| Birmingham Then And Now. A host of local landmarks as they once looked alongside the same viewpoint photographed todayA late arrival on the Southern landscape, the city of Birmingham was not incorporated until after the Civil War. In fact, from 1820 to 1871, what is now Birmingham was known as the hamlet of Elyton, a small crossroads set in the rolling foothills of the Appalachian Mountains where several Pony Express and stage... - Birmingham Then And Now. |