Wetlands Edge

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Logo courtesy of Decatur Visitors & Convention Center

Area History

Founded in 1823 by order of the U.S. Congress and President James Monroe, Decatur was named for Stephen Decatur, a famous Revolutionary War Naval Commander, who said, "My country, may she ever be right, but right or wrong, my country!"

To learn more about our city and our area, both past and present, please click on the following links:

• www.decaturcvb.org   This link connects to the Decatur Visitors and Convention Bureau website which provides information on area history and current local opportunities .

• "River City Chronicle" This in-depth article was written by the late Susan Bzdell, Morgan County Archivist, as Decatur prepared to celebrate her 175th Anniversary, June 9, 2001.

• www.digitaldecatur.com This link takes you to the web site for the City of Decatur

• www.genealogyshoppe.com/almorgan/ This link takes you a web site about Morgan County and its history.

• Decatur's Role in the Civil War   This link contains the Prologue from the book Decatur, Alabama: Yankee Foothold in Dixie 1861-1865 by Robert Dunnavant, Jr, used with permission.

Under construction:
A history of the land which became bp's Wildlife Habitat. 

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