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    Barker’s Slave Quarters at Old Cahawba Park in Dallas County, AL (built 1860, columns added after main house burned in 1935)

    Antebellum, Historic Home, Historic Markers & Memorials, Old Cahawba Park, Parks & Campgrounds | Cahaba in Dallas County  

    This is a 2-story brick slave quarters that was built by Stephen Barker in 1860 behind his large brick mansion. The building originally had no columns. After the Civil War, Confederate veteran, Samuel McGurdy Kirkpatrick and his wife, Sarah, purchased …

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    Fambro-Arthur House at Old Cahawba Park in Dallas County, AL (built ca. 1841)

    Antebellum, Endangered, Historic Home, Historic Markers & Memorials, Old Cahawba Park, Parks & Campgrounds | Cahaba in Dallas County  

    The Fambro-Arthur house gets its name from two of its owners. One was a judge, and the other was a former slave. Judge W. W. Fambro built this house in the early 1840s. He may have constructed the house using two older structures. D. EzeKiel Arthur was …

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    Grave of John A Bell in the “New” Cemetery at Old Cahawba

    Antebellum, Churches and Cemeteries, Historic Markers & Memorials, Old Cahawba Park, Parks & Campgrounds | Cahaba in Dallas County  

    Shown are pictures of the grave of John A Bell that’s located in the “New” Cemetery at the Old Cahawba Park in Dallas County. On May 23rd, 1856, there was a shootout on the main street in Cahawba, with J. R. Bell and his two sons against Will E. Bird, …

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    Old Cahawba near Orrville, AL (site of Alabama’s First State Capital)

    Bird Watching, Old Cahawba Park, Open for Tours, Parks & Campgrounds | Cahaba in Dallas County  

    Located east of Orrville at the confluence of the Alabama and Cahaba Rivers, the town initially known as Cahawba served as the state’s first permanent capital from 1820 until 1825. When the capital was moved from Cahawba in 1826 to Tuscaloosa, many of …

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    Perine Well at the Old Cahawba Park near Selma, AL

    Antebellum, Historic Markers & Memorials, Old Cahawba Park, Parks & Campgrounds | Cahaba in Dallas County  

    Cahawba, also spelled Cahaba, was Alabama’s first state capital (1820-1826). It became a ghost town shortly after the Civil War. Today, the old Cahawba site is an interpretative park that’s operated by the Alabama Historical Commission. Visitors to the …

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    St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at Old Cahawba Park in Dallas County, AL (completed 1854, recorded by HABS, listed on the NRHP)

    Antebellum, Auburn Rural Studio, Churches and Cemeteries, Old Cahawba Park | Cahaba in Dallas County  

    Cahaba (also spelled Cahawba), located between Selma and Orrville at the confluence of the Alabama and Cahaba Rivers, was once a thriving antebellum river town and it served as Alabama’s first permanent state capital from 1819-1826. It became a ghost t …

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Welcome to rural southwest Alabama. This website is dedicated to twelve counties located in rural southwest Alabama which includes a large portion of Alabama's Black Belt area. This region is known for its rich and diverse heritage, historic homes and churches, and natural beauty. This website contains details about historic and interesting places that you will find in this area of Alabama.

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