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Track 1: Introduction
We recommend listening to this track before departing for the tour OR immediately after arriving and parking at Court Square.
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Track 2: Court Square
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Track 3: Exchange Hotel
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Track 4: George Cowles Store Site
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Track 5: Dr. Baldwin’s Office
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Track 6: The Montgomery Theatre
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Track 7: The State Capitol
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Track 8: The Confederate Memorial
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Track 9: The Baldwin Sister Houses
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Track 10: Closing
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Extended Sites
A number of other sites in the downtown area relate to the Civil War plays and Montgomery’s important role in the history of the Civil War and Civil Rights They are labeled on the map as a. – r. and a brief description of each is offered below.
a. Rosa Parks Historic Site Marker at Court Square – this marks the site where Rosa Parks stepped onto the Montgomery bus and made history.
b. Winter Building (Telegraph office) – the second floor of this building housed the telegraph office that send the message to fire on Fort Sumter.
c. Central Bank – The bank housed in this building financed the Confederate government and was subsequently bankrupt at the end of the war.
d. Estelle and Concert Halls – Event halls where Jefferson Davis’ inaugural ball was held. These eventually became confederate hospitals
e. Confederate Hospitals
f. Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church –In this National Historic Landmark see the modest pulpit where Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., first preached his message of hope and brotherhood. This church was also a center point of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. A large mural in the church depicts King's Civil Rights crusade from Montgomery to Memphis.
g. Yancey’s House Site – the site where William Lowndes Yancey’s townhouse
h. Yancey’s office site – the site of Yancey’s Law Office
i. Baldwin’s House Site – The location of Dr. Baldwin’s Home
j. Old Alabama Town – This 19th Century Alabama Village features several examples of homes and buildings from around Alabama, including the dog trot where William Lowndes Yancey died.
k. Cowles House Site – the site of George Cowles Home
l. Oakwood Cemetery (Baldwin and Hale graves) – Visit Dr. Baldwin, Buddie Willie and Jim Hale, among others in this beautiful cemetery for all people.
m. Riverfront – The Alabama River made Montgomery the king of cotton trade. Get a glimpse of the majestic river and consider a river boat ride on the Harriott II.
n. Union Prison (Biscuit Stadium) – the home of the AA baseball team the Montgomery Biscuits is also the site where union troops captured at Shiloh were imprisoned in Montgomery. Buddie Willie alludes to this in Blood Divided.
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