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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B3O_horace-king_Phenix-City-AL.html
(side 1)Horace King a slave of John Godwin was construction foreman for the First Dillingham Street Bridge in 1832, when he and Godwin introduced the "town lattice" bridge design into the Chattahoochee Valley. King built most of the early wooden b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B3K_confederates-set-fire-to-lower-bridge_Phenix-City-AL.html
Early in the afternoon of April 16, 1865 the first major act in the Battle of Girard-Columbus took place. Union General Emory Upton sent the First Ohio cavalry charging down old Crawford Road to capture the Dillingham Bridge, then known as the low…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B3J_before-the-battle-battle-of-girard_Phenix-City-AL.html
(obverse)Before The Battle
All day that Easter Sunday the Confederate forces commanded by Col. Leon von Zinken awaited the Union Army they knew was on the way from Tuskegee. Lacking the men needed to hold it, they were forced to leave the line …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B3H_red-hill-batteries_Phenix-City-AL.html
On April 16, 1865 the batteries of Confederate Major James Fleming Waddell of Seale, Alabama were positioned on the crest of this hill. Union forces under the command of Brevet Major General James H. Wilson were expected to launch a daylight attac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B39_ancient-fisheries_Phenix-City-AL.html
To the native people of the Chattahoochee River Valley, the Creek or Muskogulgi Indians, the shoals of the river were a source of recreation and food. In the spring, the women and children of Coweta Town came here to fish, using dip nets, spears, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM173G_markers-honoring-our-veterans-at-fort-mitchell_Fort-Mitchell-AL.html
In Honor of Those Who Served Our Country Presented byVeterans of Foreign Wars of the United States May 30, 1989
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM151H_fryar-field_Fort-Mitchell-AL.html
Named in honor ofPvt Elmer E. FryarCongressional Medal of Honor511th Parachute Infantry RegimentUnited States Army
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14QI_confederate-fort_Phenix-City-AL.html
On the hill to the northwest is an earthen fortification built in 1863 as part of the defenses on the Confederate navy yard, iron works and other war-related industries in nearby Columbus, Georgia. Designated Fort #5 on the plan done by the CSA en…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14JM_the-shiloh-baptist-church_Opelika-AL.html
The Shiloh Baptist Church was constituted on March 27, 1852. Shortly thereafter, a house of worship was erected on what is now the present church site. The earliest marked grave in the church cemetery bears the date of 1854. A new building was con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZXB_old-russell-county-courthouse_Seale-AL.html
During the Federal occupation of the former Confederate States of America, the Alabama Legislature created Lee County primarily from the northern half of Russell County in 1866 and ordered the selection of the county seat "more centrally located."…