out of a time
machine not
knowing which
century I was in.
What added to the
feeling was our
knowledgeable
and energetic
guide Van Brown,
an employee of
Huntsville-Madison
County Conference
and Visitors’ Bureau
(Huntsville CVB),
who led the tour donning a period
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at the turn of the 19th century.
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land developer, named this town
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of Alabama – Helion Lodge No. 1 - was
set up here. In the same year, thanks
to a strong anti-British sentiment,the town was renamed Huntsville in
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temporary capital of Alabama while
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