A Seed is Planted

Historical marker location:

301 Pickens Street, Marion, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Pickens Street and Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north on Pickens Street.)

Marker installed: 2015

Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail.

The city of Huntsville, Alabama played a key role in the United States space program during the Cold War. The Redstone Arsenal, located in Huntsville, was the site of the development of the first ballistic missile, and later became the center of the U.S. Army's missile and rocket programs.