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Ashford is a town [2] in Houston County, Alabama, United States.It is part of the Dothan, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area.The town was incorporated in June 1891. [3] For most of its history, it was a center for naval stores production, pulpwood harvesting, and cotton agriculture.
The Alabama Midland Railway Depot (also known as the Ashford Depot) is a historic train station in Ashford, Alabama. Ashford was founded in 1891 along the Alabama Midland Railway line between Montgomery and Bainbridge, Georgia. The depot was built the next year, and served as the commercial hub of the town.
Houston County is a county located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 107,202. [1] Its county seat is Dothan, which is located on the border and partially in adjacent Henry County. [2] Houston County is part of the Dothan, Alabama metropolitan area.
New museum in Alabama tells history of last known slave ship to U.S. and its survivors. July 12, 2023 at 9:07 AM. MOBILE, Ala. (AP) ...
Alabama: The History of a Deep South State (3rd ed. 2018; 1st ed. 1994), 816pp; the standard scholarly history online older edition; online 2018 edition; Alabama State Department of Education. History of Education in Alabama (Bulletin 1975, No. 7.O) Online free; Bridges, Edwin C. Alabama: The Making of an American State (2016) 264pp excerpt
Fort Morgan is a historic masonry pentagonal bastion fort at the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama, United States.Named for American Revolutionary War hero Daniel Morgan, it was built on the site of the earlier Fort Bowyer, an earthen and stockade-type fortification involved in the final land battles of the War of 1812.
The Alabama Historical Commission is the historic preservation agency for the U.S. state of Alabama. The agency was created by an act of the state legislature in 1966 [ which? ] with a mission of safeguarding Alabama's historic buildings and sites.
Clay County is a county in the east central part of the U.S. state of Alabama.As of the 2020 census the population was 14,236. [1] Its county seat is Ashland. [2] Its name is in honor of Henry Clay, famous American statesman, member of the United States Senate from Kentucky and United States Secretary of State in the 19th century.