Scott's Brigade

On the high hill 500 yds. S. of Collier Rd. the left of Scott’s brigade (27th, 35th &49th Ala., & 12th La.) Loring’s div. [CS] dislodged Geary’s outpost, [US] the 33d N.J. regt. & captured its flag.

Pressing forward, the left ...

Petrified Conifer Tree / Petrified Lycopod Tree Stump

Plaque A

85-90 Million Years Old

Possibly a Bald Cypress

from the Cretaceous Period

or the Age of Dinosaurs

Plaque B

325 Million Years Old

A Member of the Giant Club Mosses

from the early Coal Age

Marker is on S. Main Street.

Courtesy ...

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.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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 ...

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 ...

Little Red Schoolhouse

Little Red

Schoolhouse

Since 1861

The Only

One Room Schoolhouse

Operating In

New York State

Marker is on North Greenbush Road (U.S. 4), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

First United Methodist Church

(1822)

Established September 8, 1822 in a log house on the west side of town by Revs. John Cox and John Kerr. Cox and wife, Frances Langley had been affiliated with the Wesleys in England. Second meeting place was in Farmer's ...

The Freedom Trail

Neighborhood of Revolution

“Paul Revere . . . started on a ride which, in a way has never ended.” - Esther Forbes, author of the classic study, Paul Revere and the World He Lived In

In the course of just two ...