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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1698_refuge-cemetery_Lincoln-AL.html
In April 1950, Alabama's last two living Confederate veterans met here to discuss shared experiences of the Civil War. Local resident Col. Pleasant ?Riggs' Crump was visited by Gen. James Moore of Selma, commander of the Alabama chapter of the Uni…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13CB_coosa_Childersburg-AL.html
Important Indian town for over 250 years and capital of Coosa province.
Visited by DeSoto in 1540, and later by Spanish, French, British colonial explorers and traders. Early writers tell of abundant food crops, wild and cultivated, supporting…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13CA_fayetteville_Sylacauga-AL.html
Here in 1814 Tennessee Troops Joined Andrew Jackson's force which won the Creek Indian War.
After Indian removal in 1836 these veterans brought their families here, named this community for their old home in Tennessee. Fayetteville Academy was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1367_marble-city-cemetery-sylacauga_Sylacauga-AL.html
Marble City Cemetery opened for public burials in 1898 when the City of Sylacauga purchased one acre of a wheat field from James T. Persons. Originally a private burial ground of the George W. Pearson family, the earliest burial dates from 1876. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1366_hightower-brothers-livery-stable_Sylacauga-AL.html
Founded in 1896 by brothers John Judge and Milton Graham Hightower, this small-town livery stable served the community and surrounding countryside until its closing in 1955. Originally located nearby, the business moved to this "New Town" site in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1364_fort-williams_Sylacauga-AL.html
Built by Andrew Jackson with U.S. Regulars, Tennessee Volunteers and friendly Cherokees and Creeks. Used as advance base during final phases of Creek Indian War, 1813-1814. Military cemetery nearby.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUQZ_to-the-memory-of-general-jackson_Sylacauga-AL.html
To The Memory of General Jackson and his Tennessee Volunteers while camped here 1814. He fought the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and discharged his Volunteers.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMULP_the-de-soto-trail_Childersburg-AL.html
1492 - Columbus visits Caribbean islands1519 - Pineda visits Mobile area1528 - Narv?ez reaches Mobile area1540 - De Soto explores Alabama1559 - De Luna retraces De Soto's route in Alabama1702 - French establish first permanent colony at Dauphin Is…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUCR_history-of-childersburg_Childersburg-AL.html
Childersburg traces its heritage to the Coosa Indian village located in the area. DeSoto, accompanied by 600 men, began his march across North America in June 1539. Traveling from Tampa Bay, Florida, northward through what became the Southeastern …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUA1_desoto-caverns_Childersburg-AL.html
Named for the famous Spanish explore who traveled through this area in 1540. Over its rich history it offered shelter for native Indians for centuries (a 2,000-year-old Woodland Period burial was excavated by archeologists in the mid-1960s), becam…