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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AT9_the-charles-swift-family-swift-coles-historic-home_Bon-Secour-AL.html
The Charles Swift Family
Charles Swift came to Alabama in 1880 and married Susan Roberts in 1885. He developed a successful lumber business, including a sawmill here on the Bon Secour River. The Swifts raised their eleven children in this 16-ro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ASV_here-ends-the-alabama-scenic-river-trail_Gulf-Shores-AL.html
Historic 650 miles Water Route along the
Coosa, Alabama and Mobile Rivers
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Beginning on the Coosa River at the
Alabama-Georgia State Line
Established 2007
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ASS_navy-cove-pilot-town_Gulf-Shores-AL.html
Navy Cove
The Mobile Bay shoreline just inside Mobile Point, close to Fort
Morgan, is known as Navy Cove. This was the site of Native
American villages for over two thousand years. The name
came after the British Navy anchored here when F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ASQ_perdido-pass_Orange-Beach-AL.html
Before 1906, Perdido Pass was located three miles east of today's Pass.
It was all a part of Point Ornocor with a short river at its end curving to
the west. The pass was narrow and very dangerous. Alabama Point and
Ono Island did not exist.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2APZ_history-of-lottie-alabama_Atmore-AL.html
Front
Lottie has the highest elevation in Baldwin County. A ridge forms a divide where waters to the east flow into Pensacola Bay and waters to the west flow into Mobile Bay. Pine Log Creek begins in Lottie. Pine Log Ditch, used to float logs for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29OS_union-siege-battery-no-1_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
Near this site was the location of the first of twenty-two artillery positions the Union army set up to bombard the Confederate fortifications of Spanish Fort. The Confederate forces were under the command of Brig Gen. Randall Gibson. Battery Trac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29I3_site-of-the-naval-battery_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
Manned with sailors and commanded by Lt. Commander Gillis of the U.S.S. Milwaukee, which was sunk by a Confederate torpedo in Blakeley River. Armed with two 4.2 in. Parrott rifled cannon firing projectiles weighing 30 lbs., these guns fired on Con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM287F_colors-of-significance-historic-flags-of-mobile-point_Gulf-Shores-AL.html
Traditionally referred to as "colors', flags have long been used to identify nations, loyalties, and movements. As the sands have shifted through the ages, so too have the colors and loyalties of the Gulf Coast. Displayed here are a small section …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM287D_the-battery-bailey_Gulf-Shores-AL.html
Construction began on August 19th on two artillery positions that were emplaced only 200 yards from the southeast bastion of Fort Morgan. These positions, which were part of Battery Bailey, anchored the southern flank of the Federal siege lines. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM287B_first-battle-of-fort-bowyer_Gulf-Shores-AL.html
American Forces
158 Men
20 Cannons
Casualties
3 Killed; 5 Wounded
British Forces
852 Men
130 Creek Indians
4 Ships; 80 Cannon
23 Killed; 47 Wounded
On September 11, 1814, HMS Hermes, HMS Sophie, HMS Carron, and HMS Childress sailed w…