History Outreach
Program for Educators
(HOPE)

Local History Education Resources provided by the Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society
Introduction Early Statehood Civil War Women African-Americans Native Americans Places Books

Early Statehood Resources

Historic Places

Alabama Constitution Village - "Forty-four delegates of the constitutional convention gathered here in a vacant cabinet shop on July 5, 1819, to organize Alabama as the 22nd state. John Boardman's print shop, Clement Comer Clay's law office, the Federal Land Surveyor's office, a post office and sheriff Stephen Neal's residence surround that cabinet shop."

Text Resources

A History of Early Settlement: Madison County Before Statehood, 1808-1819, published by the Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society, 2008

Early History of Huntsville, Alabama by Edward Chambers Betts, 1916

Audio Resources

Glimpses of Old Huntsville - A series of brief audio recordings by Nancy Rohr, a local historian, author and storyteller whose familiar voice tells stories about life in early Huntsville, the residents of historic homes and local heroines of the Civil War.