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A County Older Than the State, Baldwin County Marker (reverse) image, Touch for more information
By Mark Hilton, August 22, 2018
A County Older Than the State, Baldwin County Marker (reverse)
1 Alabama, Baldwin County, Bay Minette — A County Older Than the State, Baldwin County
On Courthouse Square (U.S. 31) at Hand Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Courthouse Square.
2 Alabama, Baldwin County, Gulf Shores — Indian Village Achuse
On Alabama Route 180 east of Gasque Lane, on the right when traveling west.
3 Alabama, Baldwin County, Magnolia Springs — The Springs
Near Magnolia Springs Highway (County Route 49) 0.1 miles east of Oak Street.
4 Alabama, Baldwin County, Spanish Fort — Bay of the Holy Spirit
On Battleship Parkway (U.S. 98) near Interstate 10, on the right when traveling east.
5 Alabama, Baldwin County, Spanish Fort — Caisson Trace
On Caisson Trace at Spanish Main Street, on the left when traveling west on Caisson Trace.
6 Alabama, Baldwin County, Spanish Fort — Spanish Fort
On Spanish Main Street north of Spanish Fort Boulevard (U.S. 31), on the right when traveling north.
7 Alabama, Butler County, Greenville — Bartram's Trail
On Sherling Lake Road (County Road 44) 1 mile west of Braggs Road (State Route 263), on the right when traveling west.
8 Alabama, Calhoun County, Oxford — The "Shattering" of the Mississippian World — AD 1540 to AD 1730 — Choccolocco Park Interpretive Trail —
Near Leon Smith Parkway.
9 Alabama, Cherokee County, Cedar Bluff — Indian Village of Costa
On Old Alabama Route 9 west of Sewell Ferry Road, on the right when traveling west.
10 Alabama, Choctaw County, Gilbertown — First Oil Well In Alabama
On Paragon Road (County Road 16) 2 miles west of State Route 17, on the left when traveling west.
11 Alabama, Clay County, Delta — Home Sweet Home
12 Alabama, Cleburne County, Muscadine — Hernando de Soto in Alabama
Near Interstate 20 (Interstate 20) west of Alabama Route 37, on the right when traveling west.
13 Alabama, Colbert County, Muscle Shoals — Explore the River
On Reservation Road.
14 Alabama, Dallas County, Cahaba — Alabama's Native Prairie
On Capitol Street at Cahaba Road, on the right when traveling east on Capitol Street. Reported permanently removed.
15 Alabama, DeKalb County, Sulphur Springs — The De Soto Trail — Hernando De Soto In Alabama
Near Interstate 59, 1 mile north of County Road 140, on the right when traveling south.
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16 Alabama, DeKalb County, Sulphur Springs — The De Soto Trail
Near Interstate 59, 1 mile north of County Road 140, on the right when traveling south.
17 Alabama, Elmore County, Wetumpka — Bartram's Trail
On West Fort Toulouse Road, 0.1 miles west of U.S. 231, on the right when traveling west.
18 Alabama, Elmore County, Wetumpka — William Bartram Arboretum — 1739 - 1823
Near West Fort Toulouse Road, 0.2 miles south of Jackson Park Road.
19 Alabama, Houston County, Columbia — Omussee Creek Mound and the Ancestors of the Creeks — Creek Heritage Trail —
On Omussee Creek Road, 0.5 miles north of Picnic Road, on the right when traveling north.
20 Alabama, Houston County, Cottonwood — Southern Boundary of the United States — 1795-1819
On U.S. 231 at State Line Road, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 231.
21 Alabama, Lauderdale County, Florence, East Florence — Jesse Clopton James — City of Florence Walk of Honor
On Hightower Place.
22 Alabama, Lee County, Smiths Station — Line 32° 28΄ North Latitude
On County Road 430, 0.6 miles south of County Road 248, on the left when traveling south.
23 Alabama, Limestone County, Ardmore — Hernando De Soto in Alabama — De Soto Trail
24 Alabama, Lowndes County, Tyler — Talisi visited by De Soto — Sept. 18, 1540
On U.S. 80 at County Road 7, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 80.
25 Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee — Bartram's Trail
On Forest Road 949, 0.2 miles north of State Route 186, on the left when traveling north.
26 Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Armstrong • Collins • Aldrin — Launched: July 16, 1969 • Landed: July 20, 1969 • Splashdown: July 24, 1969 — "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." —
Near Tranquility Base, 0.5 miles west of Old Madison Pike NW, on the left when traveling west.
27 Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Cernan • Evans • Schmitt — Launched: December 7, 1972 • Landed: December 11, 1972 • Splashdown: December 19, 1972 — "...America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow." —
Near Tranquility Base, 0.5 miles west of Old Madison Pike NW, on the left when traveling west.
28 Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Conrad • Gordon • Bean — Launched: November 14, 1969 • Landed: November 19, 1969 • Splashdown: November 24, 1969 — "I see the Surveyor! I see the Surveyor!" —
Near Tranquility Base, 0.5 miles west of Old Madison Pike NW, on the left when traveling west.
29 Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — External Tank — Liquid Propellent Supply for Space Shuttle Main Engines
Near Tranquilty Base, 0.5 miles west of Madison Pike, on the left when traveling west.
30 Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Lovell • Swigert • Haise — Launched: April 11, 1970 • Splashdown: April 17, 1970 — "Okay Houston, Hey, We've got a problem here..." —
On Tranquility Base, 0.5 miles west of Old Madison Pike NW, on the left when traveling west.
31 Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — McDivitt • Scott • Schweickart / Stafford • Young • Cernan — Launched: March 3, 1969 • Splashdown: March 13,1969 — Launched: May 18, 1969 • Splashdown: May 26, 1969 —
Near Tranquility Base, 0.5 miles west of Old Madison Pike NW, on the left when traveling west.
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32 Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Ms. Baker: Monkeynaut
Near Tranquility Base, 0.5 miles west of Madison Pike, on the left when traveling west.
33 Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Saturn V
Near Tranquility Base, 0.5 miles west of Old Madison Pike NW, on the left when traveling west.
34 Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Schirra • Eisele • Cunningham / Borman • Lovell • Anders — Launched: October 11, 1968 • Splashdown: October 22, 1968 — Launched: December 21, 1968 • Splashdown: December 27, 1968 —
Near Tranquility Base, 0.5 miles west of Old Madison Pike NW, on the left when traveling west.
35 Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Scott • Worden • Irwin — Launched: July 26, 1971 • Landed: July 30, 1971 • Splashdown: August 7, 1971 — "It's really rolling hills, up and down we go, buckin' bronco!" —
Near Tranquility Base, 0.5 miles west of Old Madison Pike NW, on the left when traveling west.
36 Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Shepard • Roosa • Mitchell — Launched: January 31, 1971 • Landed: February 5, 1971 • Splashdown: February 9, 1971 — "...It's been a long way, but we're here." —
Near Tranquility Base, 0.5 miles west of Old Madison Pike NW, on the left when traveling west.
37 Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — U.S. Army/NASA Juno II
Near Tranquility Base, 0.5 miles west of Madison Pike, on the left when traveling west.
38 Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Young • Mattingly • Duke — Launched: April 16, 1972 • Landed: April 20, 1972 • Splashdown: April 27, 1972 — "Look at the size of that rock!" —
Near Tranquility Base, 0.5 miles west of Old Madison Pike NW, on the left when traveling west.
39 Alabama, Marshall County, Guntersville — Indian Village Tali
On Gunter Avenue (U.S. 431) at Court Street, on the left when traveling south on Gunter Avenue.
40 Alabama, Mobile County, Dauphin Island — Dauphin Island
On Bienville Boulevard at Lackland Street, on the right when traveling east on Bienville Boulevard.
41 Alabama, Mobile County, Grand Bay — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773-1777 — Deep South Region —
Near Interstate 10, 2 miles east of Franklin Creek Road.
42 Alabama, Mobile County, Le Moyne — Ellicott's Stone — Erected April 9th, 1799
On U.S. 43 at milepost 19,, 0.1 miles south of Lofton Road, on the right when traveling north. Reported damaged.
43 Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile — Crown & Scepter of Isabel
Near Government Street (U.S. 90) just east of South Hamilton Street, on the right when traveling east.
44 Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile — Hernando de Soto — C 1500-1542
Near South Franklin Street south of Government Street (U.S. 90), on the left when traveling north.
45 Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile — Isabel La Catolica — 1451-1504
Near Government Street (U.S. 90) just east of South Hamilton Street, on the right when traveling east.
46 Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile — Our Spanish Heritage
On Government Street (U.S. 90) east of South Hamilton Street, on the right when traveling east.
47 Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile — Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
On St Francis Street at North Conception Street, on the right when traveling east on St Francis Street.
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48 Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile — Tristan de Luna y Arellano — 1519–1573
Near Battleship Parkway (U.S. 98) 0.7 miles south of Interstate 10, on the right when traveling east.
49 Alabama, Montgomery County, Maxwell Air Force Base — Site of Indian Town Tawasa — 1540-1814
Near West Hickory Street at Chennault Circle when traveling west.
50 Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Alabama River: The Grand Avenue
Near Water Street west of Whitman Street, on the right when traveling west.
51 Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Europeans Along the Alabama River
Near Water Street.
52 Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Struggle For Colonial Empire
Near Water Streer at Commerce Street, on the right when traveling west.
53 Alabama, Pickens County, Aliceville — George Downer Field — Aliceville, Alabama — Dedicated Nov. 7, 1961 —
On Alabama Route 17, 0.2 miles south of Iron Bridge Road, on the right when traveling south.
54 Alabama, Russell County, Fort Mitchell — Archaeology And Our Understanding of the Creek People — Creek Heritage Trail —
Near County Route 165, 2.3 miles south of Nuckols Road (Road 39).
55 Alabama, Russell County, Phenix City — The Creek Town of Coweta — Creek Heritage Trail —
Near Dillingham Street at Brickyard Road (Route 61).
56 Alabama, Russell County, Phenix City — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773-1777 — Deep South Region
On U.S. 280 just east of General Colin Powell Parkway, in the median. Reported missing.
57 Alabama, St. Clair County, Pell City — None — A County Older Than The State — St. Clair County
On Cogswell Avenue at 18th Street, on the right when traveling west on Cogswell Avenue.
58 Alabama, Sumter County, York — Line 32° 28΄ North Latitude
On 4th Avenue (U.S. 11) 0.6 miles north of Longshore Drive, on the right when traveling north.
59 Alabama, Talladega County, Childersburg — Coosa
On Plant Road (Alabama Route 235 at milepost 2), on the left when traveling north.
60 Alabama, Talladega County, Childersburg — De Soto's Visit
On U.S. 280 at Childersburg Fayettville Highway (State Highway 76), on the right when traveling south on U.S. 280.
61 Alabama, Talladega County, Childersburg — History Of Childersburg
On 1st Street Southwest (State Highway 76) at 6th Avenue Southwest, on the right when traveling east on 1st Street Southwest.
62 Alabama, Talladega County, Childersburg — The De Soto Trail / Chief Coosa And His Dominion — Alabama De Soto Trail —
On U.S. 280 at Childersburg Fayettville Highway (State Highway 76), on the right on U.S. 280.
63 Alabama, Washington County, Chatom — Washington County — First County in Alabama
On Court Street north of Central Avenue (Alabama Route 56), on the left when traveling north.
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64 Alaska, Anchorage — Captain James Cook — R.N., F.R.S. — Navigator, Explorer, Chartmaker, Scientist, Humanist / 1728 – 1779 —
Near L Street.
65 Alaska, Anchorage — Resolution Park 1776 / 1778
On L Street, on the right when traveling south.
66 Alaska, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Fairbanks — Alaska's Gold Rush Era
On Richardson Highway (Alaska Route 2), on the right when traveling south.
67 Alaska, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Fairbanks — Tanana Valley Gold
On Richardson Highway (Alaska Route 2), on the right when traveling south.
68 Alaska, Juneau Borough, Juneau, Twin Lakes — Wagner Mine
On Salmon Creek Lane.
69 Alaska, Sitka Borough, Sitka — 250th Anniversary of the Bering- Chirikov Expedition — 1741-1991
70 Alaska, Sitka Borough, Sitka — Noow Tlein
71 Alaska, Skagway — Skagway Centennial Statue — 1897
On Broadway, on the right when traveling north.
72 Arizona, Apache County, Lupton — One Days Ride to Zuni
Near Interstate 40 at milepost 359.
73 Arizona, Cochise County, Bisbee — Discovery of Ore
On Arizona Route 80 at milepost 341,, 0.2 miles west of Main Street, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing.
74 Arizona, Cochise County, Bowie — Parke Camp Site
Near Fort Bowie Trail, 0.4 miles south of Apache Pass Road.
75 Arizona, Cochise County, Hereford — The Coronado Expedition, 1540-42
Near East Montezuma Canyon Road..
76 Arizona, Coconino County, Flagstaff — Beale Road — Historic Site
On U.S. 180, on the right when traveling north.
77 Arizona, Coconino County, Flagstaff — Henry Lee Giclas — December 10, 1910 - April 2, 2007
Near West Mars Hill Road, 0.6 miles west of West Santa Fe Avenue.
78 Arizona, Coconino County, Flagstaff — Lowell Observatory — National Historic Landmark
Near West Mars Hill Road, 0.6 miles west of West Santa Fe Avenue.
79 Arizona, Coconino County, Flagstaff — The Lawrence Lowell Telescope
Near West Mars Hill Road, 0.6 miles west of West Santa Fe Avenue.
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80 Arizona, Coconino County, Fredonia — 29 — Pipe Springs National Monument
On U.S. 89A at milepost 609, on the left when traveling north.
81 Arizona, Coconino County, Fredonia — Prickly Pears and Pinion Nuts — Dominguez y Escalante Expedition 1776-1976
On U.S. 89A at milepost 609, on the left when traveling north.
82 Arizona, Coconino County, Grand Canyon National Park — Bright Angel Trail
83 Arizona, Coconino County, Grand Canyon National Park — Colonel Claude Hale Birdseye — 1878-1941 — Explorer • Geographer • Surveyor —
Near Hermit Road.
84 Arizona, Coconino County, Grand Canyon National Park — Early Explorer
On Hermits Road, on the right when traveling east.
85 Arizona, Coconino County, Grand Canyon National Park — Kolb Studio — Grand Canyon National Park
86 Arizona, Coconino County, Grand Canyon National Park — Mining on Horseshoe Mesa
87 Arizona, Coconino County, Grand Canyon National Park — The Best Section
Near Hermit Road at West Rim Trail.
88 Arizona, Coconino County, Grand Canyon Village — Spanish Discovery
Near Desert View Drive (Arizona Route 64) 14.6 miles east of South Entrance Road, on the left when traveling east.
89 Arizona, Coconino County, Marble Canyon — Dominguez y Escalante Expedition — 1776 - 1976 — Treacherous Descent
On U.S. 89A at milepost 557, on the left when traveling east. Reported missing.
90 Arizona, Coconino County, Marble Canyon — Impossible Canyons — Dominguez y Escalante Expedition 1776-1976
On U.S. 89A at milepost 538.3, on the right when traveling west.
91 Arizona, Coconino County, Page — Crossing of the Fathers — Dominguez y Escalante Expedition 1776-1976
On Lake Powell Boulevard at Navajo Drive, on the right when traveling north on Lake Powell Boulevard.
92 Arizona, Coconino County, Page — Emma Dean
On Lake Powell Boulevard at Navajo Drive, on the right when traveling north on Lake Powell Boulevard.
93 Arizona, Coconino County, Page — Major John Wesley Powell — 1834-1902
Near U.S. 89.
94 Arizona, Coconino County, Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument — "The Peaks"
95 Arizona, Coconino County, Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument — Geological Infant
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96 Arizona, Coconino County, Walnut Canyon National Monument — A Time of Change
97 Arizona, Coconino County, Williams — Bill Williams Mountain — Elevation 9,264 Ft
On West Bill Williams Avenue/West Route 66, on the left when traveling east.
98 Arizona, Coconino County, Williams — William Sherley Williams — Sculpture by B.R. Pettit
On East Railroad Avenue near South 9th Street, in the median.
99 Arizona, Graham County, Safford — The Gila Valley
On U.S. 70 at milepost 341, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
100 Arizona, Greenlee County, Clifton — San Francisco River
On The Coronado Trail (U.S. 191 at milepost 163), on the right when traveling north.

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