 view gallery |   Cosa - Childersburg, AL
in Alabama Historical Markers Cosa, Coosa, and Coca are all names for the same Indian villagee visited by DeSoto in 1540. The three names can be found on three historical markers within about three miles of this marker. posted by:  hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 1/11/2013 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Fayetteville - Fayetteville, AL in Alabama Historical Markers Tennessee veterans of the Creek Indian War named this community for their old home in Tennessee. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 1/11/2013 last visited: never |
 view gallery | DeSoto Caverns - Childersburg, AL in Alabama Historical Markers DeSoto Caverns was named for the famous Spanish explorer who traveled through the area in 1540. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 1/11/2013 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Fort Strother - Ohatchee, AL in Alabama Historical Markers Fort Strother was the Creek Indian War Headquarters of Gen. Andrew Jackson. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 1/10/2013 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Battle of "Ten Islands" - Ohatchee, AL in Alabama Historical Markers The Battle of "Ten Islands" historical marker commemorates a July 14, 1864 Civil War battle. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 1/10/2013 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Fires and Floods - Collinsville, AL in Alabama Historical Markers Collinsville burned twice and suffered annually as it was inundated with flood waters from heavy rains that rushed down Lookout Mountain causing Little Wills Creek to overflow onto Main Street. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 1/5/2013 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Collinsville Historic District - Collinsville, AL in Alabama Historical Markers The Collinsville Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in February 2006. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 1/4/2013 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Indian Mound, Inn, and Church Site - Collinsville, AL in Alabama Historical Markers Cherokee Indians first inhabited this mound site. It became an inn in the 1840s and a Baptist Church in 1926. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 1/4/2013 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Pratt Gin Factory - Prattville, AL in Alabama Historical Markers This marker has information about the Pratt cotton gin manufacturing plant. posted by: xptwo location: Alabama date approved: 12/25/2012 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Sidney Lanier - Prattville, AL in Alabama Historical Markers This historic marker tells how the poet Sidney Lanier was principal and teacher at the Prattville Male and Female Academy in Prattville, Alabama, in 1867-1868. posted by: xptwo location: Alabama date approved: 12/22/2012 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Daniel Pratt Cemetery - Prattville, AL in Alabama Historical Markers This two-sided marker is by the Pratt family cemetery not far from the factories that Daniel Pratt established in the 1800s. posted by: xptwo location: Alabama date approved: 12/19/2012 last visited: 4/13/2013 |
 view gallery | Pratt Homesite - Prattville, AL in Alabama Historical Markers When Daniel Pratt moved to the area around Autauga Creek, he not only built a factory to produce cotton gins but also built an impressive home for his family. posted by: xptwo location: Alabama date approved: 12/18/2012 last visited: 4/13/2013 |
 view gallery | Refuge Cemetery - Lincoln, AL in Alabama Historical Markers The marker marks the location where, in April 1950, Alabama’s last two living Confederate veterans met to discuss shared experiences of the Civil War. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 12/13/2012 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Presbyterian Home For Children - Talladega, AL in Alabama Historical Markers The Presbyterian Home For Children opened at Tuskegee in 1868 and relocated in Talladega 1891. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 12/13/2012 last visited: never |
 view gallery | The Roundhouse, Madison, Alabama in Alabama Historical Markers This building is a replica of Madison's first city hall and is constructed on the original site of the Madison Depot. posted by:  krsmith2 location: Alabama date approved: 12/9/2012 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Prattville Academy Site - Prattville, AL in Alabama Historical Markers When Daniel Pratt bought property to begin making cotton gins by the Autauga River, he wound up creating an entire town. The school was part of his efforts to help the community. posted by: xptwo location: Alabama date approved: 12/9/2012 last visited: never |
 view gallery | History of Wilsonville, Alabama - Wilsonville, AL in Alabama Historical Markers Wilsonville, named for Adam Wilson, was incorporated in 1897. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 12/6/2012 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Confederate Forts - Wilsonville, AL in Alabama Historical Markers Three forts were built near Wilsonville in 1863 by Confederate troops to protect the Alabama-Tennessee River Railroad trestles across the Coosa River and Yellow Leaf Creek. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 12/6/2012 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Historic Harpersville - Harpersville, AL in Alabama Historical Markers Harpersville is one of Shelby County’s oldest communities. Its existence precedes that of Shelby County and the State of Alabama. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 12/6/2012 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Wilsonville Cemetery - Wilsonville, AL in Alabama Historical Markers Wilsonville Cemetery has been an important burying place since the early 1800s. The earliest marked grave dates to 1854. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 12/6/2012 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Lee Mansion - Madison, Madison County, Alabama in Alabama Historical Markers Farmhouse was originally part of a complex constructed in 1818 on property that is now owned by Redstone Arsenal. posted by: krsmith2 location: Alabama date approved: 12/5/2012 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Nicholas Davis - Capshaw, Alabama, Limestone County in Alabama Historical Markers Davis was a framer of Alabama's constitution & served as President of the Alabama Senate. posted by: krsmith2 location: Alabama date approved: 12/4/2012 last visited: never |
 view gallery | CSA Post Office Department - Montgomery, AL in Alabama Historical Markers This marker is located in front of site of the first offices of the Confederate States Post Office Department, though it was located here only for a short time before the capital was moved to Richmond, VA. posted by: xptwo location: Alabama date approved: 11/30/2012 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Shelby County Courthouse 1854-1908 - Columbiana, AL in Alabama Historical Markers The "Old Shebly County Courthouse", built in 1854, was the second county courthouse. It served the county until 1908. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 11/29/2012 last visited: 12/18/2012 |
 view gallery | Columbiana, Alabama - Columbiana, AL in Alabama Historical Markers Columbiana, originally called Columbia, was selected as the county seat of Shelby County in 1826. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 11/29/2012 last visited: 12/18/2012 |
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