Western & Atlantic Depot

This is the only depot between Atlanta and Chattanooga that has been in continuous use since May 9, 1850, when the first train ran over this end of the line. Previous to the coming of the W & A to ...

Medora Field Perkerson

Author - Newspaper Columnist

Medora Field (1892-1960) was born nearby on the site of the present Lindale Baptist Church. In her early twenties she became a member of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Magazine staff, and later was married to Angus Perkerson, its ...

Market Space: Yesterday’s Town Square

Civil War to Civil Rights

“Hay for the horses, produce for the table, live chickens for the pot, and a hat for your head.”

All this and more could be had right here during the Civil War. The triangular area ...

The Mississippi River in the Civil War

The Mississippi River in the Civil War

"Whatever nation gets control of the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, will control the continent."

Union General William Tecumseh Sherman, 1861

The goal of both the Northern (Federal or Union) and Southern (Confederate) armies was to ...

Elephant Hotel

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Elephant Hotel

Built 1825

National Register

Of Historic Places

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Elephant Hotel

Has been designated a

National Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.

Built 1825 by entrepreneur Hachaliah Bailey, owner ...

Pagosa Springs

Pagosa Springs has a rich history, beginning with the Anasazi Indians. Later the Utes, Navajos and Apaches inhabited this beautiful corner of the Southwest. They also visited the great “Pagosah” hot springs which they believed had curative powers.

In time, ...

United States Pipe and Foundry Company

On March 3, 1899, the United States Pipe and Foundry Company was incorporated consolidating 14 iron and steel foundries in 9 states. One of these foundries, the Howard-Harrison Iron Company of Bessemer, was founded in 1889. In 1911, the Dimmick ...

Temple Wilson Tutwiler, II / Tutwiler Hotel

March 22, 1923 - March 1, 1982

Temple Wilson Tutwiler, II

“Tutwiler Green”, this section of Birmingham Green was so named in a resolution passed by the Birmingham City Council to honor the life and work of Temple Tutwiler II, who contributed ...

First Presbyterian Church

Organized by settlers from Liberty County on Dec 3, 1864. The first minister, Rev. Eli Graves, came from Brooks County once a month to hold services in the courthouse before the first church was dedicated in 1867. Early elders were ...

St. Vincent’s Hospital

Birmingham’s Oldest Hospital

Named for St. Vincent de Paul, founder of the Daughters of Charity in France in 1633, the hospital opened December 20, 1898 in the temporarily rented Henry F. DeBardelaben mansion at 206 15th Street South. Father Patrick A. ...