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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
(side 1)
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/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/HMIY5_crow-town_Stevenson-AL.html
Side AOne of the Five Lower Towns established by the Chickamauga Cherokees in 1782 under the leadership of Dragging Canoe. Territorial Governor William Blount reported to the Secretary of War in 1792 that: "Crow Town lies on the north side of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMILD_fort-harker_Stevenson-AL.html
Constructed by the Union Army in the summer of 1862 and expanded in 1864, using soldiers and freed slaves, Ft. Harker was built on a broad hill a quarter mile east of town. It overlooked Crow Creek and was well within firing range of Stevenson's s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEQ4_janie-porter-barrett_Stevenson-VA.html
Janie Porter Barrett was born in Athens, Ga. She graduated from Hampton Institute and soon began teaching home-management techniques to other young African American women and girls. In 1915, Barrett founded the Industrial School for Wayward Colore…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEQ3_stevenson-depot-and-hotel_Stevenson-AL.html
A one-story depot building was constructed here in 1853, when the railroad was first laid through Stevenson. That building burned after the Civil War and was replaced by the present brick depot and hotel in 1872.
During the Civil War, Stevenso…