The Alabama Department of Tourism, lawmakers and other groups are working to bring awareness and tourism dollars to communities along one of Alabama’s first roadways. The Tuscaloosa News reports Byler Road was authorized by the Alabama State Legislature in 1819 and was built between 1820 and 1823.
Pat Kemp, president of the Prewitt Slave Cemetery Association, sets up crosses to mark graves of slaves in the cemetery which lies alongside the historic Byler Road in Tuscaloosa County, Ala., on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. The Byler Road was the first road authorized but the Alabama State Legislature. The historic Byler Road once terminated in a ferry crossing near where the railroad bridge crosses the Black Warrior River as seen Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, from the Northport side in Alabama.
The Alabama Department of Tourism, lawmakers and the Byler Road Steering Committee are working to bring awareness and tourism dollars to communities along one of Alabama’s first roadways, the Tuscaloosa News“The fact that this is the cornerstone of the development of the state of Alabama from its earliest days makes it unique.
Sentell spoke at an event this week that kicked off a campaign to begin raising awareness of Alabama’s historic road.No. 24 Alabama turns to transfers and freshmen after stellar season shadowed by controversyByler Road was authorized by the Alabama State Legislature in 1819 and was constructed under the supervision of Capt. John Byler between 1820 and 1823. It served as a toll road since it had to pay for itself.
Kemp, the president of the Prewitt Slave Cemetery Association, said a recent effort by anthropology students from the University of Alabama had discovered 815 to 900 graves in the“We really are looking back at this portion of our state’s history and all the historic things that have happened and the people who lived along this trail in order to move forward and try to help ourself economically,” Rep. Tracy Estes, R-Winfield, said.
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