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(Excerpt transcriptions- Published in THE TIMES, August 4, 1894) CAUGHT THE THIEF Last Saturday morning Mr. S. P. Merrill took charge of the city…
(Excerpt transcribed form The Daily Huntsville Confederate Democrat Huntsville, Alabama Feb 19, 1862) PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF AMERICA President JEFFERSON DAVIS of Mississippi Vice President…
While doing research for stories, I frequently run across many photographs of people, (identified and unidentified) including the Confederate veterans below which may be of interest…
Do you know the names of any of these African American people from Russell County? These pictures were taken around 1900. Click on the…
This is an interesting story about Walker County, Alabama early history that appeared in the Tuscaloosa Gazette in August, 1886. EVENTS IN EARLY WALKER…
History of the Confederate Flag The 'Confederate flag' waved today was never the official flag of the Confederate States of America. Rather, it was…
(Transcribed from Cleburne New Era, Heflin, Alabama, March 26, 1891) HOTEL ARRIVALS of the SUMMIT HOUSE G. W. Yarbrough, Louisville, Ky. C. M. Howe,…
The information and illustrations below are excerpts from a book written in 1887 as a prospectus for future investors in Tuscaloosa. Inside of the…
Top Ten Indicators You've Become a Geneaholic 10. You introduce your daughter as your descendent 9. You've never met any of the people you…
MY LIFE VALLIE MAY HARRIS (BICKNER) (born 9/25/1912) 3rd daughter of Oscar Lloyd Harris and Miriam Vivalvie Atkinson (Harris) To all of my family,…
(Transcribed from Cleburne New Era, Heflin, Alabama, March 26, 1891) PERSONALS Mrs. J. H. Spivey has moved in --- the house with her Jesse,…
COTTAGE CHEESE 1924 Setting -Place clean sweet milk in pan or bucket and let stand until it is good firm clabber, temperature 75 degrees…
This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) and ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Volume I -…
There were evidently some disagreements about historical events and people between Gen. Woodward and Col. Pickett as can be seen in the letter below. …
Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part VI 1 John Martin Crook Calhoun County John Martin Crook was born about 1810…
This is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) First Edition AND and ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Volume…
Creamed Oysters Recipe from 1897 Drain 50 oysters: wash by pouring gradually over them a pitcher of cold water; put them in a saucepan…
"OLD CLAY BANK CHURCH" Emmie Martin Hunt Ozark, Alabama One of the most interesting spots in Dale County is, "Old Clay Bank Church." More…
[T.S. Woodward settled was in Alabama at a very early date. In this letter to a newspaper editor in Alabama written in 1858, he…
The Marvel City Bessemer, Alabama was founded in the spring of 1887 as an important industrial center, popularly known as the "Marvel City." It…
Are you shopping for Father's Day? Take a trip back in time to 1940 in Anniston, Alabama before WWII and see what was available…
Dr. John R. Drish House, also known simply as the Drish House, is a historic plantation house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It is considered by…
Here is a newspaper account from The Tuscaloosa News, August 2, 1937 about the suit of an Alabama woman A Suit Comes To An…
JOURNEY TO TEXAS, 1854: THE DIARY OF ROBERT SEABORN JEMISON OF TALLADEGAi by Hugh D. Reagan In the two decades prior to the Civil…
In 1844, there was a disagreement about the center of Cherokee County [see film] HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY ALABAMA1 Part VII In…
One-room schoolhouses were common in rural communities before the 1940s, but they often meant that more advanced courses were not offered to many students.…
The hyphen is a little sign used in the English language. It unites or joins two or more words, and their respective meanings to…
Gen. Bedford Forrest was involved with the railroad in Greensboro, Alabama after the Civil War RAILROADS1 There has been but one railroad in Greensboro…
(Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev. George Evans Brewer, 1887) Campbell, Lovelady, and Downing were appointed commissioners for Coosa County, Alabama…
During the 1930s, in the Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people and write stories about life in the United States.…
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