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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AP7_vicinity-of-salt-works-and-camp-anderson_Bon-Secour-AL.html
Both people and animals need salt to remain healthy. Before the Civil War the people of Alabama consumed about 50 pounds of salt per person per year, most of which came from England and the West Indies. One quarter of all the salt imported into th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AOT_the-springs_Magnolia-Springs-AL.html
Old tales have it that early explorers and even pirate vessels obtained potable water from springs scattered throughout the community of Magnolia Springs. This park is located at the largest of dozens of springs in the area.
In 1865 The Springs…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1961_fort-mims-and-the-creek-indian-war-1813-14_Stockton-AL.html
Front: In 1813, people on the United State's southwestern frontier were fearful. The Redstick faction of the Creek Indian Nation opposed growing American influence in the area and had voted for war. However, Creeks living in the Tensaw area had in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM195X_historic-stockton-old-schoolyard-park_Stockton-AL.html
Front:Historic StocktonModern Stockton is situated on a hill just above the original settlement, which was abandoned around 1840 because of Yellow Fever outbreaks. No verified source for the town name exists. Most likely it was named by the local …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM195V_bartrams-trail_Stockton-AL.html
William Bartram, America's first native born artist - naturalist, passed through Baldwin County during the Revolutionary era, making the first scientific notations of its flora, fauna and inhabitants. As the appointed botanist of Britain's King Ge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM195U_stockton-presbyterian-church_Stockton-AL.html
First known as Baldwin Presbyterian Church, members met in 1847, in Old Union Church near John Gallagher Springs. In 1903, the membership was moved to this site and the name was changed to Stockton Presbyterian Church. In 1956, the membership move…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM195T_the-mound-line_Stockton-AL.html
Surveyed in 1799 to mark the 31? North Latitude, this line charted the first southern boundary of the United States, separating the U.S. from Spanish Florida. The line was marked at one-mile intervals by earthen mounds approximately fifteen-feet s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM195N_major-robert-farmar-plantation_Bay-Minette-AL.html
Here on the banks of the Tensaw River — named for the Tensa Indian tribe whose principal village was located at this place — Major Robert Farmar developed a plantation c. 1772. Farmar was one of the most prominent and controversial Ala…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM195M_kennedy-mill-c-1811_Bay-Minette-AL.html
Site of one of Alabama's first sawmills. In 1811, Joshua Kennedy engaged Jesse Ember to build two water-powered sawmills, convertible to grist mills, for a total of $1400. The mills were operated by Kennedy through 1820; were burned twice, once by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM195L_saluda-hill-cemetery_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
Saluda Hill Cemetery is a private historical cemetery established in 1824. Among the graves here is that of Zachariah Godbold, the only known Revolutionary War veteran buried in Baldwin County. Many Blakeley residents and Confederate soldiers also…