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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIJ2_erected-in-1835_Huntsville-AL.html
The First National Bank of Huntsville and its predecessors: The National Bank of Huntsville1865-1889. The Northern Bank of Alabama1852-1865(Operation suspended 1863-1865)The Branch of the State Bank of Huntsville1833-1852George Steele, Architect a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIJ1_site-the-huntsville-inn_Huntsville-AL.html
Here, President James Monroe was honored at a public dinner on June 2, 1819, while on a three-day visit to the Alabama Territory. Here, also, the First Alabama Legislature convened on October 25, 1819, while Huntsville was the first Capital.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIJ0_tallulah-bankhead-i-schiffman-building_Huntsville-AL.html
Side ATallulah Bankhead was the toast of the London theatre in the 1920's, and nationally renowned for her dramatic roles in "The Little Foxes" (1939), "The Skin of Our Teeth" (1942), the movie "Lifeboat" (1944), and as emcee of the "The Big Show"…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIIZ_madison-county_Huntsville-AL.html
Made a county in 1808 by order of Governor of Mississippi Territory. Area ceded 1805, 1806 by Cherokees, Chickasaws. This was the first land in Alabama ceded by these great civilized tribes.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIIY_john-hunt_Huntsville-AL.html
For whom Huntsville was named lived in a cabin near this spring about the year 1805.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIIW_northern-terminus-indian-creek-canal_Huntsville-AL.html
Incorporated 1820Completed 1831This canal was constructed to the Tennessee River to facilitate the transportation of cotton to market. Developers were: Thomas Fearn, LeRoy Pope, Stephen S. Ewing, Henry Cook, and Samuel Hazard.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIIV_huntsville_Huntsville-AL.html
City was scene of these "firsts" in Alabama: 1811 first town incorporated 1812 first Masonic Lodge chartered 1816 first bank incorporated 1819 first state constitution drafted 1819 first Governor inaugurated 1819 first session of state legislature…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIIT_howard-weeden-home_Huntsville-AL.html
Built 1819 by H. C. Bradford, this home was later owned by John Read, John McKinley, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1837-1852), Bartley M. Lowe, M. C. Betts and Marie Howard Weeden (1846-1905) whose poetry and paintings preserve nineteent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHM_hotel-monte-sano_Huntsville-AL.html
Site of Hotel Monte Sano, built in 1887 by the North Alabama Improvement Company with the assistance of Michael and James O'Shaughnessy. The 233-room hotel opened on June 1, 1887 and served as a health resort and haven for famous visitors includin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHL_historic-viduta-hotel-monte-sano_Huntsville-AL.html
(Front):Historic Viduta"Viduta"-derived from Spanish "vida" meaning "life"In a time when yellow fever, malaria, and cholera threatened, Dr. Thomas Fearn and his brothers Robert and George were drawn by the cool air and medicinal springs to establi…