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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21RX_the-challenge-the-response_Tuscumbia-AL.html
The Challenge"Will you not help me hasten the day when there shall be no preventable blindness; no little deaf, blind child untaught; no blind man or woman unaided?
I appeal to you Lions, you who have sight, your hearing, you who are strong and b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21RW_the-moon-tree_Tuscumbia-AL.html
The Moon Tree was grown from seeds that journeyed to the moon and back aboard Apollo 14 during the period of January 31-February 9, 1971.
The seed was germinated by the U.S. Forest Service in Gulfport, Mississippi, and the seedling was presented …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM219E_u-s-army-m60a3-main-battle-tank_Tuscumbia-AL.html
Obtained from Ft. Rucker, AL by American Legion Post No. 31
April 28, 1999
*Weapons: 105 mm rifled cannon. 7.62 mm and .50 caliber machine guns.
*Engine: 750 hp. 12 cylinder air-cooled diesel.
*Crew-4 men: Weight-107.900 lb.: Speed-30 mph: Ran…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM205K_william-leigh_Tuscumbia-AL.html
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The town of Leighton was named in honor of the Reverend William Leigh, son and grandson of Revolutionary War veterans. He was born in Amelia County Virginia, Oct 4, 1790 and moved to Alabama about 1823.
Leigh settled nearby at &quo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J8X_trenholm-high-school_Tuscumbia-AL.html
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Formal education for Tuscumbia's African American children began in 1870 at the Freedman School taught by Judge Wingo and his daughter in a church at the foot of the hill. In July 1877, the Osborne Colored Academy was established by Afri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY6Q_the-blues-trail-mississippi-to-alabama_Tuscumbia-AL.html
Musicians have long crossed the Alabama -Mississippi border to perform and record. Mississippians such as Albert King, Little Milton, and Pops Staples recorded at studios in Muscle Shoals and Sheffield, including those owned by Mississippi natives…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWGC_ethel-davis-plaza_Tuscumbia-AL.html
1896-1968Ethel Davis' vision and determination to enhance the quality of life in the Shoals through support and encouragement of the arts led to the foundation of the Tennessee Valley Art Association in 1963.The following year the City of Tuscumbi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR23_first-presbyterian-church_Tuscumbia-AL.html
(obverse)First Presbyterian Church was organized April 13, 1824, by Scots-Irish settlers. The sanctuary, erected in 1827, is the oldest in continuous use in Alabama. Its Georgian Gothic style remains essentially unchanged. The brick walls are laid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNO8_history-of-tuscumbia-alabama_Tuscumbia-AL.html
The area around the Big Spring was inhabited by prehistoric Native Americans as early as 10,000 years ago. The first settlement was a French trading post and Indian village about 1780 on Cold Water Creek (Spring Creek) near the river. The first pe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJPF_belle-mont_Tuscumbia-AL.html
Built between 1828 and 1832, Belle Mont is a foremost example of Jeffersonian Palladian Architecture in the deep south and one of Alabama's first great plantation houses.
It was build for Dr. Alexander W. Mitchell, a native of Virginia, and a …