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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG5C_rosedale_Homewood-AL.html
Benjamin F. Roden formed the Clifton Land Company in 1886 to develop this area. The development was reorganized in 1889 as the South Birmingham Land Company.Theodore Smith, nurseryman and florist, moved here from Bedford, New York in the 1880's an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG24_shelby-springs-confederate-cemetery_Calera-AL.html
The Confederate Army established a soldier's home and hospital here (1863-1865) as a part of the CSA Camp Winn Training Site. Father Leray and the Sisters of Mercy staffed the hospital after fleeing Civil War destruction in Vicksburg, MS. They bro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG1V_shelby-county-courthouse_Columbiana-AL.html
Original seat of government of Shelby County established 1818 at Shelbyville (Pelham).Moved to Columbiana 1826. First courthouse a small wooden building located on this site. Replaced 1854 by two-story brick structure which forms central portion o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFYF_john-looney-house_Ashville-AL.html
John Looney and son, Henry, served in General Andrew Jackson's volunteer company which built Fort Strother on Coosa River and later fought at Horseshoe Bend in 1814. Looney's family of nine moved from Maury Co. Tenn. to homestead 1817 in St. Clair…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFM8_seale-united-methodist-church_Seale-AL.html
Marker Front: The Methodist Congregation of which the church at Seale was organized in 1842, were pioneer families with a deep faith in God and a clear vision of the future. This group was centered around a small meeting place and a schoolhouse lo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFM2_pelham_Jacksonville-AL.html
Front: Maj. John Pelhamborn inAlexandria, Alabama killed at the battle of Kelly's FordMarch 17, 1863Front base:PelhamNorth side:Erected by the General John H. Forney Chapter U.D.C. Jacksonville, Alabama 1905. East side:How shall we rank thee up…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFJR_site-of-the-first-alabama-auburn-football-game_Birmingham-AL.html
The first Alabama - Auburn football game was played on this site, formerly known as the Base Ball Park, on February 22, 1893. The Agricultural and Mechanical College's "Orange and Blue" met the University of Alabama's "Tuskaloosa" squad before a c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFJP_sloss-furnaces_Birmingham-AL.html
The crossing of railroads in 1872 adjacent to this site gave rise to the industrial city of Birmingham. In 1881 Alabama railroad magnate and entrepreneur James Withers Sloss, capitalizing on the unusual coincidence of coal, iron ore and limestone …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFGC_old-cemetery_Orrville-AL.html
This site was set aside by the 1820 General Assembly, burials here date from 1818 to 1847. Interred are some of the state's earliest figures. There is no record of names, many handsome tombs have been destroyed, seven marked ones remaining, six ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFG7_doctor-francis-office_Jacksonville-AL.html
This general practitioner's office is the only remaining structure of its type in northeast Alabama. It was built on the court-house square about 1850 by Dr. J. C. Francis, a beloved family doctor who served Jacksonville for more than 50 years. He…
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