In 1879, under the pastorate of Reverend George Wesley Allen, the Allen Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church had its humble beginning in Phenix C... [read more & map it]
To the native people of the Chattahoochee River Valley, the Creek or Muskogulgi Indians, the shoals of the river were a source of recreation and food.... [read more & map it]
The Cullars Rotation is the oldest continuous soil fertility study in the South and the second-oldest cotton study in the world. It was started in 191... [read more & map it]
At around 9 p.m. on Easter Sunday, 1865, the Battle of Girard-Columbus neared its end in a terrible melee at the old 14th Street Bridge, at the time a... [read more & map it]
Near the location of Poplar Head Park (200 feet west of this marker) was once a large spring surrounded by poplar trees. Two well-beaten trails cross... [read more & map it]
This school and experiment station was created by Alabama Legislative Act No. 579, on February 28, 1889. This was the first school in Alabama to offe... [read more & map it]
The Creek Indians believed this section of the river was inhabited by a giant Tie-Snake, a mythical monster that snared the unwary and dragged them do... [read more & map it]
This quaint turn-of-the-century farmhouse originally stood on an 80 acre farm, located 2 miles west of the Houston County Courthouse. The house was b... [read more & map it]
For several years after he was made Principal Agent to the Indians south of the Ohio in 1796, Benjamin Hawkins, friend of George Washington and Thomas... [read more & map it]
One of the oldest white settlements in the Chattahoochee Valley before and after the removal of the Indians; land deeds between whites date back to 18... [read more & map it]
