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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Madison County
Huntsville is the county seat for Madison County
Adjacent to Madison County, Alabama
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On Main Street south of Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
October, 1813, the Creek Civil War was threatening settlers in the Mississippi Territory. Governor William Blount of Tennessee called up 5,000 volunteers to protect the white population. Andre Jackson's soldiers followed a path through the Cherokee . . . — — Map (db m127603) HM
On Hayden Cemetery Road, 0.1 miles west of Poplar Ridge Road, on the left when traveling west.
On August 19, 1887, Tranquilla J. Haden gave to
the Poplar Ridge community 1.5 acres at this
site for a cemetery later to be called Hayden.
The site had been used as a cemetery since
as early as 1858. The cemetery expanded to 5.1
acres through . . . — — Map (db m191685) HM
Near Main Drive/New Hope Highway, 0.2 miles south of Johnson Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
New Hope Cemetery By 1813-14, white settlers were coming in 1arge numbers following Andrew Jackson's Fort Deposit Road. Most were squatters on the Cherokee Indian Reservation. When the land began to be sold by the government in 1830, Robert . . . — — Map (db m191686) HM
On Poplar Ridge Road north of Hodges Road, on the left when traveling north.
Poplar Ridge School had its beginning in 1858 as a one-room log building. The existing late Classical Revival frame building was built circa 1875. A late Victorian façade was subsequently added. At one time the school had an enrollment of 100 . . . — — Map (db m191684) HM
On Main Drive (Old Highway 431) south of Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
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 Indiana Cavalry, commanded by Lt. Col. Alfred Reed, seized the town. They built a . . . — — Map (db m71347) HM
On New Hope Cedar Point Road at Cambron Road, on the right when traveling east on New Hope Cedar Point Road.
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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 Society of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for one penny. The Union Army . . . — — Map (db m71343) HM
On Ikard Road, 0.3 miles north of Nebo Road, in the median.
John 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 County in 1801 and migrated to Rowan County where Winnie died, then to Mulberry, TN . . . — — Map (db m71341) HM
On Winchester Road at Maysville Road, on the left when traveling south on Winchester Road.
Buckhorn Tavern
Located in Section 18, Township 2, Range 2 East, this site was an early wayside stop for pioneer settlers as they traveled the road from Winchester, Tennessee into Madison County. The tavern predates the creation of the . . . — — Map (db m155018) HM
On Beth Road just west of New Market Road (County Road 100), on the right when traveling east.
For 53 years Madison County operated an establishment one-half mile to the south where the indigent, lame, and unfortunate were housed in a series of log buildings. Each year a superintendent and a physician were appointed to care for their needs. . . . — — Map (db m154290) HM
On Winchester Road south of Old Mountain Fork Road, on the right when traveling south.
"A holy place: symbol of eternity. strength, and stability within the wilderness."
One of the earliest known Cumberland Presbyterian campgrounds in Madison County, Mount Paran Cemetery is the resting place for many of the county's pioneer . . . — — Map (db m154293) HM
On New Market Road at Powers Street, on the right when traveling west on New Market Road.
Mary Miller deeded land in 1849 to serve both Methodist and Cumberland Presbyterian congregations. The original building burned and the Methodists in 1882 sold their interest in a second building. This second church destroyed by a tornado in 1884. . . . — — Map (db m31658) HM
On Wallace Lane (County Highway 100) west of Billy D. Harbin Road, on the right when traveling west.
On this site, inventor and early aviation pioneer William Lafayette Quick and his sons designed and built the first airplane to be flown in the State of Alabama. Construction began in 1900. Awaiting an engine, it took nearly eight years to complete. . . . — — Map (db m85841) HM
On Winchester Road near New Market Road, on the left when traveling south.
Settled by Pioneers early as 1806. Voting Precinct established 1827. Town incorporated 1837.
George Smith, major landowner of town site, built first log house and established mercantile business, 1814. John Miller excavated millrace, erected . . . — — Map (db m31657) HM
On Meridian Street at Chase Road NE, on the right when traveling north on Meridian Street.
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
Legislature approved 9 December 1873 "a normal school for the education of colored teachers" in Huntsville. Ex-slave William Hooper Councill founder and first president. Classes began May 1875 . . . — — Map (db m39760) HM
On Meridian Street, 0.2 miles north of Chase Road NE, on the left when traveling north.
In 1919, the first building was erected nearby with funds provided locally and supplemented with a Julius Rosenwald Foundation grant. Named for William H. Councill, Alabama A&M University founder, the three-room structure was built for black . . . — — Map (db m39761) HM
On Meridian Street at Parker Drive NW, on the right when traveling north on Meridian Street.
"...A tower of knowledge, of strength, of power ...Let us build..." Dr. William Hooper Councill served as President of Alabama A&M University and was the catalyst for its early development from its founding in 1875 until his death in 1909. . . . — — Map (db m39763) HM
On Hidden Lake Drive SE at Old Big Cove Road, on the right when traveling west on Hidden Lake Drive SE.
John C. Grayson, a Virginia-trained surveyor, came to the Big Cove area before it opened for U.S. settlement. In 1807, he assisted U.S. Surveyor Col. Thomas Freeman with a survey to avoid a dispute among the Cherokee and Chickasaw Nations and the . . . — — Map (db m191681) HM
On Winchester Road near Buddy Williamson Road, on the right when traveling south.
2 miles N.W. on old Limestone Road during a skirmish August 5, 1862 Federal General Robert L. McCook was killed by men of Capt. Frank Gurley's Confederate unit. In retaliation, the Federal forces burned and pillaged the area. — — Map (db m31644) HM
On Ryland Pike east of Moontown Road, on the right when traveling east.
Central High School
1917-1931
In 1916, the Superintendent of Madison County Schools met with the citizens of Ryland, Maysville, and Brownsboro to discuss plans to replace the three one-room schools serving each community. Five acres of . . . — — Map (db m113466) HM
On Moontown Road south of Ryland Pike, on the left when traveling south.
Front Alabama's oldest Baptist church was constituted by Elder John Nicholson on October 2, 1808 in the home of James Deaton in Killingsworth Cove. It was named "The Flint River Baptist Church of Christ." The original building was built . . . — — Map (db m39765) HM
On Moontown Road south of Ryland Pike, on the left when traveling south.
Commemorating the first organized church in Alabama. Established Oct. 2, 1808, upon the Doctrine of Salvation by Grace, as attested by her Articles of Faith. The first building was erected 1 mi. N.E. Articles of Faith
We believe: 1. In only . . . — — Map (db m85842) HM
On Ryland Pike west of Dug Hill Road, on the left when traveling west.
In October, 1808, the Western Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church sent James Gwinn, a circuit rider, to the "great bend" of the Tennessee River to formalize existing Methodist Societies. He organized the Flint Circuit to serve frontier . . . — — Map (db m39767) HM
On Toney School Road, 0.2 miles east of Dan Crutcher Road, on the left when traveling east.
The first public county high school for African-Americans in Madison County was located in the Toney community. The original Toney School was founded in 1896 in a log cabin on the Henderson (Tump) Crutcher place (-½ mile west of this site, at the . . . — — Map (db m201346) HM
Near Wall-Triana Highway, 1.5 miles south of James Record Road, on the right when traveling south.
The Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist Church was established in 1878 beneath a weeping willow tree in Triana, Alabama under the leadership of Elder Eli Patton. On June 20, 1905 the present site was purchased in the New Haven community and a new sanctuary . . . — — Map (db m40164) HM
On 6th Street at Record Street, on the right when traveling east on 6th Street.
Originally called “The Prairie” by the Chickasaw Indians who settled here, Triana was incorporated November 13, 1819 as the second town in Madison County. The community purportedly was named after Rodrigo de Triana, the crewman who first . . . — — Map (db m70237) HM
On West War Eagle Avenue at West Main Street (Business U.S. 412), on the right when traveling west on West War Eagle Avenue.
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On January 10, 1863, nine men, including two Confederate officers and prominent local citizens and Masonic lodge members, were taken from a guardhouse near here, led to Samuel Vaughn's farm one mile northeast of Huntsville, and shot. . . . — — Map (db m141514) HM
On West War Eagle Avenue at West Main Street (U.S. 412), on the right when traveling west on West War Eagle Avenue.
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Isaac Murphy was born Oct. 16, 1799, in Pennsylvania. A teacher and lawyer, he moved to Fayetteville in 1834 and became involved in politics. Murphy took part in the 1849 Gold Rush, but lost his farm to creditors. He, his wife and . . . — — Map (db m141518) HM
On West Main Street (Business U.S. 412) at West War Eagle Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
A county government was organized in Madison County in 1836, in the barn of Evan S. Polk, a short distance northwest of the present town of Huntsville which was laid out as a town and made the permanent seat, of government in 1839. The county was . . . — — Map (db m141599) HM
On NE Drew Way, 0.2 miles east of U.S. 90, on the left when traveling east.
Drew Mansion Site
Located approximately one-half mile to the northwest is the site of the Drew Mansion, home of George F. Drew, governor of Florida during the difficult period of readjustment following Civil War Reconstruction, 1877-1881. . . . — — Map (db m19939) HM
On Northwest 140th Street at Northwest Heron Drive, on the left when traveling north on Northwest 140th Street.
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For the glory of God, the church was constituted June 20, 1841. The charter members were: Richard J. and Eliza Mays; Joshua W.P. and Mary McCall; William T., Elizabeth and Harriet Johnson; black servants, Elbert, Phillis, . . . — — Map (db m67604) HM
On U.S. 90, 0.1 miles west of Northwest Elizabeth Sims Loop, on the right when traveling east.
Side 1
The Miccosukee Indian chief, John Hicks (English name for Tuckose Emathla) was a prominent Indian leader in the period between the First and Second Seminole Wars (1818-1835). It is believed that after General Andrew Jackson destroyed the . . . — — Map (db m210908) HM
This home is a reconstruction of the home where musician Ray Charles (1930-2004) lived with his mother, Aretha Williams, and adopted grandmother, Margaret "Muh" Robinson, shortly after his birth in 1930, until about the age of five. "RC", as Ray was . . . — — Map (db m52361) HM
On U.S. 90 at Broad Street, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 90.
Begun as Sandy Ford, 1850, Samuel Williams was the first postmaster in 1854. Called Station 5 on the Pensacola-Georgia R.R., the name Greenville, for Greenville, S.C., came in the 1860's. Elijah Hays helped its expansion after 1876. Incorporated in . . . — — Map (db m172571) HM
Near Interstate 10 (Interstate 10 at milepost 265), 3.5 miles east of County Road 255, on the right when traveling west.
The light of freedom still burns brightly in our world today because
of the service and sacrifice of America’s men and women in uniform.
Our Nation’s servicemen and women have fought the forces of tyranny and
won victories for liberty, . . . — — Map (db m153185) WM
Near U.S. 10 at milepost 265 west of County Road 255.
The light of freedom still burns brightly in our world today because
of the service and sacrifice of America’s men and women in uniform.
Our nation’s servicemen and women have fought the forces of tyranny and
won victories . . . — — Map (db m153189) WM
On U.S. 90 at Northeast Macedonia Church Road, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 90.
MIDDLE FLORIDA MISSIONARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
The Middle Florida Baptist Association was formed at Macedonia Church, November 9, 1900, by a group of churches formerly in The Florida Association. Reverend, J.T. Farnell was the First . . . — — Map (db m173106) HM
On SE Boundary Bend Trail, 2.8 miles east of County Road 255, on the left when traveling east.
It’s September 23, 1539…
Conquistador Hernando de Soto and his men have reached a large river, the present-day Suwannee –
My nose is broken, and we are weary from battle. We will rest here for two days before crossing. Envoys of . . . — — Map (db m126587) HM
On Northwest Marion Street just east of Northwest Meeting Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
“The Dream House is not one of the larger homes but in architecture, construction, mill-work, and general floor plan it is said to follow the Prince Archilles Murat Home in Tallahassee. Built in 1849, it is 11 years younger than Madison. Mr. . . . — — Map (db m172364) HM
Near Southwest Pinckney Street just east of Shelby Street, on the right when traveling east.
This Post Office is dedicated to the memory of Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr. who served his country and his men with distinction and bravery, giving his life in the Pacific December 1941 Established by an Act of Congress July . . . — — Map (db m172574) HM WM
On East Base Street (U.S. 90) at Southwest Shelby Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Base Street.
Captain Richard G. Bradford of Madison was killed October 9, 1861, during the Battle of Santa Rosa Island. This battle was fought in an attempt to capture Fort Pickens which protected Pensacola Harbor. Bradford was the first Confederate officer from . . . — — Map (db m149388) HM
On Southwest Rutledge Street at Southwest Horry Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Southwest Rutledge Street.
Madison was founded on land secured from Madison C. Livingston, May 2, 1838, and established as the county seat after its removal from San Pedro. An early political center, it was along the escape route of Confederate Secretary of War John C. . . . — — Map (db m149420) HM
On Northeast Marion Street at Northeast Range Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Northeast Marion Street.
This late Victorian mansion was built c. 1880 for Major William H. Dial (1830-1905), a Confederate veteran of the Civil War. Dial was a surveyor who moved from South Carolina to Madison, Florida in the 1850s. This house is one of the finest examples . . . — — Map (db m102441) HM
On West Pinckney Street at South Orange Street, on the right when traveling west on West Pinckney Street.
This structure represents an adaptation of the Queen Anne style of architecture to local ecclesiastical needs and traditional building materials. Both the stimulus for constructing a new sanctuary and the idea for its basic design are attributed to . . . — — Map (db m17726) HM
On Northwest Meeting Avenue, 0.1 miles north of Northwest Livingston Street, on the right when traveling north.
An early community cemetery, Oak Ridge presents a profile of North Florida history. Located on approximately eleven acres, the cemetery was established on land donated by two pioneer citizens.
Buried here are: William Archer Hammerly, Master . . . — — Map (db m149419) HM
On West Base Street (U.S. 90), on the right when traveling east.
Begun here for God's glory in 1835, the church was named Madison Baptist Church in 1854 and received its present name in 1922. Founders were Abraham Moseley and R.J. Mays. Early pastors were B. Fiddler, W.B. Cooper, H.Z. Ardis, and first deacon . . . — — Map (db m17744) HM
On East Base Street (U.S. 90) east of Northeast Range Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
On this site stood a Blockhouse erected by the citizens of the area to protect women, children, and old people in the threatening period of 1835-1842. It served as an informal Court House before Adoniram Vann completed the regular Court House in . . . — — Map (db m149386) HM
Near Northwest 205th Street at Northwest 140th Street.
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To The Glory of The Most High God a group of Christians led by the Reverend John Gramling organized Shiloh Methodist Church here, December 24, 1845. Born in 1785 in South Carolina, the son of German Emigrants Adam and Elizabeth . . . — — Map (db m67603) HM
On State Road 14, 0.1 miles north of County Road 360, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
In the mid 1600's San Pedro de Potohiriba, a Spanish mission, was established in this area on the Old Spanish Trail. The first courthouse of Madison County was erected at San Pedro, the county seat from 1828 to 1838. San Pedro, located about ten . . . — — Map (db m129387) HM
On North Duval Street (Florida Route 145) at Northeast Marion Street, on the right when traveling north on North Duval Street.
Madison Lodge Number 11, F.& A.M. founded the St. Johns Seminary of Learning on the southwest corner of this block in 1850. This institution became the basis for Madison High School in 1886. W.B. Cates established the Florida Normal Institute here . . . — — Map (db m149389) HM
On Northeast Horry Avenue at Marion Street, on the right when traveling north on Northeast Horry Avenue.
The congregation of St. Mary's Episcopal Church was organized in 1859, but the parish became dormant during the Civil War when services were held irregularly. Twenty years later, on July 6, 1879, the congregation appointed a committee to coordinate . . . — — Map (db m93267) HM
On South Range Street (State Road 14), on the left when traveling north.
Across Range Street, this Unit was used in Cotton and Peanut processing until 1919 and later carried to Taylor County for use in the Lumber Industry. With a 5-foot Piston Stroke and a 16-foot Drive Wheel, this 500 HP Engine pulled 65 Gins in the . . . — — Map (db m17752) HM
On Lakeshore Drive at Priest Street, on the right when traveling west on Lakeshore Drive.
Established at Columbus, February 17, 1842, moved across the Suwannee to serve a Sawmill Complex, 1867, the office became Ellaville, 1872. Some postmasters were George F. Drew, 1867-1883, Robert L. Millinor, 1893-1912, Frederick Stroud, 1914-1922, . . . — — Map (db m67606) HM
On Southwest Range Avenue (Florida Route 14) at Southwest Santa Fe Street, on the right when traveling north on Southwest Range Avenue.
Captain John L. Inglis began in this area The Florida Manufacturing Company in 1874. This plant ginned as many as ten thousand bales of Sea Island Long Staple Cotton in one year. The thread was widely used for general purposes and making English . . . — — Map (db m149433) HM
On East Base Street (U.S. 90) at Northeast Range Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Base Street.
The Four Freedoms were stated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his Annual Message to Congress, January 6, 1941. Freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear everywhere in the world, became the . . . — — Map (db m149384) HM
On West Base Street (U.S. 90), on the left when traveling east.
The Wardlaw-Smith House was erected in the early 1860's for Benjamin F. Wardlaw, a prominent local citizen. Following the Civil War Battle of Olustee in February, 1864, it served as a Confederate hospital. This fine example of Greek Revival . . . — — Map (db m17745) HM
On Southwest Rutledge Street at Southwest Range Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Southwest Rutledge Street.
Built in 1892 by William Turner (W.T.) Davis, this building is one of the few remaining buildings in Florida covered with a galvanized sheet metal facade, in this example produced by the Mesker Brothers Iron Works of St. Louis, Missouri. This use of . . . — — Map (db m96934) HM
On West Base Street (U.S. 90), on the left when traveling east.
The Wardlaw-Smith House was acquired by Mr. and Mrs. William M. Goza in January, 1978 in a state of disrepair. It was meticulously restored and landscaped by them under the supervision of Dawson Rutherford, Master Contractor. Mr. and Mrs. Goza . . . — — Map (db m17750) HM
On 4th Avenue east of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Grove Hill Militia District Courthouse
Built around 1875
Donated to Colbert Community in memory of Mr. and Mrs. and Harold Gaulding, Sr. by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gaulding, Jr. — — Map (db m181832) HM
On 4th Avenue east of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling east.
General Merchandise
Cotton and Fertilizer
Colbert, Georgia
Ed R. Hart, Sr., Owner
1947 - 1979
This building donated to the city of Colbert by the family of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hart, Sr. in 2003
Mr. and Mrs. Hart were civic-minded . . . — — Map (db m180870) HM
On 4th Avenue at South 4th Street, on the right when traveling west on 4th Avenue.
In memory of the 400+ gallant Madison County Confederates who sacrificed so much for Southern independence
Company "A"
16th Georgia
Volunteer Infantry
"The Madison County Greys"
159 Members
Company "D"
9th Georgia
Company "E" . . . — — Map (db m182259) WM
On Watson Mill Road, 0.1 miles north of Whitsel Hollow Road, on the right when traveling north.
The 130 acres comprising this park were donated in 1968 to the state of Georgia in memory of Morris M. Bryan by the Jefferson Mills, Inc. which he founded in 1916.
He acquired this property for his company in 1932. It produced electric . . . — — Map (db m181751) HM
On General Daniels Avenue (U.S. 29) at Crawford Long Street, in the median on General Daniels Avenue.
Dr. Crawford W. Long who first used ether as an anesthetic, in a surgical operation at Jefferson, Ga., March 30, 1842, was born in a house that stands about 1 block from here. Dr. Long, born Nov. 1, 1815, was barely 27 when he performed the famous . . . — — Map (db m29851) HM
On General Daniels Avenue (U.S. 29) at Madison Street, in the median on General Daniels Avenue.
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Discoverer of the use of sulphuric ether as an anaesthetic in surgery on March 30, 1842 at Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia, U.S.A.
Born at Danielsville, Georgia Nov. 1, 1815
Died at Athens, Georgia June 16, 1878 . . . — — Map (db m60609) HM
On General Daniels Avenue (U.S. 29) at Madison Street, in the median on General Daniels Avenue.
Discoverer of anaesthesia and first to use in surgery March 30, 1842
Born in Danielsville, Georgia
November 1, 1815
Died June 16, 1878 — — Map (db m58477) HM
On Georgia Route 172 at Roy Wood Road on State Route 172.
On the night of July 11, 1964 three African-American World War II veterans returning home following training at Ft. Benning, Georgia were noticed in Athens by local members of the Ku Klux Klan. The officers were followed to the nearby Broad River . . . — — Map (db m29857) HM
On General Daniels Avenue (State Highway 8) at Madison Street, in the median on General Daniels Avenue.
This County, created by Act of the Legislature December 5, 1811, is named for James Madison, Virginia Democrat, fourth President of the United States, 1809-‘17. The site for Danielsville was given by Gen. Allen Daniel of Revolutionary fame. In . . . — — Map (db m29863) HM
On North 5000 West at West 6000 North on North 5000 West.
In the spring of 1883, a group of men led by Richard Hemsley and James Steel left Salt Lake City, by train, in search of a new place to live. They rode to the end of the railroad line, Market Lake, now Roberts, Idaho. Here they obtained horses and . . . — — Map (db m140739) HM
On State Highway 33 at Plano Road, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 33.
Beaver Dick
This park is named for “Beaver Dick, “ a mountain man of late fur trade days, who lived on in this locality until 1899.
He was born in England, and his real name was Richard Leigh. He came west as a trapper, but the . . . — — Map (db m103902) HM
Brigham Young University - Idaho had its beginning in 1888 as an academy affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Initially known as Bannock Stake Academy. It was renamed Fremont Stake Academy, Smith Academy, and Ricks . . . — — Map (db m35477) HM
On West 2000 South (Burton Oil Road) near South 4000 West(Burton Loop Road), on the right when traveling west.
Settlement named in honor of Robert T. Burton, who laid out the townsite in 1882. Early settlers cleared the sagebrush, dug canals, ditches, planted crops, and built modest homes. A branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was . . . — — Map (db m140643) HM
Near North Center Street near West 1st Street North, on the left when traveling north.
Several of these hitching posts were connected by cable and located on the east front of the Tabernacle. Early Church attendees would tie their horses to the cable. — — Map (db m108348) HM
Erected Sept. 28, 1935
In honor of the Rexburg Stake Pioneers
The founders of Rexburg, March 11, 1883
Thomas E. Ricks• Henry Flamm • Francis C. Gunnell • Fred Smith• William F. Rigby • Daniel Walters •
Thomas E. Ricks, Jr. • Lorenzo . . . — — Map (db m84344) HM
Jenny Leigh, an Eastern Shoshone Indian of Chief Washakie's People, was born in 1849. She first married a French-Canadian trapper, who was later killed and despoiled of his furs by an Indian in Jackson Hole Country.
She later married . . . — — Map (db m140644) HM
On State Highway 33, 1.5 miles east of Butte Road, on the right when traveling east.
Menan Buttes
Two cones of glassy lava are located directly south of here. The largest rises 800 feet above the surrounding plain.
Hot molten lava, erupting from great depth, met cold surface water in the wet flood plain of Snake river: the . . . — — Map (db m103901) HM
On State Highway 33 at Plano Road, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 33.
No. 70
August 21, 1937
In honor of
The Mormon Pioneers of Idaho
Builders of
North Fork Ferry
The first ferry on Henry’s Fork
of Snake River, was first operated
near this spot March 26, 1883. It
was constructed by Rexburg . . . — — Map (db m103903) HM
To honor those who have contributed to Growth and Development of the Upper Valley
Histories on file in Museum Library
A Civic Improvement Project of the
GFWC Rexburg Civic Club
Labor and materials donate by local Scout troops, . . . — — Map (db m84348) HM
On South 2nd West near West 1st South, on the left when traveling south.
Arthur Porter, for whom Porter Park is named, was born in Auckland, New Zealand, April 20, 1876. He came to the United States with his parents at the age of nine. He died December 30, 1967, in Rexburg, Idaho. Porter was an educator, publisher, . . . — — Map (db m140589) HM
On East 1st North at North Millhollow Road, on the right when traveling west on East 1st North.
In the summer of 1883, William F. Rigby purchased, dismantled and moved by oxen a mill to the new community of Rexburg, establishing the only mill in southern Idaho. The mill was reconstructed on the west side of Third East, between Second and Third . . . — — Map (db m42052) HM
On West 2nd South near South 3rd West, on the right when traveling west.
In February of 1883, Colonizer and Bishop Thomas E. Ricks commissioned Andrew A. Anderson to survey Rexburg City. This block was set aside as the Public Square. In the early days of colonization, settlers camped here before moving to their permanent . . . — — Map (db m140590) HM
Ground was broken on May 14, 1911 by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to construct a tabernacle for the purpose of holding conference, baptisms, and other special meetings. President Joseph F. Smith dedicated the tabernacle eight . . . — — Map (db m84346) HM
On South 2nd East near East 1st South, on the right when traveling south.
The first settlers arrived in the spring of 1883. These settlers were willing to neglect their own home building long enough to build a community meetinghouse.
A log building, thirty by sixth feet, built at a cost of $8500, was erected on this . . . — — Map (db m140640) HM
On East 2nd South near College Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
On November 12, 1888, five years after settlement of Snake River Valley, Bannock Stake Academy opened with 60 students ranging from 6 to 24 years of age. School was held in the first ward L.D.S. chapel during the first years. In 1898 it became a . . . — — Map (db m140637) HM
The collapse of the Teton River Dam on June 5, 1976 unloosed a savage flood which caused $500,000,000 in damage, took eleven lives, and made thousands homeless in Wilford, Sugar City, Rexburg, Salem, Hibbard, Firth, Blackfoot, and Roberts.
But . . . — — Map (db m84341) HM
On State Highway 33 at Plano Road, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 33.
The Three Tetons
The giant peaks to the southeast were a famous early western landmark known to fur hunters and mountain men.
Perhaps as early as 1819, French-speaking trappers were calling them the Trois Tetons - - the three breasts. More . . . — — Map (db m103907) HM
On East 1st North at North 2nd East (State Highway 33), on the right when traveling east on East 1st North.
A tithing barn was built on this property in the summer of 1885, two years after the first settlers arrived in Rexburg. The barn was built of 1x10 inch rough lumber and put together with wooden pegs. It was sixty feet long and thirty feet wide. The . . . — — Map (db m140588) HM
Near North Salem Road near Salem Church Road, on the right when traveling south.
A few fur trappers, led by Andrew Henry, arrived along the Snake River in 1810. They built log shelters about five miles downstream from St. Anthony and established Henry's Fort. Other trappers who spent time in the area included men from the . . . — — Map (db m140740) HM
On Park Avenue at Center Street, on the right when traveling south on Park Avenue.
In August 1903, Mark Austin negotiated the purchase of a section of land here, the south half to be used as this town site and the north half, about 1/2 mile northeast, to be used for a sugar beet factory for the Fremont County Sugar Company. By . . . — — Map (db m140742) HM
On Center Street at South 2nd E Street on Center Street.
Thomas C. Neibaur Veteran Park
Medal of Honor (US), Legion d’honnuer (France), Croix de Guerre (France), Medal of Military Bravery (Montenegro), Purple Heart (US), WWI Victory Medal (US), Cross of War “Merit of War” (Italy).
Rank . . . — — Map (db m108790) WM
On Riverfront Drive west of Boat Launch Road, on the right when traveling east.
The view from the Alton waterfront has changed dramatically through the years. In the past, the view was dominated by Locks and Dam No. 26, a railroad bridge, and the old Clark Bridge. Today, all three of these structures have been removed, while . . . — — Map (db m133282) HM
On Pearl Street just north of Joesting Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Civil War Dead
An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union . . . — — Map (db m185503) HM
On William Street just north of West Broadway (State Route 100), on the right when traveling south.
The Alton Military Prison closed July 7, 1865 when the last prisoners were released or sent to St. Louis The buildings were torn down over the next twenty year until only a small remnant of the cell back remained Stone from the prison buildings . . . — — Map (db m211807) HM
On Belle Street at West 5th Street, on the right when traveling north on Belle Street.
"Drive the Locomotive through our land, and you will have business, activity, prosperity, and mettle." -Benjamin Godfrey
In 1834, a group of visionaries in Springfield, Illinois, led by Abraham Lincoln, proposed laying railroad tracks . . . — — Map (db m144836) HM
On Riverfront Drive west of Boat Launch Road, on the right when traveling east.
In the summer of 1993, very heavy and extensive rains began falling in the upper Midwest. This historic event pushed the Mississippi and Missouri rivers to record flood levels, and caused one of the most dramatic and damaging natural disasters in . . . — — Map (db m133279) HM
On Pearl Street north of Joesting Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Civil War Alton
In spring, 1861, pro-Confederate militia in St. Louis, Missouri, threatened to capture the U.S. arsenal there. Union forces in Illinois commandeered the steamboat City of Alton, sailed south, and and at midnight on . . . — — Map (db m133299) HM
On College Avenue (Illinois Route 140) at Clawson Street, on the left when traveling east on College Avenue.
College Avenue Presbyterian Church, established 1837, formerly Upper Alton Presbyterian Church, heralds Elijah Parish Lovejoy, editor and martyr to freedom, as its first pastor.
Emerson wrote, "The brave Lovejoy gave his breast to the bullets . . . — — Map (db m142158) HM
On College Avenue (Illinois Route 140) at Clawson Street, on the right when traveling west on College Avenue.
This is the third church to be built here since 1836.
The first church was made of stone and was built late in 1836 on the present site. The land and church's bell were donated by Enoch Long.
Elijah Parish Lovejoy was the first pastor . . . — — Map (db m144833) HM
On Market Street south of West Broadway, on the left when traveling north.
Rich in heritage and haunted by history, many threads of our nation's past can be discovered here in Alton.
Located at the confluence of the Mississippi, Illinois, and Missouri rivers, Alton is one of America's great river towns. It was . . . — — Map (db m133286) HM
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