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The Best Attractions In Demopolis

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Foscue Creek Park

Gaineswood

Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park

Alabama Splash Adventure

Selma to Montgomery

Edmund Pettus Bridge

Moundville Archaeological Park

Peach Park

Demopolis is the largest city in Marengo County, Alabama, United States. The population was 7,483 at the time of the 2010 United States Census.The city lies at the confluence of the Black Warrior and Tombigbee rivers. It is situated atop a cliff composed of the Demopolis Chalk Formation, known locally as White Bluff, on the east bank of the Tombigbee River. It is at the center of Alabama's Canebrake region and is also within the Black Belt.Demopolis was founded after the fall of Napoleon's Empire and named by a group of French expatriates, a mix of exiled Bonapartists and other French migrants who had settled in the United States after the overthrow of...
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The Best Attractions In Demopolis

1. Foscue Creek Park Demopolis
2. Gaineswood Demopolis
Gaineswood is a plantation house in Demopolis, Alabama, United States. The house was completed on the eve of the American Civil War after a construction period of almost twenty years. It is the grandest plantation house ever built in Marengo County and is one of the most significant remaining examples of Greek Revival architecture in Alabama. The house and grounds are currently operated by the Alabama Historical Commission as a historic house museum. Construction of the house relied heavily on slave labor.
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3. Edmund Pettus Bridge Selma
4. Selma to Montgomery Selma
The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery. The marches were organized by nonviolent activists to demonstrate the desire of African-American citizens to exercise their constitutional right to vote, in defiance of segregationist repression, and were part of a broader voting rights movement underway in Selma and throughout the American South. By highlighting racial injustice, they contributed to passage that year of the Voting Rights Act, a landmark federal achievement of the Civil Rights Movement. Southern state legislatures had passed and maintained a series of discriminatory requirements and practices that had disenfranchised most of the millions of African Americans across the ...
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5. Alabama Splash Adventure Bessemer Alabama
Birmingham is a city located in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. With an estimated 2017 population of 210,710, it is the most populous city in Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous and fifth largest county. As of 2017, the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 1,149,807, making it the most populous in Alabama and 49th-most populous in the United States. Birmingham serves as an important regional hub and is associated with the Deep South, Piedmont, and Appalachian regions of the nation. Birmingham was founded in 1871, during the post-Civil War Reconstruction era, through the merger of three pre-existing farm towns, most notably Elyton. The new city was named for Birmingham, England, the UK's second la...
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6. Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park Mccalla
The Tannehill Ironworks is the central feature of Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park near the unincorporated town of McCalla in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Tannehill Furnace, it was a major supplier of iron for Confederate ordnance. Remains of the old furnaces are located 12 miles south of Bessemer off Interstate 59/Interstate 20 near the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains. The 2,063-acre park includes the John Wesley Hall Grist Mill, May Plantation Cotton Gin House, and the Iron & Steel Museum of Alabama.
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7. Peach Park Clanton
8. Moundville Archaeological Park Moundville
Moundville Archaeological Site, also known as the Moundville Archaeological Park, is a Mississippian culture site on the Black Warrior River in Hale County, near the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Extensive archaeological investigation has shown that the site was the political and ceremonial center of a regionally organized Mississippian culture chiefdom polity between the 11th and 16th centuries. The archaeological park portion of the site is administered by the University of Alabama Museums and encompasses 185 acres , consisting of 29 platform mounds around a rectangular plaza.The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.Moundville is the second-largest site in the United States of the classic Middle Mississipp...
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Demopolis Videos

Welcome to Demopolis, Alabama

WELCOME TO DEMOPOLIS, ALABAMA... Demopolis is one of the oldest continuous settlements in Alabama. The town traces its beginning to the arrival of French exiles on July 14, 1817 who had come on an ill-fated mission of establishing a Vine and Olive Colony. In 1819, the area where the French had initially settled was surveyed into streets, blocks, and lots. The town was incorporated on December 11, 1821.

The video that's provided shows some of the sites that you will find in the historic town of Demopolis. For details about the places shown in this video, visit

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Video Provided By: RuralSWAlabama.org
Music: Morning Sun by Mikael Manvelyan (AudioBlocks)

Demopolis Alabama - A Drive in Town

Demopolis Alabama

Demopolis, the City of the People, was founded by a group of French expatriates, many of whom came to the United States after fleeing a slave rebellion on the sugar plantations of Haiti. Arriving first in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, they petitioned the U.S. Congress to sell them property and received permission to buy four townships at $2 per acre with the provision that they cultivate grape vines and olive trees.

This is Part One of an Eight-Part series on Demopolis, Alabama.

Part Two, A Walk in Town can be seen at:

Part Three, Confederate Park can be seen at:

Part Four, Riverside Cemetery can be seen at:

Part Five, White Bluff Park can be seen at:

Part Six, Bluff Hall can be seen at:

Part Seven, Historic Theater District can be seen at:

Part Eight, Whitfield Canal can be seen at:

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Gaineswood at Demopolis, Alabama

Constructed over an 18 year period (1843-1861), Gaineswood evolved from a two-room “dogtrot” cabin into a Greek Revival style mansion. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1974. The home is currently operated by the Alabama Historical Commission as a historic house museum.

For additional details, about Gaineswood, visit

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Music: Some Beautiful Day (AudioBlocks.com)

Demopolis Alabama - A Walk in Town

Demopolis Alabama

Demopolis, the City of the People, was founded by a group of French expatriates, many of whom came to the United States after fleeing a slave rebellion on the sugar plantations of Haiti. Arriving first in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, they petitioned the U.S. Congress to sell them property and received permission to buy four townships at $2 per acre with the provision that they cultivate grape vines and olive trees.

This is Part Two of an Eight-Part series on Demopolis, Alabama.

Part One, A Drive in Town can be seen at:

Part Three, Confederate Park can be seen at:

Part Four, Riverside Cemetery can be seen at:

Part Five, White Bluff Park can be seen at:

Part Six, Bluff Hall can be seen at:

Part Seven, Historic Theater District can be seen at:

Part Eight, Whitfield Canal can be seen at:

For more of our travel videos, please go to

Please email us at FreeTravelWithUs@gmail.com with any helpful suggestions on how we can do a better job documenting our travels and getting the word out about our website. Thanks!

If you are enjoying the videos, please help us continue by letting your friends know about them and subscribe to our channel so we can meet the new “1,000” subscriber requirements.

Demopolis Alabama - Confederate Park

Demopolis Alabama

Demopolis, the City of the People, was founded by a group of French expatriates, many of whom came to the United States after fleeing a slave rebellion on the sugar plantations of Haiti. Arriving first in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, they petitioned the U.S. Congress to sell them property and received permission to buy four townships at $2 per acre with the provision that they cultivate grape vines and olive trees.

This is Part Three of an Eight-Part series on Demopolis, Alabama.

Part One, A Drive in Town can be seen at:

Part Two, A Walk in Town can be seen at:

Part Four, Riverside Cemetery can be seen at:

Part Five, White Bluff Park can be seen at:

Part Six, Bluff Hall can be seen at:

Part Seven, Historic Theater District can be seen at:

Part Eight, Whitfield Canal can be seen at:

For more of our travel videos, please go to

Please email us at FreeTravelWithUs@gmail.com with any helpful suggestions on how we can do a better job documenting our travels and getting the word out about our website. Thanks!

If you are enjoying the videos, please help us continue by letting your friends know about them and subscribe to our channel so we can meet the new “1,000” subscriber requirements.

Demopolis Alabama - Riverside Cemetery

Demopolis Alabama

Demopolis, the City of the People, was founded by a group of French expatriates, many of whom came to the United States after fleeing a slave rebellion on the sugar plantations of Haiti. Arriving first in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, they petitioned the U.S. Congress to sell them property and received permission to buy four townships at $2 per acre with the provision that they cultivate grape vines and olive trees.

This is Part Four of an Eight-Part series on Demopolis, Alabama.

Part One, A Drive in Town can be seen at:

Part Two, A Walk in Town can be seen at:

Part Three, Confederate Park can be seen at:

Part Five, White Bluff Park can be seen at:

Part Six, Bluff Hall can be seen at:

Part Seven, Historic Theater District can be seen at:

Part Eight, Whitfield Canal can be seen at:

For more of our travel videos, please go to

Please email us at FreeTravelWithUs@gmail.com with any helpful suggestions on how we can do a better job documenting our travels and getting the word out about our website. Thanks!

If you are enjoying the videos, please help us continue by letting your friends know about them and subscribe to our channel so we can meet the new “1,000” subscriber requirements.

Welcome to Selma, Alabama

Selma, which is one of Alabama’s oldest cities, takes great pride in its heritage. Markers and monuments dot the landscape and visitors holding a wide array of historical interests come to visit the old city. At Selma, you’ll find the largest historic district in Alabama – with over 1,200 historic structures which include beautiful churches, antebellum and Victorian homes, and landmarks associated with both the nation’s Voting Rights Movement and the Battle of Selma. This video shows some of the historic sites that you will find in Selma.

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Video Provided By: RuralSWAlabama.org
Music: Beethoven Fur Elise by Bobby Cole (AudioBlocks)

Welcome to Eutaw, Alabama

Eutaw is the county seat of Greene County. The town was laid out in December 1838 and it was incorporated on January 2, 1841. Eutaw is known for its many historic homes. It has 24 structures listed on the National Register for Historic Places and many more that are eligible to be added. This video shows some of the historic sites that you will find in Eutaw.

For details about these and other historic sites in Eutaw, visit

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Video Provided By: RuralSWAlabama.org
Music: Sweet Sweet Dreams by Joel Hunger (AudioBlocks.com)

Columbia River Army Corp of Engineers Camping

Boondocked free camping along the Columbia River, outside of Boardman, OR, on an Army Corp of Engineers site.

PICKENSVILLE Corps of Engineers Campground, AL

Are you looking for a great camping destination in the west central Alabama area? If so, consider the Pickensville Army Corps of Engineers Campground between Tuscaloosa Alabama and Columbus Mississippi. Although the campground is located in a remote area, it offers plenty of shade, good fishing, a nice swimming area, and a few interesting places to visit.

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