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Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: “This is a view of the interior of Fort Morgan, Alabama, which was finished as you see it now in 1833, built by slave labor and is perhaps the finest specimen brick architecture in America. The original Fort was built of sand and logs in the middle of the 16th century by the Spanish after capturi... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: This is the old Hot Shot Furnace at Fort Morgan, Alabama which was used to heat cannon balls red hot for the purpose of sinking the enemy's ships before the day of high explosives. It repulsed an attack by British warships in 1814, sinking the Flagship 'Hermes'. It was installed under James Madis... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The Charm Spot of the Deep South. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: This old gun at Fort Morgan, Alabama was captured in 1814 from the British disabled Ship 'HERMES' after the bombardment of Fort Morgan by the British. (It bears upon it the ancient insignia of the British Royal Crown placed above the Rose of Tudor, which was the Coat of Arms originating with Henr... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: "Incorporated December 17, 1819. Named for Sergeant Michael Moulton hero of Creek Indian War who fell at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend fighting under General Andrew Jackson. Settled by English, Irish and Scotch settlers moving in from the Carolinas and Virginia in early 18th century.” View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Postcard is postmarked 1954. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Bankhead Tunnel, named after a distinguished Alabama statesman, is the first engineering feat of its kind in the deep South. A four million dollar self liquidating traffic artery under Mobile River, which reduces by seven and one half miles the distance between the city and points north and east ... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The postcard is postmarked 1937. View Full Item at Samford University Library