Situated near the Federal Road, this settlement began during the Mississippi Territory period with a ferry that transported settlers across the Alabam …
UPDATE: This Falkenberry log cabin was destroyed by fire during October 2013. The cabin has been replaced by the 1880s Stanton dogtrot cabin ( https:/ …
NOTE: This historic home was destroyed by fire on November 14, 2017. This Greek Revival house was built circa 1850 by Thomas Helm Lee, master builder …
Provided are pictures taken August 2010 of the old cable ferry that operated at Davis Ferry on the Alabama River at Haines Island in west Monroe Count …
NOTE: This historical school is no longer standing. It was demolished during early 2022 (possibly because of the 4-laning of US Highway 43). ********* …
The Robbins Hotel was a historic hotel building in Beatrice. The building began as a private, one-story home with six rooms, built circa 1840. A secon …
Fort Madison was a wooden stockade fortification in the southern section of Clarke County in the vicinity of the present-day community of Gainestown, …
Fort Sinquefield was a wooden stockade fortification in Clarke County near the present-day community of Whatley, AL. It was one of the many forts bui …
Sunflower is a small unincorporated community located in east Washington County. The Sunflower Post Office began operation in 1892 and served the comm …
UPDATE: This home was demolished in late 2020. ******** This was the home of Syd and Aletha Etheridge. When Syd and Aletha married in 1901, they start …
Until its closure to automobile traffic in 2001, the Naheola Bridge was one of only a few bridges in the world that accommodated rail, auto, and river …
Rooster Bridge (built “to bridge the ‘Bigbee with cocks”) The old Rooster Bridge was located across the Tombigbee River approximately 11 miles southwe …
From 1958 to 1969, Thomasville was the home of an Air Force Radar Station which operated a long-range warning radar system. The radar antenna at this …
Author, Truman Capote, spent a large portion of his childhood living with and visiting his Faulk cousins in Monroeville, AL. Capote was close friends …