History

This page features documents, photos, and links that relate to Huntsville, the City of Huntsville, and their history. The Walker County Historical Commission, Sam Houston Memorial Museum at SHSU, and the Johnnie Jo Dickenson Genealogy Room at the Huntsville Public Library are additional primary resources for materials and information of this nature.

General History

  1. 1973 Huntsville Item Articles on New City Hall on 13th Street (PDF)
  2. 1985 Historical Compilation by City Secretary Ruth DeShaw (PDF)
  3. 1995 City Memo on Prevailing Minimum Wage Rates (PDF)
  4. 2001 Texas Department on Housing and Community Affairs Prevailing Trades Wage Rate Information (PDF)
  5. 8/29/1976 Huntsville Item insert on opening of new City Hall
  6. January 4, 1997 Item Article on Donated Historic Photographs (PDF)
  7. National Forest Map, 1967 (PDF)

Birthday/Anniversary-related

  1. 1985 Note and Resolution from Huntsville, Alabama (PDF)
  2. Huntsville Item Birthday Articles, July 13, 1985 (PDF)

Songs/Poems/Articles/Booklets

  1. Houston Post trip to Huntsville, October 10, 1920 (PDF)
  2. Huntsville is My Town, 1992 history of Good Shepherd Mission and Huntsville-Walker County (PDF)
  3. Huntsville, poem by Mrs. Ben H. Powell, III (Marian, Mamie Rather) (PDF)
  4. Texas Land, song, 1986, by Doctors Dale Houston and Harley Rex (PDF)

Incorporation Documents

  1. 1845 Act of Incorporation, signed by Anson Jones (DOC)
  2. 1852 Act of Reincorporation (DOC)

Charter Officers

  1. Charter Officers, 1886-2007 (PDF)
  2. City Judge list 1845-1985 (PDF)
  3. Roster of Minute Books and City Secretaries, 1845, Ruth DeShaw (PDF)
  4. Women's Forum Information on Kate Barr Ross, Recorded from library May 2013 (PDF)

Mayors, Aldermen, & Councilmembers

  1. 1985 Historical Compilation by City Secretary Ruth DeShaw (PDF)
  2. Evolution of the Composition of the City Council (PDF)
  3. List of Mayors 1968-2014 (PDF)
  4. Mayors and Councilmembers Since 1835 (PDF)
City Charter
View all of the versions of the Huntsville City Charter from 1968 to present.