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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGE7_jonathan-bass-house-museum_Leeds-AL.html
Jonathan Bass was born January 30, 1837, in Jefferson County. His father arrived in Jefferson County in 1816, and Jonathan was a life-long resident. Although the Bass House was under construction as early as 1863, Jonathan left the farm to join th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG5O_wilsons-raiders_Birmingham-AL.html
Gen. James H. Wilson, USA, having crossed the Tennessee River with a large force of well equipped cavalry, grouped them here at Elyton.Their mission: to destroy Alabama's economic facilities for supporting the War.
From these headquarters he se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG5I_union-baptist-church-and-cemetery_Bessemer-AL.html
Union Baptist Church was organized in 1834 by 18 or 20 members from Canaan Church. The Libscomb area was then known as East End. Members of the Rockett and Ware families donated the original two acreas of this site and a log cabin, which served as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG5H_belview-heights-neighborhood_Birmingham-AL.html
The Corey Land Company, a group of prominent local businessmen headed by Robert Jemison, Jr., developed Belview Heights as a neighborhood for the professional employees of U.S. Steel in the 1910's. Extending the grid system being used in Ensley ov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG5F_walker-memorial-church_Birmingham-AL.html
In 1818 before Alabama, Jefferson County, Elyton or Birmingham existed, The Elyton Methodist Church was established on Center Street. It was moved to 14 Second Avenue, and in 1909, to its present site. Renamed in 1910 for Corilla Porter Walker (18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG5E_disabled-american-veterans_Birmingham-AL.html
(Side 1)Disabled American Veterans Formed December 25, 1920.Birmingham Chapter No. 4 Chartered January 25, 1926.This Memorial Dedicated To Our Military Forces And To All Who Have Given Their Blood And Lives That The Republic Might Live Forever.How…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG5C_rosedale_Homewood-AL.html
Benjamin F. Roden formed the Clifton Land Company in 1886 to develop this area. The development was reorganized in 1889 as the South Birmingham Land Company.Theodore Smith, nurseryman and florist, moved here from Bedford, New York in the 1880's an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFJR_site-of-the-first-alabama-auburn-football-game_Birmingham-AL.html
The first Alabama - Auburn football game was played on this site, formerly known as the Base Ball Park, on February 22, 1893. The Agricultural and Mechanical College's "Orange and Blue" met the University of Alabama's "Tuskaloosa" squad before a c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFJP_sloss-furnaces_Birmingham-AL.html
The crossing of railroads in 1872 adjacent to this site gave rise to the industrial city of Birmingham. In 1881 Alabama railroad magnate and entrepreneur James Withers Sloss, capitalizing on the unusual coincidence of coal, iron ore and limestone …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEW7_rickwood-field_Birmingham-AL.html
Built by local industrialist A. H. "Rick" Woodward, this park opened on August 18, 1910. It is the oldest surviving baseball park in America. Rickwood served as the home park for both the Birmingham Barons (until 1987) and the Birmingham Black Bar…