The Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway

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, ...

Large Arsenal

Serious problems plagued the weapons stored in this two-story structure built in 1799.

Floods and high humidity posed constant threats. Sparks from wood-burning locomotives presented a fire hazard. Inadequate storage space caused overcrowding and improper maintenance.

United States troops burned the structure ...

Thurber's Battery

Battery I, 1st Missouri Light Artillery - L. Wallace's Division

U.S.

Army of the Tennessee.

Thurber's Battery,

"I" 1st Missouri Artillery,

L. Wallace's (2d) Division.

This battery, with five guns, was engaged here from 10 A.M. to 1 P.M. April ...

Affair at Madison Station / Affair at Indian Creek Ford

May 17, 1864 / December 23, 1864

[Front]

The largest engagement of the Civil War in Madison County was fought during a driving rainstorm here at the site of the railroad depot. Under the command of Col. Josiah Patterson, the Confederate forces ...

Historic Underground Railroad

At this crossroads stood the home of the Edward Hesdra Family. This home is believed to have been a link in the underground slave railway, c1855.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (New York Route 59) and South ...

Site of the First Methodist Church

In Charleston

1785

Established in 1785 under the leadership

of Bishop Francis Asbury, the first Methodist

Society in Charleston purchased a lot in

Cumberland Street and erected a church

here in 1786. Long known as the Blue Meeting

House because of its color and to distinguish

it ...

Isaac Allerton

In Memory Of

Isaac Allerton

c. 1586 – 1659

A Mayflower Pilgrim and Colonial Merchant

Who came to New Haven in 1649

He was Interred in the

Old Burying Ground on the New Haven Green

And was the Only Member of the

Mayflower Company to be Buried in ...

Trail of Tears

Drane Overland Route

Early in the 1800's gold was found from Virginia to Alabama including a rich belt on Cherokee Indian land in what is now Dahlonega, GA.

causing a huge influx of miners and a land grab by new ...

Grove Street Cemetery Veterans Memorial

Dedicated to the Veterans

Who Gave Their Lives

In Service to Their Country

May They Rest In Peace

Erected by the Grateful Citizens

Of the City of New Haven

May 27, 1974 Bartholomew F. Guida Mayor

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Grove Street and ...

As Old as Charleston

The Tavern has been a spirited part of Charleston's history since the late 17th century.

From the early seaport days, through pirate attacks, the Revolution and Civil War, earthquakes and hurricanes, Prohibition and the Great Depression, the Tavern and ...