Selma Travel Guide

 doug48 Says:  the old depot museum is a great place to visit for visitors interested in the history of selma. the old depot was a site in the battle of selma in 1865. the old depot museum has a collection of photos and artifacts relating to selma's past and an interesting collection of... 

 doug48 Says:  just south of US 80 is the selma old town historic district. pictured is the lee-bender-butler house in the historic district. this beautiful greek revival home was built in 1850 by master builder thomas helm lee. thomas helm lee was a cousin of confederate general robert e.... 

 doug48 Says:  most visitors to selma come to tour the selma to montgomery national historic trail. the lowndes county interpretive center is a good first stop to get information and maps of the trail. for those interested in 1960's civil rights history the interpretive center is a must... 

 calcaf38 Says:  The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail was established by Congress in 1996 to commemorate the events, people, and route of the 1965 Voting Rights March in Alabama.This is a lovely country road most of the way, belying its dramatic role in the history of justice. The... 

 calcaf38 Says:  How can you build a museum with this mouthful of a name and expect anyone to come visit? This is a downright shame because the LCIC is the best Civil Rights museum of the ones I visited. Like the others, it starts with a movie to set the origins of the event, followed by an... 

 calcaf38 Says:  At first glance, nothing distinguishes this Church which stands at the edge of a housing project. Yet it is from here that the movement started which would hasten the end of the worst injustice in the history of our country. 

 calcaf38 Says:  I stumbled upon this synagogue after picking up bottled water at a Rite-Aid. According to the historical marker nearby, three of Selma's mayors in the early Twentieth Century were Jews. I wouldn't have imagined there were three Jews in Selma - ever! I found an interesting... 

 calcaf38 Says:  This is a rundown but characterful neighborhood of old warehouses near the river, definitely worth a stroll. When I was there, it was as empty as if a neutron bomb had gone off the day before. Come to think of it, that was true of so many places in the South! 

 calcaf38 Says:  This unique looking bridge was the location for the brutally aborted first march on Montgomery, for the symbolic second march, and for the start of the heroic third march - all within March of 1965. Edmund Pettus was a confederate general and U.S. Senator. The bridge was... 

 doug48 Says:  located at the base of the edmund pettus bridge is the "bloody sunday" monument. when governor george wallace was informed of plans for the civil rights march from selma to mongomery he denounced the march as a threat to public safety. wallace authorized the alabama state... 

 doug48 Says:  the terminus of the selma-montgomery civil rights trail is the alabama state capitol building. on march 25 th 1965 25,000 marchers walked up dexter ave. to the steps of the capitol. martin luther king finished the protest march with his famous speech "how long, not long".... 

 doug48 Says:  the city of st. jude was founded by catholic priest harold purcell in the mid 1930's. a hospital was built in the city of st. jude in 1951. the city of st. jude hospital was the first intergrated hospital in the southeast. during the selma to montgomery march the city of st.... 

 doug48 Says:  cahawba's old capital cemetery is the final resting place of cahawba citizens and a number of confederate civil war dead. like most of the town the cemetery is in a state of disrepair. cahawba is located 15 miles south of selma off of Al 22. 

 doug48 Says:  the 1841 fambro house is one of a couple of existant buildings in cahawba. the fambro house is privately owned and not open to the public. cahawba is located 15 miles south of selma off of Al 22. 

 doug48 Says:  the barker slave quarters is one of a couple existant buildings in cahawba. the kirk-view plantation house burned down in 1935. see image two for a period photograph of kirk-view plantation house and the barker slave quarters. cahawba is located 15 miles south of selma off... 

 doug48 Says:  castle morgan was a confederate prison during the civil war located near the old capitol in cahawba. after the battle of selma confederate general nathan bedford forrest and union general james wilson met at the old alabama capitol to arrange a prisoner exchange. cahawba is... 

 doug48 Says:  cahawba was established in 1819 as alabama's second capital. in 1826 the capital again moved to tuscaloosa alabama. cahawba is located at the confluence of the alabama and cahaba rivers and was an important cotton shipping town. in 1859 a railroad line was built through... 

 calcaf38 Says:  Cahawba was the State Capital of Alabama between 1820 and 1826. Today, it is a ghost town, with only a few structures remaining. It is possible that Old Cahawba is of more interest to serious archeologists than Rodney in Mississippi, but Rodney definitely has more to see,...