Alabama's First Capitals

On March 3, 1817, Congress designated the town of St. Stephens on the Tombigbee River north of Mobile as capital of the newly formed Alabama Territory. There in 1818, the territorial legislature named Huntsville as the temporary seat of government ...

Joseph Udall Barn

Built in the early 1900's by one of Eagar's prominent civic, religious & business leaders, this barn was constructed with wooden pegs & retains remarkable architectural integrity. The 2-story brick farmhouse no longer stands.

Marker is on East Central Avenue 0 ...

Webb House

Webb House

Has been Designated a

Registered National

Historic landmark

Under the Provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

This Site Possesses Exceptional Value

In Commemorating and Illustrating

The History of the United States

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

Stewart L. Udall

Secretary of the Interior

Conrad ...

Blendon Township War Memorial

Dedicated to the Glory of

Almighty God in memory

of the men and women

who by their unselfish

patriotism have so

gallantly advanced the

American Ideals of

Freedom and the

Universal Brotherhood

of All Mankind

Dedicated this 25th day of May 1981

————

Killed in Action

during American Wars

Blendon Township Residents

Wilburt Alden Gooding

Homer ...

Alabama Highway Patrol

At this location the Alabama Highway Patrol was commissioned by Governor Bibb Graves Jan. 10, 1936

Marker is on Washington Avenue 0.1 miles east of North Union Street, on the right when traveling west.

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Abingdon Plantation Restoration

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority worked in concert with Federal, state and local historic preservation agencies and professionals in the field to develop the restoration plan for the Abingdon Plantation site. The restoration process involved:

• careful excavation and cataloguing ...

Blendon Central Cemetery

Here, in 1829, at the corner of Dempsey and Hempstead Roads was established a cemetery in connection with Blendon Central Church. This site was selected by the Blendon Presbyterian Assembly. Being the geographic center of the township, this served as ...

Second Battle of Manassas

Second Battle of Manassas

Confederate Skirmish Line, Afternoon of August 30, 1862As Union forces prepared to attack General Jackson's Confederate line along the unfinished railroad to the north, Union General John F. Reynolds made a personal reconnaissance of the field beyond ...

Bethlehem Presbyterian Church

“Grandin Church”

Present building was dedicated in 1871. Three structures preceded it on the site; erected in 1730, 1760, and 1830. Many Continental Army soldiers buried here.

Marker is on Race Street, on the right when traveling west.

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Sherman's Brigade

Sheridan's Division - Granger's Corps.

Sherman's Brigade

Sheridan's Division - Granger's Corps.

Col. Francis T. Sherman.

Nov. 25, 1863

36th Illinois - Col. Silas Miller

36th Illinois - Lieut. Col. Porter C. Olson.

44th Illinois - Col. Wallace W. Barrett.

73d Illinois - Col. James F. Jaquess.

74th Illinois ...