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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHC_first-bank-in-alabama_Huntsville-AL.html
Housed on this site in brick building44 ft. x 54 ft
Chartered by Mississippi Territorial Legislature December 11, 1816
Commenced operations October 17, 1817, shortly thereafter made depository for Huntsville Federal Land Office funds.
Cha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHB_confederate-monument_Huntsville-AL.html
Erected on November 21, 1905, a handsome monument was dedicated to the Confederate dead by the Virginia Clay Clopton Chapter #1107 United Daughters of the Confederacy of Huntsville, and was unveiled with proper ceremonies in which many veterans of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIH9_central-presbyterian-church_Huntsville-AL.html
This church which had its origins in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church was first mentioned at a meeting of the Presbytery on April 7, 1812. It became known as First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Huntsville, Alabama. In 1828 the first building…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIH0_calhoun-house_Huntsville-AL.html
On this site stood the Calhoun House, used as a Federal Courthouse, where desperado Frank James was tried and found not guilty, by jury trial, on April 25, 1884, for robbery of a government payroll near Muscle Shoals, Alabama, March 11, 1881. One …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIGV_first-missionary-baptist-church_Decatur-AL.html
Led by first pastor Alfred Peters, 21 members organized this church on April 22, 1866, in the home of Sister Jane Young. Services were first held in a storefront building on the banks of the Tennessee River. In 1873 First Missionary purchased a ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIGT_schaudies-banks-cottage_Decatur-AL.html
During the 1870s, Samuel Schaudies and Abbie Robinson Schaudies moved to this site from Huntsville and purchased this five-room cottage in 1881 for $800.00. The deed lists this site as part of Lot 84, "Old Town" Decatur. In 1875, their daughter, T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIGS_old-state-bank-building_Decatur-AL.html
Erected 1833, Cost $9,482. Classic Revival design. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Decatur Branch, Bank of The State of Alabama. Chartered 1832 by state legislature, profitable until 1837, charter revoked 1842 and closed. 1842-1901…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIGR_first-railroad_Decatur-AL.html
Built 1833 to by-pass shoals in Tenn. River. Absorbed by Memphis & Charleston And by Southern Rwy. In 1898.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIGQ_gen-jos-wheeler_Tanner-AL.html
For whom this lake in Tennessee River is named lived 1836-1906. His home 16 miles west. Lt. Gen. in Confederate Army 1864-5. Maj. Gen. U. S. Army 1898. Named by Alabama to Hall of Fame, Washington, 1922.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIGP_a-county-older-than-the-state-morgan-county_Decatur-AL.html
Alabama Territorial Legislature created this county in 1818 from lands ceded by Cherokee Indians in 1816. County first named Cotaco, for large creek in county.
Named Morgan County in 1821 for Maj. Gen. Daniel Morgan, Revolutionary hero, winner …