Category: Alabama Historic Places and Landmarks

Historical Crossings and Ferries of Alabama

Posted on November 30, 2020January 18, 2021 by Staff

Explore Historical Crossings and Ferries of Alabama – Alabama’s Unofficial Travel Guide. Travelogue Series by locale and activity. Experience Both the Ordinary and the Extreme.

Historic Places and Ghost Towns in Bibb County Alabama

Posted on January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 by Staff

Bibb County was established in 1818 and called by the name of Cahaba. Two years later it was changed to that of Bibb, in honor of William W. Bibb, the first Governor of the State.

Bibb County was one of the largest counties in the State; but a great deal of its area has been cut off to make up the surrounding counties established later on in the history of the State.

All that remains of what was once Tuscumbia Landing are some limestone pilings that once held up the pier.

Tuscumbia Landing | Sheffield Alabama

Posted on December 27, 2020February 7, 2021 by Staff

Tuscumbia Landing was added to the national historic Trail of Tears on April 15, 2007 and it is where Cherokee and Creek tribes were moved in the 1830’s to Indian Territory (Oklahoma). There are other Trail of Tears sites in nine states but this pristine site on the Tennessee River is rare because Indians were moved by railroad and loaded to boats. The beautiful riverside property is owned by the City of Sheffield and under development by the Port Authority of Tuscumbia Landing. Because local citizens were so hospitable to the migrating Indians, the plan is to build a Welcome Center and invite hundreds of federally recognized tribes for a special day.

Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception

Posted on December 27, 2020February 8, 2021 by Staff

When bishop Michael Portier became the First Bishop of Mobile in 1829, he set out to build a Cathedral befitting the name.

Dekalb Landmark’s property in Fort Payne, containing the old cabin foundation and chimney, is now an officially certified historic site on the Trail of Tears Historic Trail. This interesting site is associated with the Benge Detachment during the Cherokee Indian removal in Northeast Alabama. The cabin itself was demolished in 1946 — it had stood approximately 125 years.

Fort Payne Cabin Site

Posted on December 26, 2020February 8, 2021 by Staff

Fort Payne Cabin Site Location: At the east end of 4th Street SE (just east of Gault Avenue S), Fort

Willstown Mission Cemetery

Posted on December 26, 2020February 8, 2021 by Staff

Willstown Mission Cemetery In 1823 Cherokee leaders John Ross, Andrew Ross, and George Lowery persuaded the American Board of Commissioners

Paynes Soda Fountain

Posted on December 25, 2020February 8, 2021 by Staff

Paynes Soda Fountain Ice Cream Parlor and Sandwich Shop 101 E Laurel St Scottsboro AL 256-574-2140 Open 10:00 am –

Swift-Coles Historic House

Posted on December 25, 2020February 8, 2021 by Staff

Swift-Coles Historic House 17424 Swift Coles Lane Bon Secour AL 36511 (251) 949-9550 This 1882 Tidewater Mansion is located on

Dog River Plantation, Mobile County, Alabama

Posted on December 21, 2020December 24, 2020 by Staff

In 1988 the Alabama Department of Transportation proposed replacement of the bridge over Dog River at its confluence with Mobile Bay. It was soon discovered that the south bank at the mouth of Dog River was a historically and archaeologically important site.

Gaylesville Alabama

Posted on December 15, 2020December 26, 2020 by Staff

The Gaylesville Alabama area was settled in the early 1830s, just before the removal of the Cherokee Indians. It was known originally as Sulphur Springs Alabama.

Fort Morgan Alabama

Posted on November 28, 2020December 23, 2020 by Terry W. Platt

Explore Alabama Ghosts and Haunted Places – Fort Morgan, in Baldwin County, Alabama, was built in 1819 was in use during the Civil War, Spanish American War, World War I and World War II.
It is rumored that visitors can hear the cries and screams of men late into the night, and they have seen the ghost of a solitary woman searching for justice after being killed at the fort.

Blakeley Alabama

Posted on November 29, 2020December 24, 2020 by Vickie Platt

Overlooking the marshes of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta just north of Mobile is the site
of the Alabama ghost town of Blakeley.

Now a part of Historic Blakeley State Park, the city once competed with Mobile for the status of queen city of Lower Alabama. All that remains today are gravestones, a few ruins and traces of old streets.

Cahaba Alabama

Posted on January 3, 2021January 3, 2021 by Staff

There are several buildings within Cahaba’s city limits that are still intact today, including its Civil War federal prison and a farmhouse built in 1841, although it is long uninhabited.

Affair At Madison Station

Posted on October 20, 2020December 27, 2020 by Staff

Affair At Madison Station May 17, 1864 The largest engagement of the Civil War in Madison County Alabama was fought

Cedar Bluff Alabama / Cornwall Furnace

Posted on October 19, 2020December 31, 2020 by Staff

Cornwall Furnace is located near Cedar Bluff, Alabama in Cherokee County. It was built by the Noble Brothers to supply iron products to the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.

Confederate Memorial Park

Posted on October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 by Staff

Confederate Memorial Park Confederate Memorial Park located in Marbury, Alabama, Autauga County, tells the story of Alabama’s Confederate soldier both

Alabama State Parks: Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park

Brierfield Ironworks Historical Park

Posted on February 7, 2021February 7, 2021 by Staff

Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park is an attractive, open park with a friendly staff.

Mooresville Alabama

Posted on September 30, 2020December 24, 2020 by Staff

Mooresville Alabama is one of the oldest incorporated towns in Alabama, having been incorporated on November 16, 1818, when Alabama was still a Territory. It was named for early settlers, Robert and William Moore who located on land which became the site of Mooresville.