Ashford was incorporated on June 22, 1891. Citizens, friends, and families of Ashford gathered here on June 22, 1991, to remember Ashford's durable and progressive history. This commemoration also affirmed their faith in Ashford's future by placing . . . — — Map (db m73411) HM
This depot, an example of late 19th century Victorian railroad architecture, was constructed by the Alabama Midland Railroad in March, 1888 as a way station on the Bainbridge-to-Montgomery route. The depot was the only building to survive a . . . — — Map (db m73355) HM
This building site was purchased March 9, 1889 by trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Gordon Circuit. Services were held in a three-walled wood structure until the completion of a permanent building in 1893. In 1927 a brick building . . . — — Map (db m83760) HM
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 day, recorded and filed . . . — — Map (db m64866) HM
Side 1
This church was constituted in 1835 following the withdrawal of six people from Omussee Baptist Church in a dispute over the role of missions. The first pastor Edmund Talbot, who served the Church until 1853, donated that land and . . . — — Map (db m73361) HM
Front
The Columbia Cemetery was started in the 1830s on land given
by Rev. Edmund Talbot. It postdates the abandoned Omussee
Creek Church Cemetery located a mile SW of here. A "public
Meeting house," which served as the Columbia . . . — — Map (db m115031) HM
After the creation of Houston County in 1903, the old Henry County branch courthouse on the public square in Columbia was converted into the Columbia Elementary School. A bell tower and this bell was added atop the main entrance of the two story . . . — — Map (db m176158) HM
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
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
(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
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
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
This house, also known as Travelers Rest, was completed in 1890 by William Henry Purcell (1845-1910) a prominent Columbia businessman and politician. Purcell had many business interests including a steamboat landing on the Chattahoochee River. This . . . — — Map (db m73370) HM
The original builders of the Omussee Creek mound
had abandoned the site by around 1550, but the
area continued to be occupied by Native American
groups well into the early nineteenth century. As early as
the 1630s, Spanish missionaries from . . . — — Map (db m115037) HM
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 October 27, 1795, the United States concluded the Treaty of San Lorenzo with Spain, establishing 31 north latitude as the boundary between its southern territory and West Florida. Despite Spanish delays, commissions representing the two . . . — — Map (db m73359) 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
This bell rang over the streets of Dothan from 1905 until 1960 when it was saved from demolition by Dewey Emfinger.
It was loaned to Houston County for display in 2006 by the Emfinger family in honor of Dewey and Beatrice Emfinger.
Thank you to . . . — — Map (db m83779) HM
In Gratitude to those who Bravely gave their loved ones in this cause to those who can't forget-we can but say that all might hear "we too remember"
"Legions of our hero dead you are here with us forever you live again in the Hearts of men we . . . — — Map (db m185890) WM
Side 1
Constructed by the Atlantic Coastline Railroad in 1907 during Dothan's rapid growth as a commercial center of the Wiregrass Region, this building serves as a reminder of the most popular and accessible form of transportation in . . . — — Map (db m73357) HM
Near this spot was the boyhood home of Rev. Bob Jones, (1884-1968), D.D., L.L.D., internationally known evangelist and founder of Bob Jones University. The eleventh child of W. Alexander and Georgia Creel Jones, he was three months old when the . . . — — Map (db m191348) HM
On this site in 1877 Gaines Chapel Church was organized. A wooden structure was erected adjacent to an existing graveyard. In 1891 and 1901 additional land was purchased.
In 1908 the present building was dedicated. This structure was of early . . . — — Map (db m73362) HM
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
Municipal
Light & Water Plant
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1991 — — Map (db m115030) HM
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the Department of the Interior, December 16, 1977, through the efforts of the Dothan Landmarks Foundation, Incorporated.
Constructed in 1915, this three-story masonry structure remains . . . — — Map (db m83780) HM
Entered on the National Register
of Historic Places
December 31, 1974
Federal Building
U.S. Courthouse
Dothan, Alabama
James Knox Taylor Architect 1909
This property significantly contributes to the Nation's Cultural Heritage . . . — — Map (db m83781) HM
In November 1887 nine charter members organized the First Baptist Church of Dothan. In 1888 the Church erected a one room frame structure at 205 South Saint Andrews Street.
A beautiful Gothic brick building in the SE corner of Main and Oates . . . — — Map (db m83782) HM
(side 1)
In 1889, Georgia Baptists led by Reverend W. M. Carter organized the New Hope Baptist Church in the village of Poplar Head. Reverend Robert Nelson was called as the first pastor. In 1907, newly-elected trustees incorporated . . . — — Map (db m102970) HM
Side 1
Organized on July 8, 1897 by the commission of South Alabama Presbytery. From the original seventeen members, J.D. Jones, N. M. McDonald, and I. M. Barton were elected ruling elders and Dr. Charles Sporman, D. R. Redding, and W. R. . . . — — Map (db m73379) HM
After much politicking, on February 9, 1903, delegates from this area, T.M. Espy, Byrd Farmer, and George H. Malone, were successful in getting a bill passed in the State Legislature to form a new county from parts of Henry, Dale, and Geneva . . . — — Map (db m41135) HM
Johnny Mack Brown, an outstanding athlete and western movie star, was born in Dothan on September 1, 1904. Johnny Mack was one of nine children born to John Henry and Hattie McGillivray Brown. The Brown family home was located on South Saint Andrews . . . — — Map (db m83783) HM
This District encompasses the old downtown commercial center of Dothan and is characterized by a high concentration of closely spaced commercial and warehouse structures. The buildings in the District span the period of Dothans early growth from . . . — — Map (db m220453) HM
A mule trader for 65 years, was known throughout the nation for the slogan,"'Tolable' fair dealer". Opposite this site, on the southeast corner of East Main and Holman Streets stood one of the south's largest mule stables. Built in 1917, the . . . — — Map (db m83784) HM
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
Side 1
William Lafayette Shelley (1868-1953), son of Mark Shelley and Mary Jane Ronie Shelley, was a progressive farmer and entrepreneur in the Tumbleton community of Henry County, Alabama. “Papa Billy”, as he was known by . . . — — Map (db m73377) HM
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
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
There were few roads in the Wiregrass in 1800s - and the roads that were here were little more than twin rutted paths. The main transportation in the region was the steamboats on the Chattahoochee River on the east, and, to a lesser degree, the . . . — — Map (db m83786) HM
Side 1
This quaint turn of the century farmhouse originally stood on an 80 acre farm, located 2 miles west of the Houston County Courthouse. The house was built by Bud Bush of heart pine lumber from the sawmill owned and operated by . . . — — Map (db m73378) HM
Side 1
Baptists of Gordon first erected a brush arbor church, Hope Arbor, circa 1819. On May 16, 1867 James Pynes gave one acre and timber to build a church in the town center. Pynes, William Wood and John T. Davis, Building Committee, . . . — — Map (db m73372) HM
(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
Organized in 1891 as Enon Baptist Church, the church was also formerly known as First Baptist Church of Kinsey and Kinsey Baptist Church of Christ. The present name was adopted in 1907. Organizational services were overseen by Rev. Ephraim . . . — — Map (db m235048) HM
Side 1
Organized in 1882 at nearby Rocky Creek Methodist Church for educational purposes. This school, which occupied approximately seven acres surrounding this marker, was supported by the Methodist Episcopal Church North. This school . . . — — Map (db m73374) HM
The church was organized in 1867 under a brush arbor very near the present sanctuary. The brush arbor was replaced by a log building and services were conducted in the log building until approximately 1895. It was in 1895 that Liberty Baptist Church . . . — — Map (db m83787) HM
(side 1)
Big Creek United Methodist Church
One of the oldest churches in southeast Alabama and reportedly the oldest church in Houston County. The first church structure was a log building constructed about 20 yards north of the . . . — — Map (db m73356) HM
Taylor, one of the area's oldest communities, became a small town
around 1870. Billy Taylor, son of James and Wealthy Taylor,
established the post office and was appointed the first postmaster.
Thus Taylor derived its name from the first . . . — — Map (db m179475) HM
Thaddeus Oliver, who wrote “All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight”, and his wife, the former Sarah Penelope Lawson, are buried here, in what was once the family burying ground on the Hugh Lawson plantation. Thaddeus Oliver, son of . . . — — Map (db m53120) HM
Born near Waynesboro in 1744, Houston was the son of Sir Patrick Houston and Priscilla Dunbar. He was elected in 1775 to represent Georgia at the Continental Congress and served on Georgias Council of Safety, which in January 1776 issued the . . . — — Map (db m15068) HM
The first edifice was erected in 1827 on site which is now Evergreen Cemetery. The second building was located in 1846 on the front half of this square and faced Washington St. The present sanctuary was built in 1860 - 61 when other half of square . . . — — Map (db m23092) HM
Organized as part of the South Carolina Conference in 1826, this church by 1830 was head of the Perry Circuit in the newly formed Georgia Conference and after 1866 in the South Georgia Conference. By 1922 Perry had become a station church. Its . . . — — Map (db m23091) HM
[Top plaque]
University of Georgia's First Bulldog
Butch
1947 Go Dawgs 1951
Owned by Mr. Mabry Smith Warner Robins, GA
[Bottom plaque]
Over 50 years and the legend continues
An English Bulldog has . . . — — Map (db m197992) HM
Dedicated to all SAC Warriors from the Black Knights of the 19th Air Refueling Wing who on 19 November 1988 captured 16 time to climb world records in KC-135R #62-3554, "Cherokee Rose" — — Map (db m44335) HM
The B-1B is the improved variant of the B-1A, which was cancelled in 1977. The program was resurrected in 1981 with the first production model flying in 1984. The B-1B was delivered to the Air Force in 1985.
The B-1Bs blended wing/body . . . — — Map (db m70161) HM
was built in 1971 and donated to the City of Warner Robins in October 2000 by Norfolk Southern Corporation.
Renovation was accomplished thanks to funds from the Houston County legislative delegation and mayor and city council.
Delivery was . . . — — Map (db m197999) HM
Flint Electric Membership Corporation provided electrical service to Wellston, Georgia in 1939. Population: about 43 people. In 1943, when the name was changed to Warner Robins, a major commitment was made by Flint EMC to serve the electrical needs . . . — — Map (db m206548) HM
Built around 1900, Mildred's Country Store is an example of how things used to be in rural Middle Georgia and the hamlet known as Wellston, now Warner Robins. The original location of Mildred's Country Store was the corner of Todd Road and U.S. . . . — — Map (db m197993) HM
We dedicate this memorial, unbinding the American Eagle from her chain in the enduring faith that all POW/MIA "chains" will be unbound and their journey home will begin with God's speed. "Bring them home" is our proclamation to the world with this . . . — — Map (db m44305) HM
Confederate President Jefferson Davis, his family and entourage, guarded by the 4th Michigan Cavalry Regiment led by Union Lieutenant Benjamin D. Pritchard, passed through this area on Saturday, May 13, 1865. The area was then a small farming . . . — — Map (db m197994) HM
The Jody Town community grew from the need for housing for Colored (Black) civilian employees at Robins Air Force Base during the segregation era. Military bases, constructed as part of the war effort for World War II, brought regional economic . . . — — Map (db m197985) HM
"Awarded for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity of the risk of life, above and beyond the call of duty in action involving actual conflict with an opposing armed force" United States Air Force Medal of Honor Recipients World War I . . . — — Map (db m44306) HM
This property has been placed on the
National
Register
of Historic
Places
January 2, 2008
by the
United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m197988) HM
Today there are more than
250 bald eagle nests on the
Upper Mississippi River
National Wildlife and
Fish Refuge. This is
quite a difference
from the one active
nest that existed on
the refuge in 1972.
A Success Story
The bald . . . — — Map (db m203218) HM
This church was established in 1855 by settlers from Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The small but vigorous congregation met in private homes and at the local school house until this building was built in 1877 from plans brought from St. Paul by . . . — — Map (db m137032) HM
With Malice Toward None, with Charity
for all, with Firmness in the Right as
God Gives us to See the Right, Let us
Strive on to Finish the Work We are in,
to Bind up the Nation's Wounds, to care
for him who shall have born the . . . — — Map (db m141972) HM
Between 100 and 200 millions of years ago, a
meteor near 1,000 feet in diameter, weighing in
excess of 100 million tons and traveling more
than 10 miles per second, struck the earth at
this location with a shattering impact. . . . — — Map (db m155812) HM
In 1911 the Erin Elementary/High School was constructed high upon hill above. These steps were constructed to provide a safe access to the school. Before busses were mechanically able to go up and down the winding gravel road, all students and . . . — — Map (db m205471) HM
These kilns were erected around 1870 when the lime industry began to
flourish in Houston County. History records that John Conroy of
Clarksville was the first to operate a limekiln in this vicinity. The kilns
were constructed of chiseled stone, . . . — — Map (db m162741) HM
The Quarry Lime Kiln, the only one of four original kilns that remains at this site situated along the edge of a large limestone quarry, was constructed of a limestone exterior and brick interior c. 1880s. Considered the largest and most modern of . . . — — Map (db m205476) HM
Established in 1860 as a station on the Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad, Stewart Station was named for Duncan Stewart, an early settler in this area. His settlement is believed to be the first in what is now Houston County. By 1878 the . . . — — Map (db m155813) HM
The final resting place of many Houston County pioneers, this cemetery has been in continuous use since the 1850s. It is located on four acres of land donated by Lucinda C. Sheridan Murchison (1808-1862), widow of early property owner John Sheridan. . . . — — Map (db m245627) HM
A fine example of rural Union churches, this building has served a number of denominations in the Augusta community. It also served as a schoolhouse in the community's early years. Probably built in the 1850s, the church evolved to its current . . . — — Map (db m245648) HM
This area's earliest settlers; from North Carolina. McLean came to Texas in 1813 with Guttierez-Magee Expedition, seeking to free Mexico from Spain. Returning when Austin opened Texas to Anglo-American colonization, he took up land in 1824 on San . . . — — Map (db m245623) HM
A native of Illinois, Darius H. Edens moved to Texas in 1831. He served in a Texas Army infantry unit commanded by Thomas J. Rusk in 1836. A surveyor by trade, he worked in present Houston and Anderson counties. He and partner James E. Box platted . . . — — Map (db m245645) HM
Named for Dr. J.W. Hayes (1854-1932), who came from Tennessee to Texas in 1860s and was a trail driver, locomotive engineer, and rancher. Entering Kentucky School of Medicine at 40, he graduated and became missionary to Indians. Settled here early . . . — — Map (db m245619) HM
John and Lucinda (Nugent) Sheridan left North Carolina in the mid-1820s and became two of Houston County's first permanent settlers. John (Apr. 5, 1796 May 10, 1837), a former Texas Ranger, was killed by Indians in what is now Anderson County. . . . — — Map (db m245643) HM
Now Memory and Time Will Hold a Treasured Roll of the Soldiers Bold. A Bugle Call for the Brave Who Came; a Salute of Honor for Every Name.
2nd Panel
Republic of Texas Veterans
Darius H Edens
*John Sheridan*
George . . . — — Map (db m246031) WM
Settled 1821 by frontiersman Daniel McLean and brother-in- law John Sheridan. Aldrich, Davis, Edens, Kyle, Madden, and Wilson families soon located here also.
Indian troubles included Edens-Madden massacre and killings of McLean and Sheridan . . . — — Map (db m245621) HM
A famous tragedy of the 1830s. While able-bodied men were away fighting Indians, six or seven women, some young children, and four elderly men - most of them relatives were at home of John Edens (2.4 mi. SW of here). Indians attacked, killing . . . — — Map (db m245625) HM
One of the community's pioneer settlers, Samuel Cartmill Hiroms (1836-1920) was born in Polk County. His parents were among Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists. Hiroms taught school and served as Polk County surveyor. He served in the . . . — — Map (db m219628) HM
Kings Highway
Camino Real
Old San Antonio Road
Marked by The
Daughters of The
American Revolution
and The State of Texas
A.D. 1918 — — Map (db m221191) HM
Kings Highway
Camino Real
Old San Antonio Road
Marked by The
Daughters of The
American Revolution
and The State of Texas
A.D. 1918 — — Map (db m221193) HM
Established before 1836 Used by Elisha Clapp and neighboring settlers as a place of defense against the Indians Abandoned about 1844 — — Map (db m219447) HM
Kings Highway
Camino Real
Old San Antonio Road
Marked by The
Daughters of The
American Revolution
and The State of Texas
A.D. 1918 — — Map (db m219196) HM
Kings Highway Camino Real
Old San Antonio Road
Marked by the Daughters of the
American Revolution
and the State of Texas
A.D. 1918 — — Map (db m221186) HM
In 1857 Albert Holley (b. 1828), his mother and two brothers, migrated to Houston County from Alabama. While the others journeyed to Texas by boat, he brought the family's supplies overland by wagon with 137 slaves. By 1860 he and his wife Julia . . . — — Map (db m128926) HM
Tennessee native Andrew Jackson McGown came to Texas in 1835 to fight with the Texas Army in the War for Independence from Mexico. A participant in the Battle of San Jacinto, he later helped establish the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Texas, . . . — — Map (db m219487) HM
Author - "History of Houston County, Texas" Armistead Albert Aldrich (April 10, 1858 -- Aug. 22, 1945) Born in Crockett, son of Oliver Cromwell and Eliza (Masters) Aldrich. Educated at University of Virginia, he was admitted to the bar in 1883. . . . — — Map (db m219490) HM
A grandnephew of U.S. president James Monroe, A.T.M. Monroe was born in Virginia and came to Texas in 1842. He married Rachel Albright (1828-1866) in 1846 and moved his family to Crockett in 1849. He operated a general store on the courthouse square . . . — — Map (db m219486) HM
In 1855 Augustus "Gus" LeGory came to Texas from Mississippi. After serving in the Civil War, he returned to the area and worked with a Trinity River steamboat company. He later developed his own overland and river freight hauling enterprise and in . . . — — Map (db m219494) HM
Harston Wilson Beeson, one of Houston County's first settlers (1840), bought land in this area from his neighbor, John Box, in 1852. The Cemetery was established on Beeson land about 3/4 of a mile east of this site with the burial of Box's son, . . . — — Map (db m155414) HM
Born in Virginia; came to Texas, 1839. Member of Snively Expedition (1843), and 1st State Legislature (1846). Wife: Rebecca Whitten.Recorded - 1973 — — Map (db m219497) HM
Founded 1837. Named for David Crockett, who had visited here on way to the Alamo, 1836.
Old fortified log courthouse was often the refuge for settlers during Indian raids.
During Civil War had camp of instruction. Telegraph and stagecoach . . . — — Map (db m120963) HM
An outstanding example of Eastlake-Victorian architecture, started about 1891, completed in 1893, by J.E. Downes, prominent local businessman. Much of the material in the structure was imported from other states. Downes lived in the house until . . . — — Map (db m219444) HM
A typical late 19th Century Texas commercial building, with cast iron front and pressed tin ornamentation. Erected for bank developed in mercantile store of W.E. Mayes (1837-1915). To aid his customers, Mayes in 1880s took care of cash and . . . — — Map (db m121248) HM
A Baptist Church, led by pioneer James T. Heflin, was meeting in Crockett as early as 1846. A second Baptist congregation was formally organized in 1850. Named Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Crockett, the congregation built a sanctuary on El Camino . . . — — Map (db m206967) HM
City's first congregation and one of oldest in Texas. Formed 1839 with Henderson Palmer as pastor. Noted minister Littleton Fowler was presiding elder at organization. Methodists shared a structure with Crockett's other denominations until erecting . . . — — Map (db m206926) HM
Founded about 1881 as sideline in mercantile store of W.E. Mayes (1837-1915), who aided customers by keeping cash and currency in his safe, issuing loans and credits.
In 1892 H.F. Moore (1854-1926) came here from . . . — — Map (db m121247) HM
This church was established in 1854 by an act of the East Texas Presbytery. The Rev. W.C. Dunlap was organizer of the congregation and served as its pastor for two years. Members met in a Baptist church until the completion of their first building . . . — — Map (db m207022) HM
On June 12, 1837, President Sam Houston authorized the formation of Houston County, the first newly created county in the Republic of Texas. Andrew W. Gossett (1812-1890) donated land, which included this square, for the townsite. He and his father, . . . — — Map (db m121246) HM
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