks — Legends & Lore —
5 ► Alabama, Barbour County, Clayton — Barbour County / Early Barbour County Commissioners —
6 ► Alabama, Barbour County, Clayton — Davis-Wallace House —
7 ► Alabama, Barbour County, Clayton — George Corley Wallace, Lurleen Burns Wallace Governors of Alabama —
8 ► Alabama, Barbour County, Clayton — Jere Locke Beasley — Acting Governor of Alabama June 5 – July 7, 1972 —
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9 ► Alabama, Barbour County, Clio — Clio Heritage Mural — Starting Point For The Barbour County Governors' Trail —
10 ► Alabama, Barbour County, Comer — Election Riot of 1874 —
11 ► Alabama, Barbour County, Eufaula — Charles Samuel McDowell, Jr. — Acting Governor of Alabama — July 10-11, 1924 —
12 ► Alabama, Barbour County, Eufaula — Governors Park — 1966 —
13 ► Alabama, Barbour County, Eufaula — William Dorsey Jelks Governor of Alabama — June 11, 1901–April 25, 1904 — March 5, 1905–January 14, 1907 —
14 ► Alabama, Barbour County, Midway — Braxton Bragg Comer — Governor of Alabama — January 14, 1907-January 17, 1911 — Reported missing
15 ► Alabama, Blount County, Blountsville — Blountsville —
16 ► Alabama, Blount County, Blountsville — None — Blountsville Court Square Timeline —
17 ► Alabama, Blount County, Locust Fork — Gabriel Hanby, 1786-1826 — ← Grave and Homesite 300 Yards —
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18 ► Alabama, Blount County, Oneonta — Blount County — A County Older Than the State —
19 ► Alabama, Bullock County, Union Springs — Indian Treaty Boundary Line — Reported damaged
20 ► Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — Governor Thomas E. Kilby — 1865-1943 —
21 ► Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — United States Federal Building - Courthouse —
22 ► Alabama, Calhoun County, Jacksonville — Intendants and Mayors of Jacksonville —
23 ► Alabama, Calhoun County, Jacksonville — Jacksonville — First County Seat — Calhoun County, 1833-99 —
24 ► Alabama, Calhoun County, Jacksonville — John Tyler Morgan — 1824-1907 —
25 ► Alabama, Calhoun County, Jacksonville — Thomas A. Walker — 1811-1888 —
26 ► Alabama, Calhoun County, Jacksonville — William Henry Forney — 1823-1894 —
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27 ► Alabama, Calhoun County, Piedmont — Cross Plains - Piedmont —
28 ► Alabama, Cherokee County, Centre — Cherokee County's Beginnings —
29 ► Alabama, Cherokee County, Gaylesville — Chattooga — Former Capital of the Cherokee Nation —
30 ► Alabama, Chilton County, Clanton — Chilton County History —
31 ► Alabama, Choctaw County, Silas — Silas Elementary School — Choctaw County —
32 ► Alabama, Clarke County, Gosport — John Murphy — Fourth Governor of Alabama —
33 ► Alabama, Clarke County, Grove Hill — Clarke County Courthouse —
34 ► Alabama, Clarke County, Winn — Fort Landrum Site —
35 ► Alabama, Clay County, Ashland — Clay County / Clay County Courthouse —
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36 ► Alabama, Clay County, Lineville — John Richmond McCain —
37 ► Alabama, Cleburne County, Heflin — Cleburne County —
38 ► Alabama, Coffee County, Elba — Folsom Birthplace —
39 ► Alabama, Coffee County, Elba — Folsom Estate —
40 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Cherokee — Bridging Cultures — Natchez Trace Parkway —
41 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Sheffield — President Franklin Delano Roosevelt —
42 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — Belle Mont —
43 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — Howell Thomas Heflin — 1921~2005 —
44 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — Locust Hill —
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45 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — Sacred Tears — By Branko Medenica — September 19, 2003 —
46 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — William Winston Home —
47 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — Winston Cemetery —
48 ► Alabama, Conecuh County, Burnt Corn — Dr. John Watkins — 1785 - 1853 —
49 ► Alabama, Conecuh County, Burnt Corn — Dr. Watkins House —
50 ► Alabama, Conecuh County, Burnt Corn — First School in Conecuh County —
51 ► Alabama, Conecuh County, Burnt Corn — James Salter —
52 ► Alabama, Conecuh County, Burnt Corn — John Green Cemetery — Conecuh County —
53 ► Alabama, Conecuh County, Burnt Corn — Longmire Stagecoach Stop & First Post Office in Conecuh County —
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54 ► Alabama, Covington County, Andalusia — Andalusia City Hall / Three Notch School —
55 ► Alabama, Cullman County, Cullman — Mace Thomas Payne Brindley — 1801-1871 — Pioneer - Landowner - Senator - Banker —
56 ► Alabama, Cullman County, Holly Pond — Governor Guy Hunt —
57 ► Alabama, Dale County, Level Plains — Obetus J. Waters Park — Dale County —
58 ► Alabama, Dale County, Midland City — Richmond - First County Seat Henry County / Richmond - First County Seat Dale County —
59 ► Alabama, Dale County, Newton — Newton / Newton — Town on the Hill 1834 / Third County Seat of Dale County —
60 ► Alabama, Dale County, Ozark — Claybank Church — 1829-1850 —
61 ► Alabama, Dale County, Ozark — Dowling - Steagall House —
62 ► Alabama, Dale County, Ozark — Henry Bascom Steagall —
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63 ► Alabama, Dale County, Ozark — Historic Bell —
64 ► Alabama, Dale County, Ozark — Hon. George W. Andrews — 1906-1971 —
65 ► Alabama, Dallas County, Cahaba — Site of Alabama's Statehouse — 1820 - 1825 — Reported permanently removed
66 ► Alabama, Dallas County, Cahaba — The Duke of Cahaba —
67 ► Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — “Fairoaks” —
68 ► Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — 'Bloody Sunday' Attack at Edmund Pettus Bridge / U.S. Congress Approves Voting Rights Act of 1965 —
69 ► Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — Ecor Bienville — 1702-1743 — The first recorded name of Selma —
70 ► Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — Edmund Winston Pettus House Site —
71 ► Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — Highlights of Selma History / William Rufus DeVane King 1786-1853 —
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72 ► Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — John Tyler Morgan House —
73 ► Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — Mabry - Jones Home —
74 ► Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — Temple Mishkan Israel —
75 ► Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — William Rufus de Vane King — 1786-1853 —
76 ► Alabama, DeKalb County, Fort Payne — Trail of Tears – 1838 — Little River Canyon National Preserve —
77 ► Alabama, Elmore County, Coosada — William Wyatt Bibb — ← grave 300 yards 1819-1820 —
78 ► Alabama, Elmore County, Millbrook — William Wyatt Bibb — 1781-1820 —
79 ► Alabama, Elmore County, Wetumpka — Williams Lowndes Yancey —
80 ► Alabama, Escambia County, Brewton — The Leigh Place —
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81 ► Alabama, Escambia County, Pollard — Francis B. Bonifay Law Office —
82 ► Alabama, Etowah County, Alabama City — Howard Gardner Nichols 1871-1896 — Scholar, Engineer, Industrialist, Naturalist, Humanitarian —
83 ► Alabama, Etowah County, Gadsden — Etowah County, Alabama —
84 ► Alabama, Etowah County, Gadsden — Paul Harvey Loyalty Day —
85 ► Alabama, Greene County, Eutaw — Welcome to Eutaw, Alabama: The Gateway To The Black Belt — County Seat of Greene County —
86 ► Alabama, Hale County, Greensboro — Magnolia Grove —
87 ► Alabama, Houston County, Dothan — 1905 Houston County Courthouse Bell —
88 ► Alabama, Jackson County, Scottsboro — Gen. Andrew Jackson — Soldier, Statesman, 7th President U.S.A. —
89 ► Alabama, Jackson County, Scottsboro — Robert E. Jones, Jr. / Jones House —
90 ► Alabama, Jackson County, Scottsboro — Robert Thomas Scott — 1800-1863 —
91 ► Alabama, Jackson County, Woodville — Decatur County — 1821 - 1825 — Reported missing
92 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Bessemer — Sweet Home / Henry W. Sweet —
93 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Concord Center — Time Capsule —
94 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Jefferson County Courthouse Site —
95 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Jefferson County Courthouses —
96 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Powell School —
97 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Redmont Park — Lane Park —
98 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, South Eastlake — East Lake Community —
99 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Vestavia Hills — Vestavia Hills Baptist Church / George Ward 1867-1940 —
100 ► Alabama, Lamar County, Sulligent — John Hollis Bankhead — Ancestral Home — 1842 — 1920 —

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