On Old Springville Road / County Road 30, on the left when traveling north.
On Cahaba Mountain to the NW, springs form a fragile stream that grows as it carves through the steep, rocky terrain of Birmingham suburbs, flowing south on the Gulf Coastal Plain to the Alabama River, at the site of Alabama's first capital, . . . — — Map (db m25110) HM
On Capitol Avenue near Vine Street, in the median.
This stone marks the site of Cahaba, selected November 21, 1818 as the first permanent capital of Alabama, the seat of government remaining here until removed to Tuscaloosa by the Legislature, January 1825.
On December 13, 1819, it was fixed . . . — — Map (db m266506) HM
On Broad Street (U.S. 80), on the right when traveling north.
Highlights of Selma History
Dallas County was created by Territorial Legislature Feb. 9, 1818. Selma Land Company formed Mar. 19, 1819 by George Phillips, William Rufus King, Jesse Beene, Gilbert Shearer and Caleb Tate. Selma incorporated . . . — — Map (db m37679) HM
On Union Street at Alabama Avenue on Union Street.
Central Masonic Institute of Alabama acquired property 1847 and erected building. Confederate Hospital during War Between the States. Dallas County Courthouse (1866-1901) on removal of County Seat from Cahaba. Presbyterian High School for Boys in . . . — — Map (db m37656) HM
On State Road 22 at County Route 9, on the right when traveling west on State Road 22. Reported missing.
Site of Alabama's first permanent capital 1820-26. County seat Dallas County, 1820-66. Prison for Union soldiers during the War Between the States 1863-65. Indians were the first inhabitants over 4000 years ago. Their large fortified village could . . . — — Map (db m75779) HM
On Dexter Avenue east of North Hull Street, on the left when traveling east.
On December 13, 1878, a meeting was held in Montgomery for the purpose of forming a bar association, and on January 15, 1879, delegates from each county met for five days at a preliminary conference in the Hall of the House of Representatives. The . . . — — Map (db m86121) HM
Near County Road 16 0.4 miles west of Alabama 22, on the right when traveling west.
Summerfield Summerfield was established in 1819 as Valley Creek and was renamed Summerfield in 1845 to honor the famous Methodist preacher John Summerfield. In 1829, the first academy in Dallas County was chartered in Valley Creek. In 1842, the . . . — — Map (db m217204) HM
On 6th Avenue South at 2nd Street South, on the right when traveling south on 6th Avenue South.
Civil Rights Evangelism for Justice
Rev. Joseph W. Ellwanger, the dynamic pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church from 1958 to 1967, was a member of the Central Committee of Strategists for the Birmingham Civil Rights Campaign of 1963. On March . . . — — Map (db m295302) HM
Lynching in America
Thousands of African Americans were victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between the Civil War and World War II. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism used . . . — — Map (db m132071) HM
On St Francis Street 0.1 miles west of North Lawrence Street, on the right when traveling west.
Built in 1878 in the Italianate style. In 1852, Bettie Hunter was born a slave in Dallas County, Alabama and later moved to Mobile after the Civil War. She and her brother, Henry Hunter, had a profitable carriage business in downtown Mobile. She . . . — — Map (db m86389) HM
On Historic Town Square at E Main Street, on the right when traveling west on Historic Town Square.
Madison Moultrie Miller (1814-1860) came to Texas from Alabama in 1844. Enlisting in the Texas Rangers, he served under W.A.A. (Bigfoot) Wallace until 1846. Examining the Ten Mile Creek area, he selected a homestead and courted and won Mary (Polly) . . . — — Map (db m300515) HM
On Vine Street at Capitol Street, on the right when traveling north on Vine Street.
Offices, stores and hotels were tightly
packed along this main street. The
steamboat landings on the Alabama
River were just one block away, so this
was prime real estate.
Vine Street was 80 feet wide with brick
sidewalks. A town . . . — — Map (db m274486) HM
On Marie Foster Street at Philpot Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Marie Foster Street.
Prior to 1960. Northern Heights Presbyterian Church was known as Sylvan Street Presbyterian Church. which began in 1896 as a Sunday school mission sponsored by the First Presbyterian Church of Selma. The church formally organized in 1900. Rev. . . . — — Map (db m297251) HM
On 1st Street North west of Vine Street, on the left when traveling west.
[Newspaper notice]
Masonic,
The Regularly Constituted Lodges of Ancient York Masons, Chartered, Dispenced, or associated within the State of Alabama, are respectfully requested to meet, by their representatives, at the Town of Cahawba, . . . — — Map (db m217238) HM
On Kings Street south of Dallas Avenue (State Highway 22), on the right when traveling south.
Native Sampson County, North Carolina.
Admitted to bar, 1806.
North Carolina House of Commons 1807-1809.
U.S. Congressman 1811-16.
Secretary U.S. Legation Naples and St. Petersburg 1816-1818.
Moved to Dallas County, Alabama, 1818.
. . . — — Map (db m37654) HM
Near Cahaba Road at Capitol Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
"We by-and-by discovered...a pair of those
splendid birds, the Ivory-billed Woodpeckers
(Picus principalis). They were engaged in
rapping some tall dead pines, in a dense part of
the forest, which rang with their loud notes." . . . — — Map (db m112801) HM
On Main Street at S Fifth Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
The early 20th century development of the automobile led to major changes in the road systems throughout the U.S. The 1916 Federal Aid Road Act, which supplied matching funds to states for the upgrade of roads, was sponsored by Alabama Senator . . . — — Map (db m243587) HM
On North Dallas Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Madison Moultrie Miller (1814-60) came west from Alabama and served under W. W. "Bigfoot" Wallace in 1844-45 as a Texas Ranger. Settling here in 1846 with a motherless daughter and son, he soon married Mary (Polly) Parks Rawlins, daughter of this . . . — — Map (db m152608) HM
On Vine Street south of 1st Street North, on the left when traveling south.
Cahawba was the county seat from
1818 until 1866. This structure was
built in 1834, after an earlier courthouse
collapsed.
The courthouse was the heart of the
town, so when the county seat was
moved to Selma after the Civil War,
most of . . . — — Map (db m274282) HM
On FD Reese Street south of Philpot Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
In 1922, Rev. Love Tolbert founded Ebenezer in a former dance hall on the corner of St. Phillips Street and Philpot Avenue in Selma. After Rev. Tolbert's brief tenure. Rev. Jerry McGinnis served as interim pastor until Rev. Abraham White was . . . — — Map (db m297248) HM
On Martin Luther King Jr. Street at J L Chestnut Boulevard, on the left when traveling north on Martin Luther King Jr. Street.
By early 1964, the Dallas County Voters League (DCVL) and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) efforts to organize for voting rights had reached a turning point. In July 1964 Judge James Hare, pressured by Selma law enforcement to . . . — — Map (db m112369) HM
On Mulberry Street south of First South Street, on the left when traveling south.
These ruins were once a place of worship for members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Built in 1849, it was the first single denomination church in Cahawba. An earlier church for the common use of all denominations was erected about 1840. . . . — — Map (db m112410) HM
On Martin Luther King Jr. Street at J L Chestnut Boulevard, on the right when traveling south on Martin Luther King Jr. Street.
For centuries, Selma was a city where the rules of race
were enforced by humiliation and fear. But Selma gave
birth to one of the greatest grassroots campaigns in
history—the voting rights movement. The Selma to
Montgomery march was the . . . — — Map (db m112370) HM
On Mulberry Street south of 1st Street South, on the right when traveling south.
St. Paul's African Methodist
Episcopal Church, like many
late 19th and early 20th century
churches, often established
societies and schools to help
African-Americans pull together
to cope with the challenges of
segregation.
Burial . . . — — Map (db m274590) HM
On Vine Street at Capitol Street, on the right when traveling north on Vine Street. Reported permanently removed.
Cahawba's homes were spread over an
entire square mile, many with yards of
one or two acres. That was not the case
here on Vine Street. Offices, stores and
hotels were tightly packed along this
main street. The steamboat landings on
the . . . — — Map (db m112560) HM
On Franklin Street at Keller Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Franklin Street.
Ernest Leon Doyle was born in 1918. He and Ruth Lee Willis were married
in 1942. Ernest worked as a carpenter, decorator, and insurance agent.
Ruth was a teacher and supplemented the family income as a beautician.
The couple had three . . . — — Map (db m308041) HM
On 19th Street North at F L Shuttlesworth Drive, on the right when traveling north on 19th Street North.
One of the last major battles in the struggle for African American civil
rights came in Selma, Alabama. Despite the new Civil Rights Act of
1964, African Americans still faced difficulty voting. Although they
had the right to vote under the . . . — — Map (db m187587) HM
