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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGVP_alabama-governors-mansion_Montgomery-AL.html
For almost the first century of statehood, Alabama's governors lived in private homes or hotels while in office. In 1911 the state acquired the Moses Sable home on South Perry Street for the governor's residence. Lined with fine houses, Perry was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGV1_the-little-round-house_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
Constructed as a guard house for the Alabama Corps of Cadets during the early 1860's, the Little Round House provided shelter from inclement weather for cadets on sentry duty. Until 1865, it also housed the University Drum Corps, which was compose…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGUX_alabama-corps-of-cadets-defends-tuscaloosa_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
Early on the morning of 4 April 1865, Union Gen John T. Croxton's Cavalry Brigade of 1500 veteran troopers entered the town after fighting the home guard and capturing the covered bridge connecting Northport and Tuscaloosa across the Warrior River…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGU5_a-history-of-vestavia-hills_Vestavia-Hills-AL.html
In 1924, George Ward, a former mayor of Birmingham, 1905-1909, 1913-1914, visited the City of Rome, Italy. He was so intrigued by the unique beauty of the Temple of the Vestal Virgins on a Roman hilltop that he vowed to build a replica of it on a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGSA_alabama_Fort-Payne-AL.html
In the late '60s, cousins Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry discovered they shared a common interest in music. Joined by Jeff Cook, they started playing on a regular basis. Working their day jobs and playing any place they could locally in the evenings,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGOU_mount-calvary-cemetery_Dixiana-AL.html
The oldest marked grave is that of Nancy Paerson, daughter of William S. Turner who was born September 23, 1813 and died September 19, 1830. Jesse Taylor deeded land for this church and graveyard on February 15, 1856.
Listed in the Alabama Hist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGOP_dexter-avenue-king-memorial-baptist-church_Montgomery-AL.html
The second black Baptist Church in Montgomery. First pastor was Rev. C. O. Boothe. Present structure built 1885. Designed by Pelham J. Anderson; built by William Watkins, a member of the congregation.Many prominent black citizens of Montgomery hav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGOD_wear-cemetery_Pinson-AL.html
Established about 1850, Wear Cemetery is located off Old Springville Road to the northeast at Countryside Circle. In the 1800's the Wear family was among the first settlers of the community later known as Clay. Twenty-three remaining graves were i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGOA_the-cahaba-heart-river-of-alabama_Trussville-AL.html
On Cahaba Mountain to the NW, springs form a fragile stream that grows as it carves through the steep, rocky terrain of Birmingham suburbs, flowing south on the Gulf Coastal Plain to the Alabama River, at the site of Alabama's first capital, Cahaw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGNR_pioneer-massey-cemetery_Trussville-AL.html
Samuel Massey and his brother - in - law, Duke William Glenn, first came to this Territory in February 1814 with Lt. Col Reuben Nash's Regt. South Carolina Volunteer Militia to help defeat the Creek Indians in the War of 1812. Samuel Massey return…