"Bienville Square was named for Jean Baptiste LeMoyne, Sieur de Bienville, who founded the city at its present site. In the square is a monument to his memory erected by the Colonial Dames in 1906, in the form of an immense granite cross. The...
"Big Spring International Park, located in the heart of Huntsville's downtown business district next to the County Courthouse and City Hall, is the site where John Hunt founded the city in 1805. The park, covering several city blocks, contains...
"Historic site commemorating the 1819 Constitutional Convention where Alabama entered the Union. One of only 50 such locations in the United States. Contains a complete homestead with out-buildings and gardens, newspaper office, print shop,...
"Northport, Ala....A scene on the site of the cotton warehouse of Northport, following the disastrous tornado that swept the region Monday March 21st. This and four other sites were hard hit, a total of 275 deaths being compiled."
"On this campus site once stood the Green Bottom Inn, one of Huntsville's earliest hostelries, noted for its race track. GRAY GANDER, once rated the world's fastest horse and winner of a $20,000 purse (not a small amount in the 1800's), raced and...
"Old Stagecoach Hotel, Mooresville, Alabama. This was one of the early stagecoach stops in North Alabama. The post office was on the first floor, and mail was sorted while the passengers ate. Mooresville is the site of Old House, in which Andrew...
"Old Spanish Fort Tourist Village, enjoys an enviable reputation from Coast to Coast for fine food and lodging. Its 60 well appointed guest rooms (15 air conditioned) are supplemented with an attractive dining room, coffee shop, soda fountain, gift...
"This is Mobile's most handsome building; it occupies a space of 116x160 feet. Construction work was begun August, 1914, and completed September, 1916. Is two stories high and fireproof, exterior is Alabama white marble, while the screen work,...
In the statement the delegates list the main points of the Alabama Platform, which had been rejected by the convention, and then formally withdraw from the gathering: "The points of difference between the Northern and Southern Democracy are: 1st....
"Entrance marker. Russell Cave National Monument was established by Presidential Proclamation on May 12, 1961. An area of 310 acres, a gift of the National Geographical Society to the people of the United States, was set aside for the protection of...