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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21Z6_flight-800-memorial_Stevenson-AL.html
Early on the morning of Wednesday, July 17, 1996
—hearts and minds overflowing with excitement for the journey—
five of our friends, neighbors and kinfolk,
left Stevenson, Alabama, bound for Paris, France.
That evening, at sunse…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21Z4_averyville_Stevenson-AL.html
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During the Reconstruction Period following the Civil War, a freedmen's community was established in this area called Averyville, named for the Pennsylvania minister and successful businessman Charles Avery, a longtime and faithful champi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2092_wet-wild-and-wonderful_Stevenson-AL.html
Alabama's Winter Waterfowl
The Tennessee River Valley is the winter home for thousands of waterfowl. These birds migrate from across the northern US and Canada down through the center of the continent to the Tennessee River.
Careful management…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VZV_robert-e-jones-jr-historical_Scottsboro-AL.html
In 1946, Robert E. Jones, Jr. was elected to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives to fill Alabama's 5th Congressional District seat vacated by John J. Sparkman's election to the U.S. Senate. Elected to 15 consecutive terms, 1946-1976, Congre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VZU_union-civil-war-encampment-in-scottsboro-historical_Scottsboro-AL.html
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In late December 1863, Union Maj. Gen. John A. Logan established his Fifteenth Army Corps headquarters in Scottsboro, Alabama. On January 11, 1864, by command of Gen. Logan, Brig. Gen. Hugh Ewing, commanding the Fourth Division, was orde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NGV_union-army-headquarters_Stevenson-AL.html
Stevenson was a major supply station and staging ground for decisive campaigns and battles of the Civil War. This small house, called "The Little Brick," was alive with activity when General William S. Rosecrans relocated his command here on Augus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IM2_town-of-section_Section-AL.html
Section, Alabama is on a land where the Cherokee once hunted and lived. There were communities such as Kirby Creek, Gossets Hollow, and Fern Cliff. These communities came together to form the Town of Section. Pioneer settlers came in large numbers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CUT_rocky-springs-church-of-christ_Bridgeport-AL.html
Oldest Church of Christin the State1807 - 1976
Placed bythe Alabama SocietyDaughters of the American Revolution
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BUX_history-of-langston_Langston-AL.html
The small village of Coffeetown, located to the southeast of what is now Langston, was established in the 1810s. Coffeetown faded away in 1869 when most of its residents moved to Texas. It was then that James Morgan sold 15 acres in town lots and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BLO_the-history-of-paint-rock-alabama-paint-rock-arrests-in-1931-began-scottsboro-boys-cases_Paint-Rock-AL.html
(side 1)The History of Paint Rock, Alabama
Originally Camden circa 1830, the post office was renamed Redman in 1846 and became Paint Rock on May 17, 1860. After the Memphis and Charleston Railroad Co. built a depot and water tower in 1856, the …