Monte Sano Railway

The Monte Sano Railway ran from the Huntsville Depot up Monte Sano Mountain along what became Bankhead Parkway through Monte Sano State Park to the 19th century Hotel Monte Sano. The Baldwin Engine and three cars stopped at Laura’s View ...

Birthplace of Robert Winship Woodruff

December 6, 1889

Son of Ernest and Emily Winship Woodruff. Honored citizen, noted industrialist and philanthropist, a Georgian of universal friendships and acclaim. Through his vision and leadership the product “Coca-Cola” became the world’s refreshment.

1414 Second Avenue

Marker is on Second Avenue ...

Transylvania Purchase

In this valley, March 17, 1775, the Transylvania Company, led by Richard Henderson, John Williams and Nathaniel Hart, bought from the Cherokee, led by Chief Oconostota, all the lands between the Kentucky and Cumberland Rivers. Over 20 million acres sold ...

William Rufus de Vane King

1786-1853

Native Sampson County, North Carolina.

Admitted to bar, 1806.

North Carolina House of Commons 1807-1809.

U.S. Congressman 1811-16.

Secretary U.S. Legation Naples and St. Petersburg 1816-1818.

Moved to Dallas County, Alabama, 1818.

A founder of Selma; named city.

Delegate Alabama Constitutional Convention 1819.

U.S. Senator ...

Pershing Hall

Governors Island

Constructed in 1934, Pershing Hall functioned continually as an Army and Coast Guard headquarters building until 1996. It was named in honor of John E. Pershing, General of the Armies and First Commander of the First Army in ...

Where Dahlgren Died

Colonel Ulric Dahlgren, Federal officer, met death in the early morning, March 2, 1864, three hundred yards to the north. After the raid on Richmond, his force bivouaced here and, in breaking camp he fell to the fire of Confederate ...

The French Lines

Built by troops under

Montcalm July 6-7, 1758.

Repaired by

American troops 1776.

Marker is on Sandy Redoubt, on the right when traveling east.

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Site of the First Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Clemso

On this spot, under a great oak three which stood here, the first meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Clemson Agricultural College was held May 2, 1888.

The following is a copy of the record of that meeting.

"Fort Hill, ...

Joel Chandler Harris

Eatonton, Georgia

December 9, 1848

Atlanta Georgia

July 3, 1908

Creator of

"Uncle Remus"

Marker is on Old Airport Road (North Carolina Route 1547) east of Henderson Road (U.S. 25), on the left when traveling east.

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Live Oak Cemetery

East portion reserved for graveyard, 1829; west part purchased City of Selma, 1877.

Here are buried:

William Rufus King, 1786-1853, Vice President of U.S. 1853.

John Tyler Morgan, 1824-1907, U.S. Senator, Brig. Gen. C.S.A.

Edmund Winston Pettus, 1821-1907, U.S. Senator, Brig. Gen. C.S.A.

Nathaniel H. ...