Isom's Ferry

Chattahoochee River, at mouth of Soap Cr., .75 mi. N.W., operated in the 1860`s by James Isom. Federal Army records cite it variously as Isham's Ford or Fy., Phillip's Fy., Cavalry Fd. The first of the Federal troops to pass ...

Bum Proof Stockade

Fortress Rosecans

Those things [you see] inside the fort ... this shape + ... are bum [bomb] proof stockades. The outside line is heavy oak timer hewn on 3 sides ... about 10 feet high. The timber is .. set up ...

Defense of Selma Memorial

In Memoriam

Here fell brave men

in defense of their homes

April 2, 1865.

Col. William T. Minter

Rev. Arthur M. Small

Robert N. Philpot

and other valiant solders

“They fought and fell

they served us well"

Lest We Forget

Marker is at the intersection of Range Street and 4th Avenue, ...

In Honor of James Joseph Reeb

1927-1965

Rev. James J. Reeb, an Army Veteran and Unitarian minister from Casper, Wyoming, was working in Boston when Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. appealed for clergymen of all faiths to come to Selma to protest the violence that occurred at ...

Butterfield/Jansen Building

[Early History; Corner Site Only]

1859: Charles Lincoln Wilson buys this site, previously patented by Theodore Judah.

1861: C.L. Wilson erects a wooden warehouse to serve railway terminal across 5th street.

1863: Used often as a community hall, “Roods Hall.” Roods was Wilson’s ...

Highlights of Selma History / William Rufus DeVane King 1786-185

[Side A:]

Highlights of Selma History

Dallas County was created by Territorial Legislature Feb. 9, 1818. Selma Land Company formed Mar. 19, 1819 by George Phillips, William Rufus King, Jesse Beene, Gilbert Shearer and Caleb Tate. Selma incorporated Dec. 4, 1820. LaFayette ...

VII In. Brooke Rifle

# S-5

Cast Aug 24, 1863 in Selma at the

Confederate Naval Gun Foundry under

direction of Commander Catesby ap R. Jones.

Was the first gun shipped from the Selma

Foundry. Served as stern pivot gun on the

Selma-built ironclad ram CSS Tennessee.

During ...

Corridor of Flags

Delaware, 1st State

December 7, 1787

1609 • Henry Hudson visited Delaware Bay

1638 • Swedish colonists established Fort Christina, Delaware's first permanent settlement, and founded the colony of New Sweden

1655 • Dutch captured New Sweden

1682 • William Penn took over Delaware counties

1880 ...

9th Massachusetts Infantry

2nd Brigade, 1st Division

(Front):Erected by the

Ninth Regiment Infantry

Massachusetts Volunteers

2d Brigade, 1st Division

5th Army Corps.

Army of the Potomac.

During the battle of

Gettysburg the Ninth Regt.

was detached from

the 2nd Brigade and it held

this position on

Round Top

casualties 26 men.

(Right):The Ninth Regiment Mass. Vols

was composed ...

First Log Cabin / First Frame House

First Log Cabin

Here in April 1821, three years after the Jackson Purchase, the first home, a round-log cabin, was built by James and William Pore. Only a few Indians remained. James Davis, his wife and three sons, built a shelter ...