Cross Hill Confederate Monument

[North Inscription]:

To Our

Confederate Soldiers

[West Inscription]:

1861 CSA 1865

Confederate

[South Inscription]:

"Who were nor

Terrified by Death

not Dishonored by

Defeat."

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (State Highway 39) and Church Street on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Westwoods Methodist Church

During the spring of 1779, Methodist pioneer

Freeborn Garrettson visited this area to bring

the message of his faith to the people. The

efforts of Reverend Garrettson and others who

followed were met with considerable success.

Numerous “societies” or “classes” ...

Forrest’s Murfreesboro Raid

July 13, 1862

Surrender of the Union garrison took place about 4:00 P.M. Units surrendering were Gen. T. T. Crittenden and staff, detachment of the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, detachment of the 8th Kentucky Cavalry, “B” Battery, Kentucky Light Artillery, the 9th ...

Shielding the Army

Where are the Confederates?

The mountains provided Gen. Robert E. Lee with cover. As his army of 75,000 men and 272 pieces of artillery rumbled north through Washington County, the U.S. Army commander did not know his whereabouts because South Mountain, ...

Bethany United Methodist Church

(Lowe's Crossroads)

In the early part of the twentieth century,

members of the Old Jones’ Methodist Church

began to search for a more central

location for the congregation to worship.

Although the land for the new church was

donated by Sarah ...

Gadsden Amphitheater

Through the efforts of local citizens, Benny Dean and Floyd Beddingfield, the City of Gadsden obtained this facility from American Legion Post Number 5 in 1985. Built in 1935, the amphitheater seats 1600 persons. Designed by local architect, Paul W. ...

The Cleveland School Fire

Erected to the memory of those who lost their lives in the Cleveland School Fire, on the night of May 17, 1923.

Grace Arrants, Age 7 yr.; Ima Arrants, Age 17 yr; Mrs. Floride Brown, Age 47 yr.; Lottie Brown, Age ...

Walter Douglas House

Architect: Henry C. Trost

Has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior.

Built 1907

Courtesy hmdb.org

La Salle Expedition

1669

In search of a westward-flowing river, French explorer and trader René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643-1687) mounted an inland expedition from the south shore of Lake Erie at the mouth of the Grand River in the fall of 1669. ...

Corneau & Diller Drug Store

Apothecaries in the mid-19th century carried a surprising variety of drugs and remedies---potassium iodide for rheumatism and syphilis, sulphate of quinine for tooth powder, opium elixir for toothache, and camphor for an aphrodisiac. "Cure-all" patent medicines were popular. Dr. ...