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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24L0_black-belt-transformations_Orrville-AL.html
Alabama's Black Belt region derives
its name from a narrow sash of
dark, fertile soil across the state's
midsection. Covering 1000 square
miles, the Black Belt occupies just 2%
of the state's landmass, but its history
and transformatio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24KZ_missing-pieces_Orrville-AL.html
"We by-and-by discovered...a pair of those
splendid birds, the Ivory-billed Woodpeckers
(Picus principalis). They were engaged in
rapping some tall dead pines, in a dense part of
the forest, which rang with their loud notes."
—P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24JM_cahabas-changing-landscape_Orrville-AL.html
In 1818, Alabama's first governor
carved the capital city of Cahawba
out of the wilderness. In less than 50
years, Cahawba grew from a frontier
capital full of log cabins to one of
America's wealthiest communities,
with some of the fin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24JL_alabamas-native-prairie_Orrville-AL.html
Waist-high grasses billowing in the
wind. Rolling prairie expanses. Most
people connect these images with the Midwest's Great Plains. But for
thousands of years, tallgrass
soils of Alabama's Black Belt. Along
prairie—25 miles acros…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24J1_the-hole-that-was-once-a-row_Orrville-AL.html
1822 - Crocheron's Row
Cahawba's First Shopping Center
This large hole was dug in 1822 to be the
basement beneath Cahawba's first brick
store.
In the 19th century the word "row"
described a building that consisted of
several simil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24J0_yankees-in-cahawba_Orrville-AL.html
A New York merchant, Richard Conner
Crocheron, built a magnificant mansion
on this spot. The adjacent photograph
captured the decayed splendor of this
home before it burned. Look closely
at the photograph. Try to identify the
columns t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24IW_a-courthouse-reduced-to-rubble_Orrville-AL.html
Prior to 1905, workmen in search of
salvageable bricks dismantled the old
Dallas County Courthouse (pictured
here). The grassy mound before you
contains the damaged bricks the
workmen left behind.
Cahawba was the county seat from
1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24IV_welcome-to-downtown-cahawba_Orrville-AL.html
Cahawba's homes were spread over an
entire square mile, many with yards of
one or two acres. That was not the case
here on Vine Street. Offices, stores and
hotels were tightly packed along this
main street. The steamboat landings on
th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24IF_death-in-the-street_Orrville-AL.html
On a May afternoon in 1856, an angry
John A. Bell rounded this corner
carrying a large hickory stick. He passed
by Edward Perine's fine brick store, and
continued south down the sidewalk.
Under his coat, he carried two pistols
and a kn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24IE_captive-boys-in-blue_Orrville-AL.html
In 1862 the Confederacy used one of
Cahawba's brick cotton warehouses to
temporarily house men captured at the
Battle of Shiloh. In 1863, they officially
converted the warehouse into a military
prison. The inmates called it "Castle
Mor…