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Happy Hollow "Big Curve" image, Touch for more information
By Mark Hilton, December 17, 2013
Happy Hollow "Big Curve"
1 Alabama, Autauga County, Prattville — Happy Hollow
On East Sixth Street, 0.4 miles east of North Northington Street, on the right when traveling west.
2 Alabama, Autauga County, Prattville — Mount Sinai Rosenwald School — Autauga County
On County Road 57 just north of County Road 6, on the right when traveling north.
3 Alabama, Autauga County, Prattville — Old Kingston Historical Cemetery
On County Road 21, 0.1 miles south of County Road 40, on the left when traveling south.
4 Alabama, Autauga County, Prattville — Wilson Pickett, Jr. — March 18, 1941 - January 19, 2006
On South Chestnut Street at 1st Street, on the right when traveling south on South Chestnut Street.
5 Alabama, Baldwin County, Bay Minette — Lynching in America / The Lynching of Rueben Sims — Community Remembrance Project
On Courthouse Square at U.S. 31, on the left when traveling north on Courthouse Square.
6 Alabama, Baldwin County, Bay Minette — Stephen J. Boykin / The American Banner
On Shedrick Hardy Parkway, 0.1 miles south of Rain Drive, on the right when traveling south.
7 Alabama, Baldwin County, Blakeley — The United States Colored Troops (USCT) at the Battle of Fort Blakeley
On Battlefield Road, on the left when traveling east.
8 Alabama, Baldwin County, Daphne — Little Bethel Baptist Church:
On Main Street (County Road 98) at Magnolia Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
9 Alabama, Baldwin County, Loxley — Jenkins Farm / Jenkins Farmhouse
On Jenkins Farm Road, 0.2 miles east of U.S. 90, on the right when traveling east.
10 Alabama, Baldwin County, Spanish Fort — 1st Division, U.S. Colored Troops
On Speckle Trout Route, 0.1 miles north of General Canby Drive, in the median.
11 Alabama, Baldwin County, Stockton — Public Education in Baldwin County / Little Red Schoolhouse Historic Site
On Alabama Route 225, on the left when traveling north.
12 Alabama, Barbour County, Bakerhill — Freemount Junior High School
On Alabama Route 131 at Dennis Road, on the left when traveling west on State Route 131.
13 Alabama, Barbour County, Clio — Dedicated to Memory of African Slaves
Near Alabama Route 51 north of Clio Short Road, on the right when traveling north.
14 Alabama, Barbour County, Eufaula — Old Negro Cemetery / Fairview Cemetery
Near North Randolph Avenue at East Browder Street.
15 Alabama, Barbour County, Midway — Ramah Baptist Church & Cemetery — Barbour County
On Springhill Road (County Road 89), on the right when traveling west.
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16 Alabama, Bibb County, Centreville — Centreville Cemetery — Bibb County
Near Mill Street, 0.2 miles south of Walnut Street (State Route 25), on the right when traveling south.
17 Alabama, Bullock County, Aberfoil — Aberfoil School — Bullock County
On Alabama Route 239, 0.4 miles south of U.S. 29, on the right when traveling south.
18 Alabama, Bullock County, Midway — First Baptist Missionary Church 1875
On Old Troy Road, on the left when traveling west.
19 Alabama, Bullock County, Midway — Old Merritt School Midway Community Center
On Old Troy Road, on the left when traveling west.
20 Alabama, Bullock County, Midway — 1998 — St. James C.M.E. Church — Railroad Street Midway, Alabama
On Railroad Street, on the right when traveling west.
21 Alabama, Bullock County, Union Springs — Union Springs, Alabama
On North Prairie Street, on the right when traveling north.
22 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — 1031 Gurnee Avenue — 1952
On Gurnee Avenue south of West 11th Street, on the left when traveling south.
23 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — 416 W. 15th Street — c. 1925
On West 15th Street at Glenaddie Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West 15th Street.
24 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — 50 Years Later — Freedom Riders National Monument —
Near Gurnee Avenue south of West 11th Street, on the left when traveling south.
25 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — 509 W. 15th Street — c. 1900
On West 15th Street at Glenaddie Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West 15th Street.
26 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — 7 — Anniston Memorial Hospital — May 14, 1961 — Anniston Civil Rights Trail —
On East 10th Street, on the right when traveling east.
27 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — 6 — Anniston Public Library Desegregation — September 15-16, 1963 — Anniston Civil Rights Trail —
On East 10th Street at Wilmer Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East 10th Street.
28 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — Freedom Riders
On Albert P. Brewer Highway (State Highway 202) west of Old Birmingham Highway, on the right when traveling east.
29 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — 3 — Greyhound Bus Station Protest, May 14, 1961 — Anniston Civil Rights Trail —
On Gurnee Avenue north of West 10th Street, on the right when traveling north.
30 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — Horror and Disbelief — 1:55 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. — Freedom Riders National Monument —
Near Gurnee Avenue south of West 11th Street, on the left when traveling south.
31 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — Prelude / Arrival — Freedom Riders National Monument —
Near Gurnee Avenue south of West 11th Street, on the left when traveling south.
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32 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — Pursuit / Trapped — Freedom Riders National Monument —
Near Gurnee Avenue south of West 11th Street, on the left when traveling south.
33 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — Rescue / Escape — Freedom Riders National Monument —
Near Gurnee Avenue south of West 11th Street, on the left when traveling south.
34 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — 10 — Saint John United Methodist Church — Anniston Civil Rights Trail —
On East D Street at South Christine Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East D Street.
35 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — 9 — Seventeenth Street Missionary Baptist Church, Organized 1887 — Anniston Civil Rights Trail —
On West 17th Street at Cooper Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West 17th Street.
36 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — 1 — Southern Railway Station Attack — January 2, 1961 — Anniston Civil Rights Trail —
On West 4th Street east of Spruce Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
37 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — The Ambush / The Police — Freedom Riders National Monument —
Near Gurnee Avenue south of West 11th Street, on the left when traveling south.
38 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — The Burning Bus — Freedom Riders National Monument —
Near Gurnee Avenue south of West 11th Street, on the left when traveling south.
39 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — The Freedom Rides — Freedom Riders National Monument —
Near Gurnee Avenue south of West 11th Street, on the left when traveling south.
40 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — 5 — The Human Relations Council — Anniston Civil Rights Trail —
On Gurnee Avenue south of 12th Street, on the right when traveling south.
41 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — 4 — The Murder of Willie Brewster — July 15, 1965 — Anniston Civil Rights Trail —
On West 11th Street at Gurnee Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West 11th Street.
42 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — The Photograph — Freedom Riders National Monument —
Near Gurnee Avenue south of West 11th Street, on the left when traveling south.
43 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — The Segregationists — Freedom Riders National Monument —
Near Gurnee Avenue south of West 11th Street, on the left when traveling south.
44 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — The Selection Process — Freedom Riders National Monument —
Near Gurnee Avenue south of West 11th Street, on the left when traveling south.
45 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — Trailways Attack — Seeking Justice
On Noble Street at East 9th Street, on the right when traveling north on Noble Street.
46 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — 2 — Trailways Bus Station Attack — May 14, 1961 — Anniston Civil Rights Trail —
On Noble Street at 9th Street, on the right when traveling north on Noble Street.
47 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — Triumph — Freedom Riders National Monument —
Near Gurnee Avenue south of West 11th Street, on the left when traveling south.
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48 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — 8 — West 15th Street Historic District — Anniston Civil Rights Trail —
On West 15th Street west of Walnut Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
49 Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston — Who Were the Riders? — Freedom Riders National Monument —
Near Gurnee Avenue south of West 11th Street, on the left when traveling south.
50 Alabama, Calhoun County, Hobson City — Town of Hobson City, Alabama
On Martin Luther King Drive east of Douglas Street, on the right when traveling east.
51 Alabama, Calhoun County, Ohatchee — Janney Furnace
On Janney Road, 0.1 miles east of Spring Road, on the left when traveling east.
52 Alabama, Chambers County, Five Points — Five Points, Alabama: Town of Five
On U.S. 431, 0.1 miles south of County Route 222, on the right when traveling south.
53 Alabama, Chambers County, Fredonia — New Hope Rosenwald School
Near County Road 267, 0.8 miles north of County Road 216, on the left when traveling north.
54 Alabama, Chambers County, La Fayette — Joe Louis — (Barrow)
On Lafayette Street North (U.S. 431) at 1st Avenue Southwest, on the right when traveling north on Lafayette Street North.
55 Alabama, Chambers County, LaFayette — Chambers County Training School — Chambers County
On 1st Street SE at 7th Street SE, on the left when traveling south on 1st Street SE.
56 Alabama, Chambers County, LaFayette — Essie J. Handy Memorial Cemetery — Chambers County
On B Street, 0.4 miles south of 2nd Street SW, on the right when traveling south.
57 Alabama, Chambers County, LaFayette — Vines Funeral Home and Ambulance Service
On B Street at 1st Place SW, on the right when traveling north on B Street.
58 Alabama, Chambers County, Valley — Lanier High School
On Cherry Drive at North 13th Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Cherry Drive.
59 Alabama, Cherokee County, Centre — Hatcher School — 1949-1969
On Jackson Drive east of Bay Springs Road, on the left when traveling east.
60 Alabama, Cherokee County, Centre — Mose Hampton 1808-1885 — Early Black Leader and Inventor in Cherokee County
On West Main Street at Watson Drive, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
61 Alabama, Choctaw County, Gilbertown, Womack Hill — Little Place Cemetery / Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Womack Hill Community — Choctaw County
On Little Drive (Little Place Cemetery Drive), 0.2 miles east of Ararat Road (County Route 23), on the left when traveling east.
62 Alabama, Choctaw County, Spring Hill — Springhill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery — Choctaw County
On Ararat Road (County Route 23) 7.2 miles north of Pleasant Hill Road, on the right when traveling east.
63 Alabama, Clarke County, Carlton — Mt. Nebo Death Masks
On Mt. Nebo Road, 0.4 miles north of Belqueen Road, on the right when traveling west.
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64 Alabama, Clarke County, Grove Hill — Colored and White Soldiers of World War I
Near West Cobb Street.
65 Alabama, Clarke County, Thomasville — Williams’ Temple CME Church
On Davis Avenue East east of East Front Street.
66 Alabama, Colbert County, Cherokee — A Chickasaw Planter — Natchez Trace Parkway
Near Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 327.3), 1.4 miles east of N Pike (County Route 21), on the left when traveling east.
67 Alabama, Colbert County, Cherokee — Cherokee High School
On Middle School Road north of Old Lee Highway (County Road 20), on the left when traveling north.
68 Alabama, Colbert County, Cherokee — Something to Chew on — Natchez Trace Parkway — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Natchez Trace Access Road (at milepost 320.3), 0.4 miles north of Natchez Trace Parkway.
69 Alabama, Colbert County, Sheffield — 101 Memorial — World War I
70 Alabama, Colbert County, Sheffield — Percy Sledge/Producer Quin Ivy — "When A Man Loves A Woman" / NORALA and Quinvy Studios
On East 2nd Street at North Nashville Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East 2nd Street.
71 Alabama, Colbert County, Sheffield — Sheffield Colored School / Sterling High School
On Sterling Boulevard near Southeast 11th Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
72 Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — “William Mansel Long, Sr. Memorial Drive”
On South High Street at East 10th Street, on the right when traveling south on South High Street.
73 Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — Shady Dell — Colbert County
On East 8th Street, on the left.
74 Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — Trenholm High School
On Trenholm Memorial Drive east of South High Street, on the right when traveling east.
75 Alabama, Conecuh County, Lime Hill — Reverend Hillary James Hawkins, D.D. — 1905-1995
On Brown Hawkins Road at Fall Lane, on the left when traveling north on Brown Hawkins Road.
76 Alabama, Coosa County, Rockford — Peace & Goodwill Cemetery
On Alabama Route 22 west of Alabama Route 9, on the right when traveling west.
77 Alabama, Dale County, Ozark — D. A. Smith High School/ Professor D. A. Smith, Principal — Dale County
On Andrews Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
78 Alabama, Dale County, Pinckard — The Mack M. Matthews School
On Randolph Street, 0.3 miles north of West Hwy 134 East (Alabama Route 134), on the right when traveling north.
79 Alabama, Dallas County, Beloit — The Beloit Industrial Institute
On Alabama Route 22, on the left when traveling east.
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80 Alabama, Dallas County, Cahaba — A Courthouse Reduced to Rubble
On Vine Street at 1st Street North, on the right when traveling north on Vine Street.
81 Alabama, Dallas County, Cahaba — Dallas County Courthouse
On Vine Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
82 Alabama, Dallas County, Cahaba — Kirk-View Farm
On Oak Street (County Road 155), on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
83 Alabama, Dallas County, Cahaba — Methodist Church
On Mulberry Street south of First South Street, on the left when traveling south.
84 Alabama, Dallas County, Cahaba — Who Lived Here?
Near Oak Street south of 1st Street North.
85 Alabama, Dallas County, Orrville — Whitt Cemetery
On County Road 9, 0.4 miles north of State Route 22, on the left when traveling north.
86 Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — "Builders of Movements and Monuments"
On Business U.S. 80 north of Colby Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
87 Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — A Grassroots Movement — Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail —
On Martin Luther King Jr. Street at J L Chestnut Boulevard, on the right when traveling south on Martin Luther King Jr. Street.
88 Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — 'Bloody Sunday' Attack at Edmund Pettus Bridge / U.S. Congress Approves Voting Rights Act of 1965
On Broad Street (Business U.S. 80) at Water Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Broad Street. Reported permanently removed.
89 Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church — Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail —
On Martin Luther King Street, 0.1 miles south of Clark Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
90 Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — Campsite 1 — Selma to Montgomery Trail
On U.S. 80 at milepost 92 at County Road 67 on U.S. 80.
91 Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — Civil Rights Memorial Park — Never Forget, Never Again
On Business U.S. 80 north of Colby Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
92 Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — First Baptist Church — Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail —
On Martin Luther King Jr. Street at JL Chestnut Jr Boulevard, on the left when traveling north on Martin Luther King Jr. Street.
93 Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — George Washington Carver Homes Projects — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Street
On Martin Luther King Jr. Street north of St. Johns Street, on the right when traveling north.
94 Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — George Washington Carver Neighborhood — Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail —
On Martin Luther King Jr. Street at Clark Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Martin Luther King Jr. Street.
95 Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — Honoring: Amelia Boynton Robinson - Marie Foster
On Business U.S. 80 north of Old Montgomery Highway, on the right when traveling north.
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96 Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — I Had A Dream — Dr. Martin L. King Jr.
On Martin Luther King Street north of Selma Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
97 Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — In Memory of Reverend Hosea Williams, Sr.
On Business U.S. 80 north of Old Montgomery Highway, on the right when traveling north.
98 Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — Lewis Scott — A Quote from Lewis - "I See With Memory"
On Martin Luther King Jr. Street, 0.1 miles north of St. Johns Street, on the right when traveling north.
99 Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — Lynching in America / Lynching in Selma — Community Remembrance Project
On U.S. 80, on the right when traveling north.
100 Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — R.B. Hudson High School — Dallas County
On Summerfield Road at 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Summerfield Road.

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