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This historic marker is located in River Heritage Park, near the Marriott Hotel in Florence, AL.

Text on the marker reads: "In 1891, G.W. Goethals, in his role as supervisor of public works on the Tennessee River, reported directly to the…

This historic marker is located on North Wood Avenue north of East Irvine Avenue, Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "The great engineering genius of the Panama Canal lived at this site from 1888 until 1907. As a young lieutenant,…

This historic marker is located on Cole Street near Old Brandon Elementary School in East Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "Born in Tuscumbia, Lived in Sheffield Daughter of Robert Burns Lindsay, Governor of Alabama 1870-72.…

This historic marker is located on McFarland Drive in Florence, AL.

The text on the marker reads: "This bottom land serves as a reservoir for TVA's flood control program. Florence leases it for recreational purposes when not being used by TVA.…

This historic marker is locate on the Walk of Honor located at River Heritage Park.

The text on the marker reads: "Representing the Secretary of Defense at the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks in the 1980's, Michael Mobbs was a leader in…

This historic marker is located at entrance to Florence Cemetery near US 72, Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "The notorious outlaw gang leader who boasted that no one would ever run over Tom Clark lies buried near the center of…

This historic marker is located at the intersection of U.S. 72, Killen, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "Lock Six, headquarters of Muscle Shoals Canal, was located 1.3 miles south of here. An 1836 attempt to build a bypass canal around the…

This historic marker is located at the intersection of Tennessee St and Seminary St, Florence, AL.

The text on the side one of the marker reads: "This marks the site of the pioneering music company of Florence Alabama Music Enterprises (FAME), a…

This historic marker is located on Dr. Hicks Boulevard, Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "First school in Florence Public school system built 1890 on land given by Governor Robert M. Patton. It was occupied in 1891. Designed…

This historic marker is located at the intersection of Wildwood Park Road and Waterloo Road, Florence, Alabama.

The text on side one of the marker reads: "Following an outbreak of the dreaded plaque, smallpox (Variola), at Florence during the…

This historic marker is located on 203 Hermitage Dr, Florence, AL.

The text on side one of the marker reads: "Pope’s Tavern Museum is housed in a building that dates back to the early 1800s. According to legend Christopher Cheatham built and…

This historic marker is located across the road from the Indian Mound Museum, on South Court Street, Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "This is the highest domiciliary mound in the Tennessee Valley. It was probably built between 100…

This historic marker is located in McFarland Park next to the Tennessee River on McFarland Park Road, Florence, Alabama.

The text on side one reads: "This area near the mouth of Cypress Creek was inhabited by Archaic People as early as 8,000 B.C.…

This historic marker is located in Florence's Walk of Honor in River Heritage Park.

The text on the marker reads: "In 1976, Fran McKee became the first woman line officer promoted to Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy. A wide range of opportunities for…

This historic marker is located at the intersection of N. Seminary St. and E.Tuscaloosa St. on N. Seminary St., Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "This building which was completed in 1983 is an accurate replica of the local…

This historic marker is located in Florence's Walk of Honor in River Heritage Park.

The text on the marker reads: "In his 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives (1977-1991), Ronnie Flippo held such important post as the chairmanship of the…

This historic marker is located at Florence's Walk of Honor in River Heritage Park.

The text on the marker reads: "Known as the "Father of Rock and Roll," Sam Phillips established Sun Records in 1952, helping Elvis Presley and other well-known…

This historic marker is located on North Court Street, Florence AL.

The text on the marker reads: "Named for Ferdinand Sannoner, who surveyed the town of Florence for the Cypress Land Company in 1818, the district contains twenty-five structures…

This historic marker is located on North Main Street north of East Tuscaloosa Street, Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "Built in 1826 in the Spanish Revival architectural style, this is the first structure in Florence erected with…

This historic marker is located in front of Florence Public Library between E. Tuscalossa and E. Tombigbee Sts., Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "This sculpture relief was created by James W. Stoves and placed above the entrance…

This historic marker is located on N Seminary St., Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "Named for the O’Neal family which produced two Alabama governors and for seminary the street on which Synodical Female College was located, the…

This historical marker is located on South Magnolia Street, Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "This area is the military cemetery for Confederate Soldiers. After an 1862 skirmish in the streets of Florence, it was used to bury…

This historic marker is located at the intersection of North Court Street and East Mobile Street, Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "Charles Morton Southall (1864-1952) constructed this Commercial Italianate style building in 1900…

This historic marker is located on Seymore Avenue, Florence, Alabama.

The text on side one of the marker reads: "The Southern Female University located in this vicinity was created in 1889 by Florence businessmen led by Judge William B. Wood and…

This historic marker is located at the intersection of Burrell Street and White Street, Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "In early 1840s about 14 African-American members from First Methodist formed own congregation “Church…

This historic marker is located at the intersection of Old Jackson Hwy and Co Rd 47, St. Florian, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "In 1872, Father A. J. Houser, Director of the Homestead Society of Cincinnati, Ohio founded St. Florian. He…

This historic marker is located on Church Road (County Road 30) west of Old Jackson Highway (County Road 61), St Florian, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "In 1872, Catholics of German ancestry settled on the former Wilson Plantation and…

This historic marker is located at the intersection of Florence Boulevard (U.S. 43) and Sweetwater Avenue, Florence, AL.

The text on the marker reads: "Home of Major John Brahan, veteran of War of 1812, Major General, Alabama Militia, who owned…

This historic marker is located at the intersection of S. Court Street and Dr Hicks Blvd., Florence, Alabama.

The text on side one of the marker reads: "The American Legion, an organization of U.S. War Veterans was founded in Paris, France, March…

This historic marker is located at Hightower Pl., Florence, Alabama.

The text on side one of the marker reads: "Sam Phillips fell in love with the miracle of sound and the unifying power of music. Moving to Memphis, Tennessee, he embraced the…

This historic marker is located near the UNA Football Practice Field on Pine Street, Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "The University of North Alabama became the first school in the history of NCAA scholarship football to win three…

This historic marker is located in Florence's Walk of Honor located in River Heritage Park.

The text on the marker reads: "In 1934, T.S. Stribling won the Pulitzer Prize for The Store, part of a trilogy set in Florence. His story "Birthright" was…

This historic marker is located on J.C. Mauldin Highway west of Poplar Street, Killen, Alabama.

The text on side one of the marker reads: "The area known as Killen in Lauderdale County, was settled in the early 1800s. In 1826, Joseph Mason was…

This historic marker is located on Main Street, Waterloo, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "Thousands of Cherokee Indians passed through Waterloo in the 1830s when they were forced by the U.S. government to move West on the "Trail of Tears".…

This historic marker is located on N. Pine Street at E Tuscaloosa St, Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "Episcopal services in Florence began in 1824. Rev. Thomas Armstrong Cook organized Trinity Episcopal Church in 1836. The…

This historic marker is located behind the Florence/Lauderdale Veterans Memorial on veterans Park Dr, Florence, AL.

The text on the marker reads: "The following men from Lauderdale County made the supreme sacrifice for our Nation during the War…

This historic marker is located on North Walnut Street near East Tuscaloosa Street, Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "Walnut Street began as a residential area in the national economic boom of the 1880s and 1890s and continued its…

This historic marker is located at the entrance of Waterloo on Hwy 14, Waterloo, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "One of Alabama's oldest incorporated towns. Waterloo was an important Tennessee river ports during the steamboat ear. In low~…

This historic marker is located at the intersection of N. Broadway Street and Mahogany Ave, Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "This Twentieth century business and residential area was developed by John D. Weeden Jr. during the…

This historic marker is located in front of Wesleyan Bell next to Wesleyan Hall on the UNA campus, Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "The Wesleyan Bell was manufactured by the C.S. Bell Company in Hillsboro, Ohio, it is made of…

This historic marker is located on Cramer Way, Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "Chartered 1856 as Florence Wesleyan University, R.H. Rivers, President. Regarded as North Alabama's most eminent landmark, this Gothic Revival…

This historic marker is located at the intersection of County Route 14 and County Route 2, Waterloo, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "At this site from mid-January to mid-March 1865, Maj. Gen. James Harrison Wilson, U.S. Army, assembled the…

From Florence, take the Waterloo road and go to Waterloo. Then take the Pea Ridge Road for about seven miles, turn left at the first paved cross roads. Go for about three miles until the road comes to a "T", turn left and go almost
to the edge of…

Murphy's Chapel Cemetery is located ½ mile east of Alabama Highway 20, on Lauderdale County Road 8 at Murphy's Chapel Free Will Baptist Church northwest of Florence, Alabama.

The oldest known grave is that of a Confederate soldier buried in 1861.…

Established in 1818, Florence Cemetery was the first city cemetery. The marker reads, "When the city was surveyed, this land described as 'outside city limits' was designated as the burying grounds for the new town. It contains the graves of early…

The Old Main Post Office in Athens, Alabama was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Also known as Washington Street Courthouse Annex, the Neoclassical building was constructed in 1933 by the Works Progress Administration. The…

The Kangaroo Court at Wheeler Motor Company. It was sponsored by the Employees' Council of Self Government and Discipline, which acted as the business's moral police. Shown in the photo are Teressa Felis, the woman seated below the Chevrolet sign.…

The Auburn Train Depot was built in 1904, based on a Victorian railroad design by Auburn University architecture student Ralph Dudley. Two previous stations serving the Montgomery and West Point Railroad, located on the same site, had been destroyed…

Lucv Pokv Tvise (translation: turtle sitting place) was a settlement of the Sawakee Creeks established in 1796. The residents had been forced out of South Carolina and Georgia by expanding white settlements. The village reached a peak population of…

This early Lee County Methodist church was built in 1837.