Orange Grove 1728 - 1864

This is the story of Orange GroveYou are standing on land that was owned by the same family for over 200 years, from colonial days to the beginning of Lake of the Woods.

Alexander Spotswood, Lt. Gov. of the Colony of ...

Cold Water Falls

World's Largest Man-Made Natural Stone Waterfall

to be known in existence

80 feet wide, 48 feet tall

1,780 tons of Colbert County Sandstone

4,320,000 gallons of water per day passes over falls

Largest stone weights 77,000 pounds

Marker is on S. Main Street.

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Site of Old Asbury Methodist Church

The roots of Methodism in this community can be traced to the organization of a local “society” in the 1770’s. Meetings were held in private homes before a frame structure was built here circa 1786 on land provided by Col. ...

"First in the World"

Post # 14 American Legion Ambulance Service

In 1924, the members of the David C. Harrison American Legion Post # 14 initiated the first American Legion ambulance service in the world. Its eighteen founding members were veterans of World War I ...

Sacred Tears

By Branko Medenica

Panel 1

Tuscumbia and much of the Shoals area played an integral part in the "Trail of Tears" with the Tennessee River route and the overland routes. In 1825, the U.S. Government formally adopted a removal policy, which was ...

Bank of Brewton

Side A

Recognized as “Alabama’s Oldest Bank,” the Bank

of Brewton opened for business on Monday, January 7, 1899. Brewton, Alabama was a prosperous town in the late 1800s. A local resident, Charles Sowell, participated in the flourishing times. A native ...

Coast Guard

The Revenue Cutter Service, the federal bureau that enforced treaties and tariffs on the seas and inland waterways, established its officer training school at Fort Trumbull in 1910. Fort Trumbull offered easy access to Long Island Sound, which was a ...

Site of Fort Elliott

Established June 5, 1875. One of the last forts established in Texas for the purpose of clearing the region of Indians. Around it Mobeetie, rendezvous of buffalo hunters and trappers grew up. The post was abandoned in 1889.

Marker is at ...

Sgt. John B. Maberry

Medal of Honor Recipient

Born December 17, 1841, John B. Maberry was the son of John and Temperance Brockson Maberry of Duck Creek Hundred. Responding to the call of his country, he enlisted in the Union Army’s Company F, First Regiment, ...

World War I Memorial

Dedicated to those who served their country

World War 1917 - 1918

Marker can be reached from Camden Road (Ohio Route 355).

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