Tag: museums in alabama

Woodville Alabama

Posted on May 15, 2020December 27, 2020 by Staff

The Woodville Alabama surrounding area was the site of considerable guerrilla warfare during the American Civil War.

Alabama Veteran’s Museum & Archives

Posted on August 23, 2021August 23, 2021 by Staff

The Veterans Museum holds a monthly “Coffee Call” the first Saturday of each month. Breakfast of biscuits and gravy, sausage, ham or bologna biscuits, pastries, fruit and juice are provided free of charge to the 140-180 who attend.

Tuskegee Alabama

Posted on May 13, 2020December 27, 2020 by Staff

Tuskegee is located in Macon County, Alabama. It was founded and laid out in 1833 by General Thomas Simpson Woodward, a Creek War veteran under Andrew Jackson.

Alston-Cobb House

Posted on May 3, 2020June 18, 2020 by Staff

The Alston-Cobb House, now formally known as the Clarke County Historical Museum, is an historic house and local history museum in Grove Hill, Alabama.

Yuchi Tribe

Posted on May 2, 2020June 18, 2020 by Terry W. Platt

The Yuchi people, spelled Euchee and Uchee, are people of a Native American tribe who historically lived in the eastern Tennessee River valley in Tennessee in the 16th century. The Yuchi built monumental earthworks. In the late 17th century, they moved south to Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina

Alabama A Pioneer State To Commence Red Cross Community

Posted on April 27, 2020December 22, 2020 by Staff

From the Tennessee line down to the Gulf, there was not a community, however remote it might be, that did not respond to the call for labor, money or membership, and when the Armistice was signed in 1918, nearly 150,000 Alabamians wore the emblem of the Red Cross.

Montgomery Alabama

Posted on April 24, 2020December 27, 2020 by Staff

Montgomery is the capital of the State of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. As of the 2010 Census, Montgomery had a population of 205,764.

ALABAMA CIVIL WAR INDEX

Posted on February 20, 2020December 22, 2020 by Staff

Alabama declared that it had seceded from the United States of America on January 11, 1861. It then quickly joined the Confederate States during the American Civil War. A slave state, Alabama provided a significant source of troops and leaders, military material, supplies, food, horses and mules; however, very little of the state’s cotton crop could be sold, as the main port of Mobile was closed off by the U.S. Navy.

The Account of Lamhatty

Posted on March 1, 2020June 18, 2020 by Staff

THE ACCOUNT OF LAMHATTY By DAVID I. BUSHNELL, Jr An old manuscript of unusual interest, relating to the Creek Indians

ALABAMA MAPS INDEX

Posted on November 21, 2019June 18, 2020 by Staff

Alabama Maps Index In addition to our collection of historical maps, we have created maps of some Alabama counties

Chewacla State Park

Posted on October 23, 2018February 9, 2021 by Staff

Lake Chewacla is perfect for reeling in bream, bass, crappie and catfish or taking a dip off the beach area. No luck in the lake, then try one of the park’s two creeks. There is no boat ramp on the lake, but visitors are allowed to bring their own small non-motorized watercraft such as canoes or kayaks if they can be hand-launched from the bank.

Tuscaloosa Museum of Art

Posted on October 23, 2018June 18, 2020 by Staff

Tuscaloosa Museum of Art The Tuscaloosa Museum of Art displays about 1000 works of fine and decorative art and it

Fort Mitchell: Fort Mitchell, Alabama | Russell County Alabama

Posted on September 11, 2018December 11, 2020 by Staff

The site of Fort Mitchell is now a park in Russell County, Alabama. The outstanding historic site features a reconstruction of the 1813 fort, historic burial grounds, a museum housing a fascinating collection of historic carriages, a restored 19th century log home and an impressive visitor center that offers exhibits, a film and a walk through the history of the site.

McWane Science Center

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

Designed to inspire a life-long love of learning, McWane Science Center has welcomed millions of visitors since opening its doors in 1998. Explorers – from ages 1 to 100 – flock year-round to see, to hear, to touch, and to experience the wonder of science in one of the South’s most unique venues.

TALLAPOOSA COUNTY ALABAMA

Posted on November 28, 2021November 28, 2021 by Staff

Tallapoosa County Alabama is a county in Alabama located in east-central Alabama. Tallapoosa County is home to Horseshoe Bend Military Park, site of the last battle of the Creek War, as well as Lake Martin and the Thomas Wesley Martin Dam.

TUSCALOOSA COUNTY ALABAMA

Posted on February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 by Staff

There are many recreational opportunities for visitors to Tuscaloosa County. Lake Lurleen State Park, named for Governor Lurleen Wallace, is located about 10 minutes from downtown Tuscaloosa and offers 1,600 acres for camping and hiking and a 250-acre lake for swimming and fishing.

WASHINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA

Posted on April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 by Terry W. Platt

Washington County was the first county organized in what would later become Alabama, as settlers moved westward after the American Revolutionary War. Washington County is the site of St. Stephens, the first territorial capital of Alabama. In 1807 former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr was arrested at Wakefield in Washington County, during his flight from being prosecuted for alleged treason (which he was eventually found innocent of).