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Burning of British Ships / American Encampment

Ontario, The Municipality of Chatham-Kent, near ChathamEast of the Forks, the Thames River becomes shallower and not navigable for larger ships. With the American forces close behind, the British...

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Whitaker Cemetery

Alabama, Madison County, near New HopeJohn Whitaker, born 1761 in Pitt County, NC, was a Revolutionary War Soldier and established this cemetery. He and his second wife Winnie sold their land in Pitt...

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The Gowdy Community

Mississippi, Hinds County, JacksonThe Gowdy community was first settled prior to 1903. Named for Mr. W.B. Gowdy, former president of the Delta Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Plant. This African American...

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Lincoln Cemetery / Rufus Payne, 1884-1939

Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery Side 1 Lincoln Cemetery 1907 In 1907 the American Securities Company opened Lincoln Cemetery for African Americans and Greenwood Cemetery for whites, the first...

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Walnut Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Alabama, Madison County, near New Hope Side A On July 19, 1847, Chistopher and Mary Harless Sears deeded two acres (with meeting house, brush-arbor, and camp-stand) to the Elders of the Walnut Grove...

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Alabama State University / Tatum Street

Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery Side 1 Alabama State University The Early Years Founded in 1867, the Lincoln School in Marion, Alabama became the first state-assisted normal school for African...

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Vienna (New Hope)

Alabama, Madison County, New Hope Originally known as Cloud's Town, this community was incorporated in 1832 as Vienna. It prospered as a market town before the Civil War. On May 29, 1864, the 12th...

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Aurelia Eliscera Shines Browder

Alabama, Montgomery County, MontgomerySide 1 Aurelia Eliscera Shines Browder was born January 29, 1919, in Montgomery, Alabama. She graduated with honors in 1956 from Alabama State Teachers College...

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South Jackson Street / Victor Hugo Tulane

Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery Side 1 South Jackson Street Long a home to African-American professionals, politicians, and businessmen, South Jackson Street is in the heart of Centennial Hill,...

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Abram Mordecai / Mordecai's Cotton Gin

Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery Side 1 Abram Mordecai 1755-1849 Born October 24, 1755 in Pennsylvania; settled 1783 in Georgia where he became a successful trader among the Cusseta Indians....

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Lucas Tavern / Lafayette

Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery Lucas Tavern Stood four hundred yards north of this point Lafayette Spent the night here April 2, 1825 (Notable Persons) Includes location, directions, 3 photos,...

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William Lowndes Yancey

Alabama, Montgomery County, MontgomeryIn the house just north William Lowndes Yancey Statesman, Orator, Secessionist, Confederate Diplomatic Commissioner Died July 28, 1863 (Politics • War, US Civil)...

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Montgomery and Electricity / Hydroelectricity in the River Region

Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery Side 1 Montgomery and Electricity Gaslights in 1854, electric lights in 1883 and the electric trolley in 1886 made Montgomery a state leader in applying modern...

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Confederate Military Prison / Civil War Military Prisons

Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery Side 1 Confederate Military Prison Near this site, from mid April to December 1862, a Confederate military prison held, under destitute conditions, 700 Union...

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Encanchata

Alabama, Montgomery County, MontgomeryHere at the Indian village of Encanchata, future site of Montgomery, Col. John Tate, last British agent to the Muscogee Nation, recruited and drilled Creek...

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Montgomery Freemasonry

Alabama, Montgomery County, MontgomerySide 1 Freemasonry is a fraternal order which promotes a spirit of brotherhood, devotion to family, and service to God and country. Local Masonic Lodges and...

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The Legend of the Paw Paw

Ontario, The Municipality of Chatham-Kent, near ChathamThe Paw Paw tree (Asimina triloba) is native to the southern, eastern, and mid-western United States and extends to Canada only in the extreme...

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Huntingdon College

Alabama, Montgomery County, MontgomeryCoeducational liberal arts college of the United Methodist Church 1854: Founded as Tuskegee Female College 1872: Acquired by the Methodist Church, renamed Alabama...

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Sidney Lanier High School

Alabama, Montgomery County, MontgomeryEstablished in 1910 on South McDonough Street, this school was named for the well-known southern poet, Sidney Lanier, who resided in Montgomery 1866-67. This late...

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Beulah Baptist Church

Alabama, Montgomery County, MontgomeryBeulah Baptist Church was organized in the home of Monday and Dora Duvall, on the corner of Hull and Winnie Streets. Rev. William (Billy) Jenkins served as the...

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