Back: THE BIG SPRING, Huntsville, Alabama. Located near the center of town, this spring furnished all the city's water supply from its earliest days until recent years. It formed the nucleus for the South's first - and the nation's second - public waterworks system. Now world famous.
Back: The Big Spring - a great watering spot for Indians and later pioneers heading West - was the reason for HUNTSVILLE'S founding more than 150 years ago. It was here that President James Monroe attended ceremonies admitting Alabama into Statehood in 1819. The mother of seven Governors and Rebel Raider, Gen. John Hunt Morgan, Huntsville is today best known as a center of the nation's guided missile development program at Redstone Arsenal.
Front: The Big Spring, Huntsville, Alabama Back: THE BIG SPRING, HUNTSVILLE, ALA. Located in the heart of town at the base of a rock wall of some sixty feet. This spring has an output of approximately 23,000,000 gallons daily. It is a world famous landmark.
Back: THE BIG SPRING, Huntsville, Alabama. Located near the center of town, this spring furnished all the city's water supply from its earliest days until recent years. It formed the nucleus for the South's first - and the nation's second - public waterworks system. Now world famous.
Back: The Burritt Mansion at Burritt on the Mountain - A Living Museum. Built by Dr. William Henry Burritt for his retirement home atop Round Top Mountain with a commanding view of the City of Huntsville and the Tennessee Valley. Completed in 1938, the house is insulated with 2200 bales of wheat straw.
