You searched for City|State|Country: , al us
Page 11 of 12 — Showing results 101 to 110 of 115
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM194E_orange-beach-alabama_Orange-Beach-AL.html
Front:Orange Beach was named for the oranges that were grown here and exported until the hard-freezes of 1916. The orange groves are gone, but the name remained. Drawn here by the game they hunted, the early Indians discovered the seafood bounty o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM193B_indian-village-achuse_Gulf-Shores-AL.html
This Shell Banks Baptist Church rests near the location of the first Indian village in America visited by a white man. This was the Indian village of "Achuse" visited by Admiral Maldonado who was one of De Soto's officers. He scouted the Florida a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM192P_magnolia-springs-alabama_Magnolia-Springs-AL.html
Front:Settlement of this area began in the early 1700's and was expedited by a series of Spanish land grants in the early 1800's. During the 1819-33 time period a brick factory along the south river bank supplied brick for construction of Fort Mor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15R4_revolutionary-war-battlefield-and-burial-ground-at-spanish-fort-1780-1781_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
During the Revolutionary War, France, Spain, Britain, and the United States were interested in the fate of this region. In March 1780, Spanish forces captured Mobile. They established a palisaded fort with trenches (one mile north of here) to prot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ8Z_cobbs-light_Foley-AL.html
1942, Benjamin DeWitt Cobb, more affectionately known as "B.D.", was appointed as the lone police officer for the town of Foley. In 1943, another officer was hired and B.D. was appointed as the first Chief of Police. This marked the founding of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ4I_gulf-shores-community_Gulf-Shores-AL.html
Officially designated "Pleasure Island" in 1949 by Governor Jim Folsom, the 32 miles of white sandy beaches in Gulf Shores has been a prime fishing and golf destination for Alabamians and tourists. Early Alabama Gulf Coast individuals and families…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY5P_damn-the-torpedoes_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
"Damn The Torpedoes!" is the familiar battle cry, but there's much more to the story! The Mobile Bay Civil War Trail is your guide to military movements and the way of life on and around Mobile Bay in the closing two years of the Civil War. Stand …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY5L_stop-8-the-eighth-iowa-line_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
Canby brought up his heavy guns from Stark's Landing a process that took several days, beginning on the 28th. Supported by the Federal monitors, Chickasaw and Winnebago, Canby tried to pound the enemy into submission The Confederates naturally att…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY5G_stop-7-fort-mcdermott_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
Late on March 26, C.S. General St. John Liddell withdrew into the relative safety of Fort Blakeley and Spanish Fort, Liddell, assisted by General Francis Cockrell, assumed personal responsibility for the defense of Blakeley and put the defense of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY0W_city-of-foley-camellia-walk_Foley-AL.html
The camellia, is often called the Queen of winter flowers, is the state flower of Alabama. Originally from the Orient, the camellia made its way to Europe in the 1600s, then to America and Australia in the 1700s. It now flourishes in the southern …