Pickett Springs / “The Best Public Resort”

Pickett Springs

Railroad building and amusement park development flourished in the post-bellum South. In 1880s, Western Railroad of Alabama opened Pickett Springs on site of William Harris’s plantation, “Forest Farm;” Harris’s daughter, Sarah, married A. J. Pickett, Alabama’s first historian, and ...

National Historic Landmark - Amana Colonies

Has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

This site possesses exceptional value

in commemorating or illustrating

the history of the United States

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1965

Corpus Christi Chapel

Built in 1906. Replaces the Old Grotto, 1808 - 1906.

Marker can be reached from Grotto Road 0.6 miles north of St. Anthony's Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Marion Harland

(12 Dec. 1830-3 June, 1922)

Born Mary Virginia Hawes at Dennisville about eight miles south, Harland was a prolific author, producing a syndicated newspaper column for women, many short stories, 25 novels, 25 volumes on domestic life, and 12 books on ...

Camp Sheridan

From Division Headquarters, located at this point from August 1917 to May 1918, was directed the training of the Thirty Seventh Division, National Guard Troops of Ohio, for Service in the World War.

The Relief map below indicates the locations of ...

9th Infantry Division / “The Old Reliables”

The 9th Division was organized on 18 July 1918 at Camp Sheridan for service in World War I. When the War ended, 11 November 1918, deployment of the Division to France was canceled and it was demobilized on 15 February ...

Cornerstone of the Old Church on the Hill

Laid by Father John DuBois in 1807.

Marker is on Grotto Road 0.4 miles north of St. Anthony Road, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

167th Infantry / Alabama’s Own

(4th Alabama)

An Alabama regiment was formed in 1836 to defend Fort Foster in Florida. Same unit, designated the 1st Alabama Volunteers ten years later, served in Mexican War. Mustered again May 4, 1861 as the 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment, it ...

The First Presbyterian Church

Congregation organized in 1817. The Sanctuary was built in 1828-29 and enlarged in 1851. The Romanesque Revival rear addition was built in 1900 in honor of Joseph Stratton, Pastor, 1843-1903. The church and its companion manse on South Rankin Street ...

History of the Stewart County Courthouse

The first courthouse in Stewart County, Tennessee was erected in June 1806 in the Township of Dover. In 1823, the original log courthouse was replaced and later destroyed by fire during the Civil War in 1862. The courthouse was rebuilt ...