Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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First African Baptist Church played a central role in the fight for civil rights in Tuscaloosa because it was the home church of Rev. T. Y. Rogers, Jr., the most important local leader in the movement, and the primary site . . .
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First African Baptist Church played a central role in the fight for civil rights in Tuscaloosa because it was the home church of Rev. T. Y. Rogers, Jr., the most important local leader in the movement, and the primary site . . . (African Americans • Churches & Religion • Civil Rights) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
As you look at the ruins of the former Alabama State Capitol, it may be difficult to realize that the building stood at the center of debates over freedom and liberty. Until the end of the Civil War, Alabama and Tuscaloosa . . . 
Canadian River was south line of “Old Oklahoma” opened by Run at 12 o’clock noon, April 22, 1889. Riders started at river crossing near here. Many thousands entered the 2,000,000 a. tract north: homes were planted and tent . . . 
This parcel of land in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia deeded to the City of Glasgow, Scotland, Aug. 6, 1975, during the visit of the Honourable Peter T. McCann, Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow, to officiate at the Festival of . . . 
Five years after the University Farm opened in 1908, this Mission Revival station was built by Southern Pacific to replace the original Davisville depot, which had served passengers since 1868. Listed in the National . . . 
Site of Newkirk House one of the earliest houses in Woodstock, occupied 1777 by Garret Newkirk, later by Jacobus Eltinge.
This park was among the city’s first public spaces, officially recognized since 1686. At that time, it took its name from an actual canal that Canal Street later replaced. On October 12, 1920, the governors of New York and . . . 
Birthplace of Ellen G. White Born Here Nov. 26, 1827 Co-Founder Seventh-Day Adventist Church Dedicated May 22, 1983 by Seventh-Day Adventist Church Gorham Historical Society
Built by Joseph Chapman (Jose El Ingles), a woodman from Maine, taken prisoner during a pirate raid near Santa Barbara in 1818. He also helped construct the new Plaza Church in Los Angeles, and in 1819-1820 he built a grist . . . 
who came to Tuscaloosa County Alabama Robert Aiken • Isaac Jaudon Samuel Baker • Reuben Jones William Binion • Thomas Keates, Sr. Benjamin Blackburn • Daniel Lookingbill Benjamin Bruton • John Madison Thomas Clarke • Samuel . . . 
Beginning of the Southside Neighborhood: The City of Sacramento has always been susceptible to floods. In the 1800's, this site which is now Southside Park was swamp land and was used as dumping grounds. By the 1850's a . . . 
Mrs. Viola Irene (Davis) Desmond was born on July 6, 1914 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to James and Gwendolyn Davis. Viola was one of 15 siblings who grew up in and around the city area. After graduating from Bloomfield High . . . 
On November 16, 1907, Purcell’s children celebrated Oklahoma’s entry into statehood by forming a human “star” in the downtown. This symbolized Oklahoma’s role as the 46th star in the U. S. flag ? Dedicated to Purcell . . . 
Hotel Love has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1895
Caravans of gold seekers in the Rush for California traveled this Trail in spring, 1849, under military escort commanded by Capt. R.B. Marcy. Route lay west from Ft. Smith, south side of Arkansas and Canadian rivers, across . . . 
Michael A. Adams · James Ayers · Terry Blount · Mark Bradley · Paul Bradley · Mickey Baker · Buck Branum · Tony Burleson · Jeff Burton · Mike Combest · Curtie Compton · Mark Corley · Larry Coulter · Billy Delaney · Robert D. . . . 
August 24, 1835 One mile northwest the Camp Holmes Treaty was signed to guarantee peace, friendship, good hunting, safe travel, as far as the western borders of the U.S.A. To negotiate their first treaty with our government . . . 
Birthplace & Boyhood Home Col. John L. Smith Dec. 26, 1914 - June 10, 1972 Col. John Lucien Smith U.S.M.C. In 54 days of aerial combat in the Solomon Islands he destroyed 19 Japanese planes to become the leading air ace of . . . 
Germans first came to Texas in 1821, immigrated by the hundreds in the 1840s, and in the 1880s began to move into Hill County. Here land was made available by such earlier settlers as G. W. McNeese, the Savage family, A. D. . . . 
New Glasgow is a scenic riverside town of 9,455 residents, which serves as the commercial-service centre for northern Nova Scotia with a rich multi-cultural mosaic. Founded by Scottish settlers in 1784, the town was named . . . 
