Burritt Museum

Situated on 167 acres of some of the most scenic land in North Alabama, the museum and its grounds contain items of local and national interest.

This property was willed to the City of Huntsville in 1955 by Dr. William Henry ...

Wild Building

The Wild building was built in 1880 by Leonard Wild, the “merchant prince and largest builder of his home city”. Designed by Huebner and Mueller of Indianapolis, it housed Wild's dry goods store for more than 15 years.

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Battle at Stones River

December 31, 1862 - January 2, 1863

Stones River National Battlefield preserves some key portions of the ground where two great armies of Americans - some 81,000 men - clashed with each other. Their bitter, three-day struggle erupted on New Year's ...

Hillsboro

This house, four miles south, was built by Colonel Humphrey Hill about 1722. It is of quaint architecture having brick ends and frame front and rear. The place was raided by the British during the Revolution.

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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Conquistador..........,

Treasurer of the ill-fated Panfilo de Narvez expedition, was first to write of the discovery of Tampa Bay, April 17, 1528, calling it "Bahia de la Cruz, the best harbor in the world."

After the disastrous trek through Florida ...

Bradley Point Park

Bradley Point Park

On July 5, 1779, British invasion forces under

the command of Brigadier General Garth

landed on this spot.

Dedicated – July 5, 1984

City of West Haven

Lawrence C. Minichino

Mayor

Plaque Donated By

The Eve Lear Chapter

Daughters of the American

Revolution

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Buford Hayse Pusser

On December 12, 1937, Buford Hayse Pusser was born in Finger, Tennessee. In 1962 he became Adamsville's chief of police. He was elected sherrif of McNairy County in 1864. Soon his courageous fight against crime exposed him to much danger ...

Arrival of the Frigate Arbella

To commemorate

the arrival on June 12, 1630 of the

Frigate Arbella, bringing Governor Winthrop and

the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony,

This tablet placed by the

Massachusetts

Daughters of the American Revolution

Marker is on Beacon Street, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Sowerwine Building

Built in 1867 and rebuilt in 1887, this building has continously held dry goods stores: 1898-1920, C. W. Sowerwine; 1920-1925, Osbon Dry Goods; c.1925-1981, Willits Department Store; 1982-2001, Watson's Carpet.

Marker is at the intersection of Logan Street and 9th Street, ...

Joseph Block

The Joseph Block was built by two wealthy brothers, Julius and Louis Joseph, around 1900. It first housed a furniture and hardware store and later the House of Crane, a popular cigar shop and pool hall until 1928.

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