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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WSA_spanish-fort-1689-1691-historical_Fort-Mitchell-AL.html
East of here, on the Chattahoochee River, was the "fort among the Apalachicolas," most northern of the Spanish settlements in eastern North America. A palisaded "strong house" built by Captain Enrique Primo de Rivera to check activities of English…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HCK_st-peter-a-m-e-church-cemetery_Seale-AL.html
Old St. Peter A.M.E. Church Cemetery is one of Russell County's oldest African-American cemeteries. Established in the early 1880s by former slaves, the church became a central institution to many families in the Seale community. Records indicate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HCI_villula_Pittsview-AL.html
Originally known as Vilula, this community was formed about 1848 as a stage coach stop. For many years the only post office in the central part of the county was located here. William A. Lester served as the first postmaster. The Villula Methodis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HCH_macedonia-missionary-baptist-church-macedonia-school_Seale-AL.html
Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church Macedonia Baptist Church was organized in 1870 by Pastor Robert Fegins with the assistance of twelve members from Providence Baptist Church. The first person baptized in the church was Mr. Charles Smith who la…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BDA_long-family_Hurtsboro-AL.html
Nimrod Washington Long moved to Alabama from Georgia in the 1830s. A planter, mill owner and state legislator, he had real estate and railroad interests in Russell County. This house was the plantation home of Nimrod Washington Long in Spring Hill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BCZ_uchee-good-hope-baptist-church-uchee_Hatchechubbee-AL.html
(obverse)UcheeOne of the oldest white settlements in the Chattahoochee Valley before and after the removal of the Indians; land deeds between whites date back to 1832, the year of Russell County's founding. The name of the town comes from the Indi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BCX_uchee-chapel-methodist-church_Hatchechubbee-AL.html
This circa 1859 building is a very good and intact example of the temple front house of worship in the purest form of the Greek Revival style. It was constructed by L.S. Johnson at the same time as the nearby Good Hope Baptist Church. The Uchee Ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BCU_hurtsboro-united-methodist-church_Hurtsboro-AL.html
Originally built in 1865, the First Methodist Church in Hurtsboro, then called Hurtsville was located in Olivet, about 4 miles south. The building burned and a wooden church was built on this site in 1876. It was replaced in 1906 by the present br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BCT_joel-hurt-house_Hurtsboro-AL.html
(obverse)The home was built in 1857 by the founder of Hurtsboro, Joel Hurt, Sr. (1813-1861) and his wife, Lucy Long Hurt (1822-1915). Their saw mill, constructed near Hurtsboro Creek, provided lumber for the home and surrounding community. With th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BCP_william-augustus-mitchell_Seale-AL.html
(obverse)On this lot and in the house thereon, was born William Augustus Mitchell, November 30, 1877. Mitchell entered the United States Military Academy on June 20, 1898, after finishing the schools at Seale and Alabama Polytechnic Institute. He …
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