Flint River Primitive Baptist Church

Commemorating the first organized church in

Alabama. Established Oct. 2, 1808, upon the

Doctrine of Salvation by Grace, as attested by

her Articles of Faith.

The first building was erected 1 mi. N.E.

Articles of Faith

We believe:

1. In only one true and living ...

Flint River Primitive Baptist Church

Commemorating the first organized church in

Alabama. Established Oct. 2, 1808, upon the

Doctrine of Salvation by Grace, as attested by

her Articles of Faith.

The first building was erected 1 mi. N.E.

Articles of Faith

We believe:

1. In only one true and living ...

Campaign Office

This small building buzzed with activity during the 1880 presidential campaign. Garfield changed this library into the headquarters for his political supporters and a meeting room for the press who covered the election campaign that summer and fall.

With telegraph wire ...

Clark's Ferry Bridge Company

William Jennings - President

Christian W. Lynch - Vice-president

William Wills - Secretary

Patrick F. Duncan - Treasurer

Frank M. Masters - Chief Engineer

Ralph Modjeski - Consulting Engineer

Paul P. Cret - Consulting Architect

The Vang Const. Co. - Contractors

(Around relief artwork of the original bridge)

The ...

Fort Concho

The center of a line of forts extending from the northeastern border of Texas to El Paso. Was also northern point of southern chain of forts extending to Rio Grande, thence along that river to its mouth. Established 1867 (at ...

Some Exterior Features

The tomb's exterior is of granite, the point of the obelisk standing 117 feet high. A bronze statue portrays Lincoln holding the Emancipation Proclamation. The eagle on the plaque below holds in its beak the broken chain of human slavery. ...

Alabama A&M University former names / Alabama Agricultural and M

Normal, Alabama

Alabama A&M University former names

1873 - Colored Normal School at Huntsville

1885 - The Huntsville State Colored Normal and Industrial School

1896 - The State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes

1919 - The State Agricultural and ...

Front Porch Campaign

From July to November 1880, Republican candidate James A. Garfield staged his presidential campaign from his home. Using this porch as his rostrum, Garfield delivered dozens of speeches - some more than two hours long - to more than 15,000 ...

Site of Fort McKavett

Established March 14, 1852 by the United States War Department as a protection to frontier settlers against hostile Indians. Named in honor of Captain Henry McKavett, who fell at the Battle of Monterrey, September 21, 1846. Evacuated by federal troops, ...

The Grave of Abraham Lincoln

This structure marks the graves of Abraham Lincoln, his wife Mary, and three of their four children. Members of the Lincoln family chose the site in May 1865. Planned and built in the years following the president's shocking death, the ...