Twickenham Historic District

Designated by the City of Huntsville, Alabama March 23, 1972. This district is a living museum of American architectural styles dating from 1814. It encompasses about one~half of the original Town of Twickenham, Huntsville's first official name.

Approximate boundaries:

North ~ Randolph ...

Baxter Springs Massacre

On October 6, 1863, Gen. James Blunt and about 100 men were met near Baxter’s springs by William Quantrill and several hundred Confederates masquerading as Union troops. As Blunt’s band was preparing a musical salute the enemy fired. This surprise ...

These Cannon Were Abandoned

These cannon

were abandoned

at

Fort Independence

(Castle William)

by the

British forces

when they evacuated

the

City of Boston

March 17, 1776

Marker is on Garden Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Daniel Boone - Pioneer / Grave of Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone - Pioneer

Born, Pa., 1734. Died, Mo., 1820. Married Rebecca Boone, 1756, N.C. First trip to Kentucky, 1767. Set up Ft. Boonesborough, 1775, blazed Wilderness Trail and settled. Frontiersman, surveyor, settler, legislator and sheriff. Defender against Indians and British. ...

Black Dog Trail

Commemorating

Opened in 1803 by Chief Black Dog (Manka-Chonka) and his band of Osage Indians who had a village nearby where springs once flowed freely.

Marker is at the intersection of East Avenue and 7th Street, on the left when traveling south ...

VFW Post #4721 Veterans Memorial

Dedicated to the memory of our fallen comrades in war and in peace.

Nov. 11. 1992

Marker is at the intersection of North Street (Ohio Route 821) and Veterans Memorial Drive/Railroad Street, on the left when traveling west on North Street.

Courtesy ...

Washington First Took Command

Under this tree

Washington

first took command

of the

American Army,

July 3d 1775

Marker is on Garden Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Lt. Presley N. O'Bannon, USMC

First American to raise U.S. flag on foreign soil at Battle of Derne on shores of Tripoli, April 27, 1805. Led attack that overcame Barbary Coast pirates who were holding 180 American seamen for ransom. O'Bannon came to Logan County ...

Thorla-McKee Well

[Side A:]

Salt was an important commodity to early settlers because of its use in daily living. In 1814 Silas Thorla and Robert McKee dug a well in search of salt brine. They discovered salt and, by accident, discovered oil. Oil's ...

Dorence Atwater

Captured by the Confederates and sent to the prisoner-of-war camp at Andersonville, Ga., Atwater kept a secret list of the 13, 000 Union soldiers who died there. After the war, he and Clara Barton returned to properly mark the ...