On South Perry Street at High Street, on the left when traveling north on South Perry Street.
On April 11, 1865, federal troops, known as "Wilson's Raiders," approached the city. Lacking means of defense, city officials agreed to surrender the city.
From the front portico of this house was read the order of Gen. James H. Wilson, USA, . . . — — Map (db m71249) HM
On Hyundai Boulevard (County Route 42) at Mobile Highway (U.S. 31), on the right when traveling east on Hyundai Boulevard.
This 2.8-mile road connecting U.S. highways 331 and 31 first appeared on Montgomery County road maps in 1928. Land for the road was deeded to Montgomery County in September 1926 by local landowners from the Teague, Bellingrath and Matthews families. . . . — — Map (db m70932) HM
On Hyundai Boulevard (County Road 42) west of Norman Bridge Road (U.S. 331), on the right when traveling west.
This 2.8-mile road connecting U.S. highways 331 and 31 first appeared on Montgomery County road maps in 1928. Land for the road was deeded to Montgomery County in September 1926 by local landowners from the Teague, Bellingrath and Matthews families. . . . — — Map (db m99235) HM
On Dexter Avenue at South Court Street, on the right when traveling east on Dexter Avenue.
Telegram Which Began War Between The States
Montgomery, April 11, 1861
General Beauregard, Charleston:
Do not desire needlessly to bombard Fort Sumter. If Major Anderson will state the time at which, as indicated by him, he will . . . — — Map (db m22524) HM
On Dexter Avenue at South Lawrence Street, on the right when traveling east on Dexter Avenue.
In July 1885, the state Adjutant General authorized the organization of a black infantry company known as the Capital City Guards. Joseph L. Ligon was elected captain. Over the next 20 years, the Capital City Guards were a source of tremendous civic . . . — — Map (db m71260) HM
On Commerce Street at Water Street, on the left when traveling north on Commerce Street.
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The Domestic Slave Trade
Beginning in the seventeenth century, millions of African people were kidnapped, sold into slavery, and shipped to the Americas as part of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. In 1808, the United States . . . — — Map (db m86427) HM
On Washington Avenue at South Hull Street, on the left when traveling west on Washington Avenue.
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The three Dowe houses are a reminder of the residential neighborhood that existed here in the 19th century.
The main family residence, dating from 1863, was originally designed as an Italianate-style "raised cottage." But in . . . — — Map (db m86428) HM
On North McDonough Street at Monroe Street, on the left when traveling north on North McDonough Street.
This site, known as “Posey’s Parking Lot,” served the black community as one of two major transportation centers during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Mrs. Rosa Parks’s December 1, 1955 arrest following her refusal to surrender her seat at the order . . . — — Map (db m71261) HM
On Bibb Street at Commerce Street, on the right when traveling west on Bibb Street.
Here were located the first offices of the Confederate government from Feb. 22, 1861 to May 21, 1861.
Secondary marker:
This historic marker relocated on this original site by Preceptor Delta Chapter, Beta Sigma . . . — — Map (db m104718) HM
On Bibb Street at Lee Street, on the right when traveling east on Bibb Street.
On this site stood the First White House of the Confederacy William Sayre built his townhouse here between 1832 and 1835. On February 21, 1861, the provisional Confederate Congress leased it for the Executive Residence. President Jefferson Davis . . . — — Map (db m62748) HM
On Church Street at Lee Street, on the right when traveling north on Church Street.
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Named in honor of Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. (1918-1999), who served here as U.S. District Judge from 1955-1979, as U.S. Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit July 12, 1979 - October 1, 1981, and . . . — — Map (db m71266) HM
On South Court Street south of Adams Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
The Freedom Rides
It was a ride meant to awaken the heart
of America to the injustice of its own laws
and traditions.
Freedom Rider John Lewis
The 1961 Freedom Riders did not begin
or end their journey in . . . — — Map (db m164163) HM
On Rufus A. Lewis Lane at Dericote Street on Rufus A. Lewis Lane.
Lewis began an earnest voting rights drive in the early 1940s. Credited with registering 4 generations of Montgomery voters. He established Citizenship Schools that tutored prospective black voters to fill out the literacy text, a barrier before the . . . — — Map (db m86429) HM
On Court Square at Dexter Avenue, on the right on Court Square. Reported missing.
The Lightning RouteIn 1886, Montgomery became the first city in the Western Hemisphere to convert an entire street railway system to electricity. The Capital City Street Railway Co. initiated electric trolley service on one mile of the street . . . — — Map (db m86468) HM
On Commerce Street, 0.1 miles north of Bibb Street (Alabama Route 108), on the right when traveling north.
The Montgomery Slave Trade
Montgomery had grown into one of the most prominent slave trading communities in Alabama by 1860. At the start of the Civil War, the city had a larger slave population than Mobile, New Orleans, or Natchez, . . . — — Map (db m70715) HM
On Felder Avenue west of Dunbar Street, on the right when traveling west.
On April 22, 1908, the Cloverdale Company issued the original deed on this lot to Cloverdale Homes, a development company. On April 19, 1909, Cloverdale Homes deeded the property to its original occupant Louis H. Moore, a local banker, and his . . . — — Map (db m69186) HM
Near Caroline Street south of Clayton Street, on the left when traveling south.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, 12 million African people were kidnapped, chained, and brought to the Americas after a torturous journey across the Atlantic Ocean. Nearly two million people died during the voyage. The labor of enslaved black people . . . — — Map (db m118044) HM
On South Court Street south of Adams Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
This was once a doorway. The small
holes above the tiled-up opening are
from a sign that read "Colored Entrance.".
In 1961, if you were “colored," you
entered through this opening. You walked
along the bus platform to a "colored"
waiting room . . . — — Map (db m188531) HM
On Dexter Avenue at South Decatur Street, on the right when traveling east on Dexter Avenue.
Ended at the foot of the Capitol steps
on March 25, 1965
Here Dr. King addressed 25,000 people
"I believe this march will go down
as one of the greatest struggles
for freedom and dignity
in the nation's history." . . . — — Map (db m80847) HM
Near Caroline Street south of Clayton Street, on the left when traveling south.
The Transatlantic Slave Trade killed millions of African people. Men, women, and children were kidnapped and taken in chains to the Americas to create wealth for Europeans. For over two centuries, enslaved black people in the United States were . . . — — Map (db m118041) HM
On Maxwell Boulevard, 0.1 miles west of Gordon Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Wharton-Chappell House
The Wharton Chappell House is one of Montgomery's last pre-Civil War cottages. This structure occupies the site of General John Scott's 1817 pioneer settlement, "Alabama Town" which was founded upon a Creek Indian . . . — — Map (db m131541) HM
Near Maxwell Boulevard east of North Holt Street, on the right when traveling west.
On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first controlled, powered, and sustained heavier-than-air human flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Over the next seven years, the brothers continued to develop their flying machine and had . . . — — Map (db m146980) HM
Near Madison Avenue (Alabama Route 108) at North Hull Street, on the right when traveling west.
An elegant blend of Greek Revival and Italianate architectual styles, the Thompson Mansion reflects the aesthetic and economic highs of the 1850s. The symmetrical layout of the house with entrances on all four sides features interior cross hallways . . . — — Map (db m71400) HM
On Dexter Avenue at South Bainbridge Street, on the right when traveling east on Dexter Avenue.
On Thursday, March 25, 1965, the Selma to Montgomery
marchers left St. Jude and continued through the streets
of Montgomery, the crowd swelling in numbers as they
approached Court Square. By the time they reached
Dexter Avenue, a crowd of more . . . — — Map (db m91322) HM
On Maxwell Boulevard at 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Maxwell Boulevard.
Dedicated by the people of Montgomery to the skilled pilots -- past, present and Future -- who risk and give their lives to demonstrate the capabilities of air power to the American people. The Thunderbirds: the Air Force's Ambassadors in Blue . . . — — Map (db m64429) HM
In October. 1821, steamboat Harriett arrived at city wharf, introducing a new method of transporting goods as Montgomery became increasingly important market center for region. Until early years of 20th century Steamboats continued to ply river. In . . . — — Map (db m224806) HM
On Montgomery Street at Molton Street, on the right when traveling south on Montgomery Street.
The ten bronze roundels displayed on this wall are a tribute to the
"foot soldiers" who toiled for 382 days during the Montgomery Bus
Boycott of 1955 and 1956. The roundels depict individuals who
were involved in, and events that occurred . . . — — Map (db m91276) HM
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized in 1918 at this location by ministers of what later became the American Lutheran Church under whose auspices the congregation organized a day school
on the property across the street. That school . . . — — Map (db m86469) HM
On Maxwell Boulevard north of North Goldthwaite Street, on the left when traveling north.
This mural honors the late Grammy Award winner Nathaniel Adams Coles (1919-1965) later known as Nat King Cole, who was born in Montgomery, Alabama. Cole was an American jazz pianist and vocalist. He acted, performed on Broadway, recorded over 100 . . . — — Map (db m152651) HM
On Old Wetumpka Highway (County Road 74) 0.2 miles south of Brooks Road, on the left when traveling south.
In 1881, former slaves Gadson Draw, Frank Felder, Eli Madison, Kate Marshall, and Killis Marshall founded this church. Rev. Solomon S. Seay, Sr., pastor from 1928-1929, was a stalwart in the Civil Rights Movement and served as the third president of . . . — — Map (db m158657) HM
On Commerce Street, in the median. Reported missing.
Union Station & Riverfront Park
Transportation center of Montgomery located in this area for many years. First steamboat, the "Harriet," landed nearby 1821. City wharf constructed at landing place 1823. First railroad, Montgomery & West . . . — — Map (db m86470) HM
On South Bainbridge Street at Dexter Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Bainbridge Street.
MG J.H.Wilson’s Cavalry Corps raised U.S. flag over Alabama’s and the Confederacy’s first Capitol on 4/12/65, three days after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. Wilson had defeated LTG N.B. Forrest’s depleted and vastly outnumbered troops at the . . . — — Map (db m86471) HM
On Montgomery Street at Molton Street, on the right when traveling east on Montgomery Street.
The Violata Pax (Wounded Peace) Dove was created in 2006 by artist Fred NALL Hollis, a native son of Alabama.
The Dove was sculpted in white bronze and came to life in a foundry in Pietrasanta, Italy. It was generously gifted to Troy University by . . . — — Map (db m224864) HM
Washington took command of the American Army under grandparent of this elm, Cambridge, Mass., July 3, 1775
Raised and given by Maryland D.A.R. and Alice Paret Dorsey as part of 200th anniversary of birth of Washington, . . . — — Map (db m155635) HM
On Walker Street at Shady Street, on the right when traveling south on Walker Street.
[Top Row - Left to Right:]
Many more than 200 years ago, Montgomery's history began along a hard bend of
the Alabama River in south central Alabama. Long before it was the capital, indeed
before the founding of the country, the area was home . . . — — Map (db m244537) HM
Born November 30, 1833,
Died September 9, 1910.
Born in poverty,
Reared in adversity,
Without educational advantages,
Yet by honest individual
effort he obtained
a competency and the
confidence of his fellow man, . . . — — Map (db m95343) HM
On East Jefferson Street, 0.1 miles east of North Hull Street, on the left when traveling east.
In the house just north
William Lowndes
Yancey
Statesman, Orator, Secessionist,
Confederate Diplomatic
Commissioner
Died July 28, 1863 — — Map (db m71364) HM
This memorial was dedicated on April
6, 1918. After a parade through downtown
Montgomery by 30,000 predominately
Ohio troops stationed at nearby Camp
Sheridan. The original flagpole was
purchased with the contributions of the
school . . . — — Map (db m74270) WM
Near Dexter Avenue east of Decatur Street, on the right when traveling east.
World War II
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941,
Alabamians rushed to volunteer for military service.
Citizens bought war bonds, received training in civil
defense and d endured rationing. Industries converted
to wartime . . . — — Map (db m182631) HM
On Johnson Avenue east of Lower Wetumpka Road, in the median.
167th Infantry An Alabama regiment was formed in 1836 to defend Fort Foster in Florida. Same unit, designated the 1st Alabama Volunteers ten years later, served in Mexican War. Mustered again May 4, 1861 as the 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment, . . . — — Map (db m38897) HM
On Johnson Avenue east of Lower Wetumpka Road, in the median.
World War I
Camp Sheridan was the site of the August 1917 organization of the Buckeye Division, made up of Ohio National Guardsmen who previously had been serving on the Mexican Border. After training, the 37th went to France in June 1918, . . . — — Map (db m38895) WM
On Johnson Avenue east of Lower Wetumpka Road, in the median.
9th Infantry Division
The 9th Division was organized on 18 July 1918 at Camp Sheridan for service in World War I. When the War ended, 11 November 1918, deployment of the Division to France was canceled and it was demobilized on 15 February . . . — — Map (db m76161) HM
On Madison Avenue (Alabama Route 108) at North California Street, on the right when traveling west on Madison Avenue.
In 1904, Colonel J. S. Pinckard and Mr. Henry L. Davis purchased the Vickers plantation, a 200-acre cotton producing area located east of the Montgomery city limits.
The new owners petitioned the City of Montgomery to purchase a strip of land . . . — — Map (db m217248) HM
On Winona Avenue at North Florida Street, on the right when traveling west on Winona Avenue.
While Capitol Heights was a new town, city leaders, including founder and first mayor J. S. Pinckard, donated land for an elementary school. The community partnered with the Montgomery County Board of Education to build the Capitol Heights . . . — — Map (db m81810) HM
Near Monroe Street east of North Bainbridge Street when traveling east.
The Confederate Congress never issued any regulations specifying which type flag should be carried by regiments in the field. Early in the war, flags were made at home for presentation to individual companies. At first, national flags replaced . . . — — Map (db m86056) HM
Near Monroe Street east of North Bainbridge Street, on the right when traveling east.
Upon an outpouring of complaints that the 2nd national flag was too similar to a flag of truce, a red bar was added by act of Confederate Congress on March 4, 1865. Very few of these flags ever flew, however, as the war ended shortly thereafter. . . . — — Map (db m69326) HM
On South Lawrence Street at Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Lawrence Street.
Created by Mississippi Territorial Legislature from lands ceded by Creek Indian Nation in Treaty of Fort Jackson, 1814. Named for Major Lemuel Purnell Montgomery, killed at Horseshoe Bend, 1814, while leading charge on Indian fortifications. . . . — — Map (db m36579) HM
On South Bainbridge Street at Dexter Avenue, on the left when traveling north on South Bainbridge Street. Reported missing.
The Alabama State Capitol served as the symbol and meeting place for the government of the newly formed Confederate States of America for 4 months in early 1861. Growing controversy over slavery and states' rights, climaxed by Abraham Lincoln's . . . — — Map (db m36507) HM
On South Union Street north of Grove Street, on the left when traveling north.
Unit A of the Bricklayers Hall served as the office of Charles Swinger
Conley, who was the attorney of record for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
and the Montgomery Improvement Association. In 1961, Conley joined
with Attorney Arthur Kinoy, who gave . . . — — Map (db m175162) HM
On South Union Street at High Street, on the left when traveling north on South Union Street.
This neighborhood evolved around historic First Congregational Church established through the American Missionary Association (AMA) October 6, 1872, by Pastor George Whitfield Andrews. In 1867 the AMA and the Freedmen's Bureau, headed by General . . . — — Map (db m86067) HM
On South Union Street (State Highway 9) just south of High Street, on the left when traveling north.
One of the oldest African American churches in Montgomery, the First Congregational Christian Church was founded in 1872 by members of the American Missionary Association. The church was part of several institutions sponsored by the group in the . . . — — Map (db m248548) HM
On South Decatur Street (Alabama Route 21) at Scott Street on South Decatur Street.
This was the site of the home of Warren Stone Reese (1842-1898) --planter, cotton merchant, soldier, and mayor of Montgomery.
Reese, promoted to the rank of colonel in the Confederacy for gallantry at Chickamauga, became commander of the . . . — — Map (db m81807) HM
On South Union Street, on the left when traveling north.
Swayne CollegeNamed for Union General and Freemen’s Bureau Agent Wager Swayne, Swayne College was dedicated 21 April 1869. The Bureau appropriated $10,000 for the building and the local black community purchased 3.5 acres for the site. Future . . . — — Map (db m28171) HM
Near Union Street at Scott Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
The Jackson-Community House
In 1853, Jefferson Franklin Jackson, a native Alabamian and U.S. Attorney for the Alabama Middle District, built this two-story clapboard home originally with a dogtrot pattern. A Whig Party member, by 1862, . . . — — Map (db m71236) HM
On Lee Street at Montgomery Street, on the right when traveling north on Lee Street.
This mural depicts the 54-mile march from the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama to the State Capitol in Montgomery in March 1965. Demonstrators along the bottom march with leaders of the Civil Rights Movement in the center, including Martin . . . — — Map (db m153061) HM
On Clayton Street at Goldthwaite Street, on the left when traveling east on Clayton Street.
Marching On celebrates the journey and transformation of the thousands of marchers who made the arduous journey from Selma to Montgomery peacefully protesting for equal voting rights. The polished stainless steel is a remnant of the steel . . . — — Map (db m152650) HM
On Goldthwaite Street at Montgomery Street, on the left when traveling south on Goldthwaite Street.
Located at the hilltop overlooking Downtown
Montgomery, Five Points is an intersection of history
and humanity. Here the historic black communities of
West Montgomery meet the Cottage Hill neighborhood
featuring Montgomery's most preserved . . . — — Map (db m91734) HM
On East Fifth Street at Jean Street, on the right when traveling east on East Fifth Street.
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Remount Depot
During World War I, in the summer of 1917 the U.S. Army opened a remount depot here to buy horses and mules for Camp Sheridan's 27,000-man 37th Division from Ohio. Despite the introduction of motor transport . . . — — Map (db m71340) HM
On South Perry Street, on the left when traveling north.
For almost the first century of statehood, Alabama's governors lived in private homes or hotels while in office. In 1911 the state acquired the Moses Sable home on South Perry Street for the governor's residence. Lined with fine houses, Perry was . . . — — Map (db m25413) HM
On Forest Avenue at Park Place, on the right when traveling south on Forest Avenue.
Side A
Forest Avenue's Medical Facilities
With the growth of the Highland Park suburb in the 1890s, a medical community developed along Forest Avenue. In 1895, Dr. Isaac Watkins opened Highland Park Sanatorium in three frame . . . — — Map (db m71264) HM
On Claudette Colvin Drive north of Upper Wetumpka Road, on the right when traveling north.
This home was constructed in 1940 for Mary Anne and Q.P. Colvin. Their daughter Claudette Colvin refused on March 2, 1955, to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery city bus. This event occurred nine months before the incident in . . . — — Map (db m246526) HM
On Upper Wetumpka Road at Claremont Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Upper Wetumpka Road.
The area known as King Hill emerged as a residential section for African Americans before the Civil War. Both the enslaved and free Black populations lived in small houses among stables that were used by Montgomery's white upper-class citizens. In . . . — — Map (db m246847) HM
On Carter Hill Road at Zelda Road, on the right when traveling west on Carter Hill Road.
On this site, the St. James Baptist Church #2, also known as St. James Holt Crossing Baptist Church, stood as the oldest Baptist church founded by African Americans in the City of Montgomery. Organized in 1875, the Church occupied two buildings on . . . — — Map (db m71339) HM
On West Cloverdale Park, 0.1 miles south of Park Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
First United Methodist Church, organized September 15, 1829, is the oldest organized church in the city of Montgomery. Located on Court Street downtown for nearly 100 years, the congregation purchased for $20,000 this site in Cloverdale Park in . . . — — Map (db m69191) HM
On Felder Avenue at Dunbar Street, on the right when traveling west on Felder Avenue.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, his wife Zelda and daughter Scottie lived in this house from October 1931 to April 1932.
During this period Fitzgerald worked on his novel Tender Is the Night and Zelda began her only novel, Save Me the . . . — — Map (db m69187) HM
On Norman Bridge Road at Park Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Norman Bridge Road.
Constructed in the early 1900s, the Folmar - Siegelman house stylistically combines elements of both Victorian and early bungalow design. Its high gables, wide eaves, projected bay window and secluded entry reflect the desire of most Americans at . . . — — Map (db m86115) HM
On East Fairview Avenue at College Street, on the right when traveling east on East Fairview Avenue.
Coeducational liberal arts college of the United Methodist Church
1854: Founded as Tuskegee Female College
1872: Acquired by the Methodist Church, renamed Alabama Conference Female College
1909: Moved to this site as Woman's College . . . — — Map (db m86122) HM
On Second Street west of Tulane Street, on the right when traveling west.
In this house, built in 1948, Frank and Alberta Smith raised their six children.
Through their activism and participation in two landmark suits, members of the Smith family played critical roles in the Civil Rights Movement. The family attended St. . . . — — Map (db m223847) HM
On Gibbs Road at Antioch Lane, on the right when traveling south on Gibbs Road.
Organized on June 5, 1818, the Antioch Baptist Church at Mt. Meigs was the first church of any denomination established in Montgomery County. Rev. James McLemore was its founder and first pastor. Antioch, like most churches in the county, had both . . . — — Map (db m72011) HM
On Vaughn Road, 0.1 miles west of Chantilly Parkway (Alabama Route 110), on the right when traveling west.
Chantilly Plantation was purchased in 1832 at
public outcry by Dr. Thomas Burge Taylor of
Columbia, SC as a wedding gift for his bride,
Harriott Pinkney Raoul. John Ashurst, its
original owner, had moved further west. Harriott,
a French woman, . . . — — Map (db m91529) HM
On Georgia Washington Road at Antioch Lane, on the right when traveling south on Georgia Washington Road.
Miss Georgia Washington founded the Peoples Village School for black students on this site in 1893. Georgia Washington was born a slave November 23, 1851 in Virginia. As a student at Hampton Institute, Virginia, she met Dr. Booker T. Washington who . . . — — Map (db m72010) HM
On Pike Road (County Route 85) 0.1 miles north of Antioch Lane, on the left when traveling north.
In the late 1850s the cluster of Episcopal families around Mt. Meigs undertook to build a church and engaged Pennsylvania architect Joseph W. Pierson to prepare the plans. The plans were submitted in April 1861, but due to the hardships caused by . . . — — Map (db m72012) HM
On Avenue of the Waters, 0.1 miles east of Marler Road (County Route 37), on the right when traveling west.
The Founders of The Waters relocated and restored this historic cemetery in May 2005. The original cemetery site, located along the Old Federal Road beyond the boundary of the Creek Indian lands at Line Creek, had fallen into ruin due to years of . . . — — Map (db m72015) HM
On Old Carter Hill Road (County Route 85) 0.9 miles south of Old Pike Road (County Route 101), on the right when traveling south.
Built by William Matthews Marks, who immigrated from Oglethrope County, GA, on acreage purchased from the U.S. land office in Cahaba, AL for $1.25 per acre.
Foundation is pegged-together heart pine; framing is 3" by 9" timbers; mantles, dados, . . . — — Map (db m86472) HM
On Pike Road (County Route 85) at Flinn Road, on the right when traveling south on Pike Road.
Montgomery County's first school to consolidate rural, one-room school houses into grades one through twelve opened November 11, 1918. The school was built by the Montgomery County Board of Education on 30 acres of land at a cost of $40,000 with . . . — — Map (db m72017) HM
Near Briar Lane, 0.1 miles west of Ryan Road, on the right when traveling west.
John W. Ray, his wife, Martha; their infant son; and her fifteen-year-old brother, James R. Conyers, moved to Mt. Meigs from Greene County, Georgia. He and his older brother, Isaac Ray, owned extensive landholdings along Vaughn and Taylor Roads. . . . — — Map (db m86473) HM
On Ray Thorington Road (County Road 75) 0.8 miles west of Pike Road (County Road 85), on the left when traveling west.
Montgomery's first military flying installation was established 200 yards south of this spot in November of 1917. The facility was named for Captain Ralph L. Taylor, who was killed in an airplane crash at Mineola Field, New York in August of 1917. . . . — — Map (db m86474) HM
On Marler Road (County Route 107) at Avenue of the Oaks, on the left when traveling south on Marler Road.
House built ca. 1830s by Alexander Carter on small land holding. Increasing fortunes led to a 1780-acre diversified and innovative plantation. Oak trees planted on either side of front drive led to its name. During WWII, an auxiliary landing strip, . . . — — Map (db m72014) HM
On Pike Road (County Route 85) at Hudson Road, on the right when traveling south on Pike Road.
Dedicated to all who have
served in the Armed Forces of
the United States of America
Never to be forgotten for
giving the ultimate sacrifice
for our freedom
Duty Honor Country — — Map (db m86475) WM
On Federal Road (County Route 24) 0.1 miles west of Mobile Highway (U.S. 31), on the left when traveling west.
(Side 1)
Pintlala Grange Hall
The National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry was organized in 1867 to provide economic, social and cultural improvements for farmers and their families. Pintlala's Grange Hall was erected circa . . . — — Map (db m71433) HM
On Federal Road (County Route 24) 0.3 miles Mobile Highway (U.S. 31), on the left when traveling west.
Opened in 1923 to consolidate a number of one-, two-, and three-teacher institutions in southwestern Montgomery County including Hope Hull, LeGrand, Mt. Carmel, Grange Hall, Snowdoun, Bethlehem, Fleta, Sankey, and Tabernacle. W.F. Feagin served . . . — — Map (db m71432) HM
On Mobile Highway (U.S. 31) at Windham Road, on the right when traveling north on Mobile Highway.
Bethel Cemetery was constituted Feb 13, 1819 and located on Federal Rd. Bethel Church was 1 of 4 churches in the Alabama Baptist Association which was formed on Dec. 13, 1819. On July 22, 1837, the church became the object of a major split in . . . — — Map (db m71430) HM
On Federal Road at Cloverfield Road (County Route 24), on the right when traveling south on Federal Road.
Side 1
The Federal Road
The 1803 Louisiana Purchase acquired 828,000 sq. mi. for the U.S., doubling its size. The Federal Road was built to provide a shorter route from Washington to New Orleans and the new territory. The Treaty . . . — — Map (db m71535) HM
On Naftel Ramer Road (County Road 61) at Smiley Ferry Road, on the right when traveling north on Naftel Ramer Road.
Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church was established in 1837 after a
separation from Bethel Baptist Church of Pintlala. Elders John
Robertson, William Pouncey, and brethren Fielding Hogan, Simon
Russell, and John Gardner, and their spouses founded . . . — — Map (db m164131) HM
On Smiley Ferry Road at Naftel Ramer Road (County Road 61) on Smiley Ferry Road.
To the memory of
The Pioneer Settlers
of Ebenezer Community
and the soldiers of
Company E. 33D Alabama, C.S.A.
There were giants in the earth
in those days
— — Map (db m164133) HM WM
Stood 2800 feet north of this point, just west of Line Creek on the Federal Road. Moved to Montgomery in 1978 to serve as the Visitor and Information Center for the Old North Hull Historic District, it is the oldest remaining building in Montgomery . . . — — Map (db m60906) HM
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