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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DRL_skirmish-at-woodalls-bridge_Hartselle-AL.html
An estimated 600 Confederate and Union troops skirmished on this site on April 7, 1864 for control of crucial troop movements south of the Tennessee River during the Federal occupation of North Alabama.
Confederate Brigadier General James Holt …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1964_ingalls-shipyard_Decatur-AL.html
Ingalls Iron Works was established in 1910, by Robert Ingalls,in Titusville Alabama. It became the largest steel company in the region. Looking for new opportunities for the steel company fabricated, Ingalls opened Ingalls Shipyard in 1937 to buil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM111D_lest-we-forget_Decatur-AL.html
Beneath this hallowed ground lay the remains of fifty-five Confederate soldiers. They gave their lives to establish southern independence, protect their homes, and preserve states rights. These original headstones were placed in May 1903 by the Jo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10AV_health-and-civic-welfare_Decatur-AL.html
"The opportunies which were at hand in the development of the river and the region were being seized upon by our people with renewed courage and confidence. We now kow that we couldn't be licked again, that what had been preached to us by TVA was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10AU_recreation-and-refreshment_Decatur-AL.html
"We are definitely in an era of building the best kind of buildings the building of a great projects for the benefit of the public and with the definite objectives of building human happiness". Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Delano park was created …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10AI_social-and-cultural-opportunites_Decatur-AL.html
"It is intended that the city shall be not only a first class business and manufacturing place but at the same time it shall be a delightful place for the home and family."-Promotional brochure from the Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10AF_beauty-and-hope_Decatur-AL.html
"This section lying between Sixth Avenue and Eight Avenue will provide the central beautification theme as it will evolve into a beautiful elevated rose garden with 2,000 selected roses planted at vantage points... the color ensemble, when complet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10AB_albany_Decatur-AL.html
On Jan. 11, 1887, the Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company, Inc. was formed under the leadership E. C. Gordon, C.C. Harris and W.W. Littlejohn. With a capital investment of $7,500.000, the company purchased 5600 acres of land, including 10…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWH5_korean-war_Decatur-AL.html
In Memory of those who died for our country in the Korean War1950-1953
Otis F. Alford, Claud Greene, Jr., Thomas C. Hendrix, Paul Gentra Holloway, Richard D. McGhee, Olen Parker
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWH3_world-war-one_Decatur-AL.html
In Memory of those who died for our country during1917-18
John Alexander Jr.,Dorsey L. Baker, Fred S. Baker, Sam Black, James W. Bunch, Harkless Byrd, Joe Campbell, James L. Culpepper, William J. Eaton, Buford L. Flack, Owen Fowler, Claud M Gra…