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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJAX_the-indian-fires-are-going-out_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
The Trail of Tears led thousands of Creek Indians through Tuscaloosa, capital of Alabama in 1836. Chief Eufaula addressed the legislature with these words:
"I come here, brothers, to see the great house of Alabama and the men who make laws and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJAU_the-m-o-railroad-trestle_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
This wooden and steel truss bridge was constructed for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad in 1898 by civil engineer Benjamin Hardaway, and 1887 graduate of The University of Alabama and former Tuscaloosa City Engineer. Originally 135-feet high with a 11…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ98_navigation-and-shipbuilding-on-the-black-warrior-river_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
Navigation improvements to the Black Warrior River (1888-1895) spurred marine commerce throughout the 20th century. Local ship-builders included the Perkins Brothers, Herman & Son, Corp of Engineers Boatyard, and Baker Towboat. Vessel types includ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ91_horace-king_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
Born a slave in South Carolina in 1807, Horace King became a master bridge builder while working with John Godwin. With the aid of Tuscaloosa Robert Jemison, King was freed by act of the Alabama legislature in 1846. He went on to build many bridge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ8Y_captain-benjamin-f-eddins_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
Born in South Carolina in 1813, Benjamin Farrar Eddins raised and led a company of volunteers that served in the 41st Alabama Infantry Regiment.
Retired due to ill health, he returned to lead the Home Guards, a militia made up of old men and yo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ8U_burns-shoals_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
The remains of Burns' Shoals now lie nearly 40 feet underwater. This rock outcropping was the first of the shoals known as the "Falls of Tuscaloosa" and represents the "Fall Line" or contact point of the Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Plateau, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ8S_the-black-warrior-river_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
Plied for thousands of years by Indians, then by early explorers and American settlers, this river extends 169 miles from the Sipsey and Mulberry Forks near Birmingham to its confluence with the Tombigbee at Demopolis. It drains 6228 square miles …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ60_site-of-queen-city-park-softball-field_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
Built on this site in 1936, Queen City Park Softball Field served as the cornerstone for the first successful community effort to promote the organized play of amateur softball in Tuscaloosa County. Its construction followed nationwide efforts to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ5Y_the-warrior-tombigbee-waterway_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
From 1887-1915, seventeen locks and dams were constructed on the Warrior - Tombigbee Rivers. The first 3 were built on the fall line in Tuscaloosa. This was the site of No. 3, later No. 12.The Warrior - Tombigbee Development Association, founded i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ5V_alpha-delta-pi_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
Alpha Delta Pi, the first college secret sisterhood, was organized at Wesleyan Female College, Macon, Georgia, the first women's college to grant academic degrees. Originally identified as Adelpheans, the group had three thousand alumnae and sixty…