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On Canal Road at Bay Circle, on the right when traveling west on Canal Road.
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This area, located along the southern shore of Wolf Bay, was the original 'Downtown' of Orange Beach. Beginning in the 1870's, the two schooners of James C. Callaway anchored near here in the deep-water Boat Basin. The . . . — — Map (db m130682) HM
On Canal Road (Alabama Route 180) at Pensacola Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Canal Road.
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The property where the cemetery is located was part of a Spanish Land Grant issued to the Suarez family prior to the War of 1812. In 1925, a United States Land Patent was confirmed and issued. The property has been in use since . . . — — Map (db m71618) HM
On Orange Beach Boulevard (Alabama Route 161) at John M Snook Drive, on the right when traveling south on Orange Beach Boulevard.
The community of Orange Beach goes back to at least
1838, as evidenced by property deeds. As an incorporated
city, it is quite young. Following Hurricane Frederic on
September 12, 1979, with all its publicity, Orange Beach
was 'discovered'! . . . — — Map (db m122462) HM
On Canal Road east of Nancy Lane, on the left when traveling east.
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Orange Beach was named for the oranges that were grown here and exported until the hard-freezes of 1916. The orange groves are gone, but the name remained. Drawn here by the game they hunted, the early Indians discovered the . . . — — Map (db m81851) HM
On Perdido Beach Boulevard (Alabama Route 182) east of Parkway Drive, on the right when traveling east.
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
On Perdido Beach Boulevard (Alabama Route 182) 0.1 miles east of Tannin Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
Romar Beach began as a large homestead property with three miles of beachfront spanning from Gulf State Park to Hwy 161 in Orange Beach. The original property now covers only 480 feet. It was a true homestead and the owners were required to ‘till . . . — — Map (db m122463) HM