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Alabama History

Etched in the cornerstone of our American heritage, you will discover Native American, Civil War and Civil Rights history, as well as a proud heritage in music, sports and aviation in Alabama. In fact, everywhere you travel along our Southern soil – from the state's birthplace in Huntsville to Birmingham, our largest city, to historic Montgomery and on down to the coastal plains, you will see history reflected in pine-rimmed rivers, flowing from lofty mountaintops, captured in old homes, and echoing from the shadows of mammoth caves.

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Historical Markers

ALLEN TEMPLE A.M.E. CHURCH

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]

ANCIENT FISHERIES

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/THE ALVIS FIELD AND COTTON RUST

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]

THE FIGHT AT THE BRIDGE

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]

The Naming of Dothan

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]

The Southeast Alabama Agricultural School

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 TIE-SNAKE

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]

The Waddell House

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]

U.S. INDIAN AGENCY OF BENJAMIN HAWKINS

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]

UCHEE

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]