Bum Proof Stockade

Fortress Rosecans

Those things [you see] inside the fort ... this shape + ... are bum [bomb] proof stockades. The outside line is heavy oak timer hewn on 3 sides ... about 10 feet high. The timber is .. set up ...

United States Capitol Grounds

[Diagram of Capitol Square - East and West Plazas]

General Plan for the Improvement of the U.S. Capitol Grounds by Frederick Law Olmstead, 1874

Following the extension of the Capitol in the 1850s-1860s, the grounds were enlarged in 1872. ...

Butterfield/Jansen Building

[Early History; Corner Site Only]

1859: Charles Lincoln Wilson buys this site, previously patented by Theodore Judah.

1861: C.L. Wilson erects a wooden warehouse to serve railway terminal across 5th street.

1863: Used often as a community hall, “Roods Hall.” Roods was Wilson’s ...

Shirts Building

Site of the First Presbyterian Church from 1850-1903, this building was erected in 1904 by Stella Shirts. A central staircase between two ground-floor retail spaces leads up to four office that retain much original woodwork.

Marker is on 9th Street, on ...

Grand Hotel

J. Frank Becker built the “Becker House” in 1884 and used it as a bakery, restaurant, and boarding house. John Dietrich bought the property in 1905, calling it the Grand Hotel which had a “fireplace in every room.”

Marker is at ...

Highlights of Selma History / William Rufus DeVane King 1786-185

[Side A:]

Highlights of Selma History

Dallas County was created by Territorial Legislature Feb. 9, 1818. Selma Land Company formed Mar. 19, 1819 by George Phillips, William Rufus King, Jesse Beene, Gilbert Shearer and Caleb Tate. Selma incorporated Dec. 4, 1820. LaFayette ...

Lee - Bender - Butler House

This Greek Revival house was built circa 1850 by Thomas Helm Lee, master builder and owner of early Selma lumber yard. Born in Kentucky, he was the son of Miller Lee of Buckingham County, Virginia and married Mary Jane Blanks ...

George Westfeldt

In Loving Memory

George Westfeldt

A member of Calvary Episcopal Church

Fletcher, N.C.

to whom

Sidney Lanier

a visitor here

beloved poet of the South

dedicated his last poem, "Sunrise,"

"Send him my sunrise, That he may know How Entirely we are one in thought."

Marker is on Old Airport ...

On the Trail of Discovery

By George Lundeen

As Meriwether Lewis and William Clark wound their way westward, they encountered many indigenous people. The Native Americans portrayed here represent those who helped Lewis and Clark during their travels to the Pacific Ocean. The flag that the ...

Site of Selma-Dallas County’s 1st Bridge 1884-1940

Toll Fees

(Until 1900)

5¢ Pedestrians

10¢ Peddlers, Horseman

25¢ 1 Horse Buggy

50¢ 2 Horse Buggy

75¢ 4 Horse Buggy

Camelback type

High Truss Bridge

1- 228’ Swing Span

2- 200’ Fixed Spans

1- 265’ Approach

Built by

Milwaukee

Bridge Works

Cost: $55,000 (1885)

The corner stone of the 1st bridge across the Alabama River ...