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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23N5_christian-benevolent-funeral-home_Mobile-AL.html
Mrs. Pearl Johnson Madison was one of the early African-American women to own a funeral home in the state of Alabama in 1928. The funeral home and burial association served the African-American community when white mortuaries would not. Today, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23N4_dave-patton_Mobile-AL.html
Patton began his hauling business with two mules and grew to become a prominent real estate entrepreneur and contractor, building many area roads and schools. Patton purchased this site in 1900. According to oral tradition, he commissioned archite…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23MQ_emerson-institute_Mobile-AL.html
On this site stood Emerson Institute, Mobile's first school for the formal education of African-Americans and one of the few 19th-century normal schools for African-Americans in Alabama. Founded 1865 by the Freedmen's Bureau, the school was run by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WK9_tank-m48a1-historical_Mobile-AL.html
Armament
1 - 90mm Gun
2 - .50 Cal. Machine Guns
1 - .30 Cal. Machine Gun
Weight 99,000 lbs. Combat Loaded
Crew 4 Men
Maximum Speed 28 mph
Cruising Range 70 Miles
Grade Ascending Ability 60 Percent
Fording Depth of Water …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MWV_how-big-was-the-original-fort-conde_Mobile-AL.html
Since colonial rulers were unable to attract large numbers of settlers to Mobile, the Port City's population remained small and never grew above 500. Because the majority of Mobile's population was military personnel, the city was built around the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MF0_w-h-council-traditional-school_Mobile-AL.html
Council Traditional School was founded and opened in 1910. It is named in honor of William Hooper Councill, a former slave who was the founder of Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, Alabama. This building was erected in 1910 and underwent restor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ME0_richards-d-a-r-house-museum_Mobile-AL.html
One of the premier antebellum structures in the city, the house was built by Charles Richards, a riverboat captain originally from Maine. The building is considered to have Mobile's finest cast iron, featuring figures in a garden setting and repre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MBJ_mobile-city-hospital_Mobile-AL.html
Built in 1830 by Thomas S. James, Mobile's third hospital has been preserved in its original design except for additions at each end, serving without interruption through disastrous fires, yellow fever epidemics, and war. For 83 years between 1861…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M9L_u-s-marine-hospital_Mobile-AL.html
Built 1838-1841. In Operation 1842-1952. Served Confederate and Union Troops, 1861-1865
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M8U_mobile-city-limits_Mobile-AL.html
At this point the northwest limits of French Mobile faded into the dense forest which surrounded the city in 1711 and many years thereafter. An 1815 map shows the forest reaching Joachim Street, one block west.