Talladega Courthouse Square Historic District

The City of Talladega was incorporated in 1835. Not long after the founding of Talladega, the Square became the town center. The Talladega Courthouse was built in 1836 and is the oldest courthouse in continuous use in Alabama. The courthouse ...

Piper

The town of Piper was established in 1901 a half mile of northeast of here by the Little Cahaba Coal Company, named for Oliver Hazzard Perry Piper, a partner of industrialist Henry F. DeBardeleben. Two coal mines were opened in ...

William Sell Jr. Memorial Bridge

First Place Award Winner

In the 1972 Federal Highways Administration Contest as the outstanding example of a bridge, overpass, tunnel or other highway structure in the United States.

“This is the way a bridge should look.”

Marker is on California Highway 49 (State ...

Wilsonville Cemetery

This cemetery has been an important resting place for loved ones since the early 1800s.

A Dutchman named Avehard is believed to be the first person buried here. The earliest marked grave dates to 1854. Sharecroppers, former slaves, educators, business ...

Benton Family Cemetery

"Benton-Oldham Cemetery"

Located on the site of the original Benton homestead, this cemetery was founded July 12, 1842, with the burial of early Shelby County settler Jesse Benton (1796-1842). All who rest herein are members of the Benton family by birth, ...

History of the 117th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing

January 1922 Federal Recognition 135th Observation Squadron

May 1923 Redesignated 114th Observation Squadron

January 1924 Redesignated 106th Observation Squadron

October 1943 Redesignated 100th Bombardment Squadron

November 1946 Federally Recognized 106th Bombardment Squadron

February 1951 Redesignated 106th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron

May 1960 Assigned to 117th Tactical Reconnaissance ...

Woodies Comes to F Street

Civil War to Civil Rights

"Alvin, Washington, D.C. is the place for us."

So wrote Samuel Walter Woodward to his business partner, Alvin Lothrop, in 1879. The young entrepreneurs were looking for a new location for their innovative dry goods ...

German Methodist Episcopal Churches

of Chipmunk Coulee

In the mid 1800's immigrants from Bohemia and Germany began to settle the Chipmunk Coulee area. Some of the early settlers were the Belling, Bendel, Hiekel, Herold, Kunerth, Lorenz, Meyer, Neumann, Paudler, Preidel, Ringel, Ritschel, Starch, Tietze and ...

Trade Links – River Borne

About 11,000 years ago, Native people moved into what is now Wisconsin. In the Chippewa [Ojibwe] language, Wisconsin means "gathering of the waters."

The Native American found a land of many possibilities. Animals such as mammoth, mastodon, moose, and giant beaver ...

Bishop Francis Asbury

Considered "The Father of American

Methodism" arrived in America 1771

calm in temperament, courageous,

and untiring in effort, this

"Prophet of the long road" was

foremost among early American

circuit riders and Colonists

Marker is on N. Lakeshore Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org