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(WARNING! During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life history…
(Transcribed from Crenshaw County News, Luverne, Alabama, Jan. 16, 1908) A little son of T. R. Bryant fell into Moseley's Mill pond in Beat…
Down the Alabama River in 1814 Day five (Continued)An amazing journal helps us visualize this historic journey down the Alabama River on August 15,…
Surveying Alabama Trading Houses Established This is an excerpt from the books ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) First Edition and…
(Excerpt transcribed from Crenshaw County News, Luverne, Alabama January 16, 1908) ALABAMA CULLINGS Governor's Daughter Weds Miss Catherine Comer, daughter of Governor and Mrs.…
(Transcribed from Crenshaw County News, Luverne, Alabama, Jan. 16, 1908) ALL DAY SINGING AT TROY December 25, 1907, 9:30 A. M., the people of…
Patron+ member story Household tips from the past - some can still be used today For Removing Oil – Chloroform will remove machine oil from…
Do you have additional information about these Confederate soldiers? Click on the link at the end to inform the Alabama Department of Archives and…
(WARNING! During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life history…
(Excerpts transcribed from Crenshaw County News, Luverne, Alabama January 16, 1908) EXECUTORS SALE Under and by virtue of an order and decree of the…
Preserving Eggs SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE We do not believe there are any secret methods of keeping eggs superior to those published in the…
(Excerpts transcribed from The Eagle, Lovan, Alabama October 28, 1899, African-American newspaper) ON THE MAINE Colored Casualties on the Maine The following Negroes lost…
Funny gravestones: Epitaph of a noted politician: "Here reader, turn your weeping eyes, My fate a useful moral teaches; The hole in which my…
Here's some vintage picture of people from around Cullman, Alabama at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Do you know more about them? Click on the…
"The Creek Nation was once one of the largest and most powerful Indian groups in the Southeast." Much of their land was lost as…
(Excerpts transcribed from The Eagle, Lovan, Alabama February 16, 1891- African-American newspaper) DIED Dug Dailey, died near Turnbull, Ala. Jan. 28, 1891, age about…
Belle Mont Mansion, the beautiful Jeffersonian-style plantation home in Colbert County, Alabama host many activities throughout the year including A Day in May Art…
Names from Sumter County of candidates for seats in Convention to secure State of Alabama admittance to Union in 1865 Excerpt transcribed from The…
COLONEL JOHN ACTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1803-1889) Shelby County, Alabama John Acton was a planter, lieutenant-colonel of militia, justice of the peace, and commissioner.…
[NOTE: This old film is long but a true historic treasure that will bring tears to your eyes. It will make you proud to…
(Excerpts transcribed from The Livingston Journal, July 15, 1865) UNFORTUNATE OCCURRENCE One of those unfortunate affairs that will sometimes occur in the best of…
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 marks a dark time in American history regarding the new country's relationship with the Native American population. It…
(WARNING! This WPA interviewer made an attempt in this interview to capture the dialect of this former slave and may be offensive to readers…
SCROLL DOWN TO READ MORE (Excerpts transcribed from The Lineville Headlight, Lineville, Alabama March 24, 1905) MORE LOCAL FLASHLIGHTS FOR TOWN AND COUNTY Mr.…
SCROLL DOWN TO READ MORE (Excerpts transcribed from The Lineville Headlight, Lineville, Alabama March 24, 1905) DELTA Your Correspondent having been sick accounts for…
RICKWOOD FIELD – THE OLDEST STANDING BASEBALL STADIUM IN THE NATION HAS A BIRTHDAY ON AUGUST 18TH Thanks to A. H. "Rick" Woodward, Birmingham,…
SCROLL DOWN TO READ NEWS ARTICLES (Excerpts transcribed from The Lineville Headlight, Lineville, Alabama March 24, 1905) LOCAL FLASHLIGHTS OF TOWN AND COUNTY J.…
Down the Alabama River Day Eight on August 18, 1814 (Continued) This amazing journal helps us visualize this historic journey down the Alabama River on…
(Continued) Events in the life of Joe Gillespie born 1853 as told by him in 1939 - Part III SCROLL DOWN TO READ STORY…
Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) Autosee Battle By Georgians Red Eagle sent two bodies of his warriors to harass the borders…
