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Our Alabama pioneers had to struggle to put a meal on the table in the early days. (The following transcription is from History of…
These historic photographs take you back in time. Benjamin Pinkney "Pink" Worthington was a pioneer of the area around Avondale/Lakeview area of Birmingham, Alabama.…
Continued - The following has been transcribed from Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society: New series Volume 4 By Alabama Historical Society 1904 THE…
RECIPE WEDNESDAY: Light-Colored Gingerbread from 1875 recipe Fresh butter, melted, ½ lb., flour, dried and sifted, 1 ¼ lb., brown sugar, 1 ¼ lb.,…
Colbert County, Alabama is named for two Chickasaw Indian Chiefs, George and Levi Colbert. Home of George Colbert - Chickasaw Indian chief (Alabama Department…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI OLIN M. ALEXANDER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1868-1930) Calhoun County,…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI HENRY BRAMLETTE GRAY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1867 GA d.…
(Local news transcribed from THE MONTGOMERY, ADVERTISER, Montgomery, Ala., February 7, 1900) B. F. RODEN ACCEPTS B. F. Roden, who was yesterday elected chairman…
EAST LAKE ATHENEUM Private School for Young Ladies East Lake Atheneum in Birmingham, Alabama was a former private seminary of learning for young ladies. East…
Known as Slagheap Village, the official name was the Cahaba Project in Trussville, Alabama. It was a WPA housing project built on "slagheap" land…
The biographies of the Alabamians in Biographies of Notable & Not-so-Notable : Alabama Pioneers Volume V come from many sources. A good deal of the…
EUFAULA, ALABAMA BLOW GUNS, GREEN CORN DANCE *NOTICE: The comments made in this article may be offensive to some today but it was transcribed…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI DR. JOSEPH RILEY SMITH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1818-1905) Jefferson…
Baldwin County celebrated 100 year Courthouse with Masonic Cornerstone Reenactment in 2001 This is a great film of the tremendous crowd, parade, and events…
Previously, our 8-book series Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable: Alabama Pioneers was only available in Ebook format. Now all the books in the series…
The Mary Frances last trip down the Warrior ended in disaster (Transcription from a history of Tuscaloosa written by an older resident, Ben A.…
(Transcribed from Sheffield Daily Enterprise, Sheffield, Alabama November 23, 1890 TUSCUMBIA A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENTERPRISE LOOKS BACKWARD SEVENTY YEARS And by Interviewing and…
The first part of a transcribed serial article published in the Southern Star, Ozark, Ala., beginning May 10, 1899 EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
The lands in Madison County were the first surveyed and sold in North Alabama. Prior to the sales in 1809 lands in and around…
After the American Civil War ended, Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil offered asylum for the Confederates to continue their life in Brazil. The…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) O. P. Williams, a citizen of Nashville, was around fifteen years old when the Cherokees were driven…
Early pioneers held in high esteem Arley is located in the heart of Winston County, Alabama. Some early settlers in the area around 1832…
Bullock County was formed on December 5, 1866, from Pike, Barbour, Macon and Montgomery Counties. Perote is a very old town in Bullock County,…
ALABAMA MARBLE Giuseppe Moretti in 1901 with his model of Vulcan Alabama marble is among the highest quality stone in the world. The state's…
Barton, Alabama Barton, Alabama is located on the west bank of Caney Creek, about one mile from its confluence with the Tennessee River in…
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE RECIPE CHICKEN PIE 1886 RECIPE Stew chicken till tender, season with one-quarter of a pound of butter, salt, and pepper;…
Early days in St. Stephens, Alabama and George Strother Gaines (Transcribed excerpt from Sketches of Alabama history By Joel Campbell Du Bose written in…
In the year 1861, when America was beginning the struggle over Civil War issues, a little town, named Utopia, was started about three miles…
The Resettlement Administration (RA) was a New Deal U.S. federal agency that, between April 1935 and December 1936, relocated struggling urban and rural families to communities planned by the…
See their Facebook page for more details - Coosa County had good schools in the early State of Alabama - The article below is…
![PATRON + “Conecuh County, Alabama – no grocery stores to buy food – only grist mills in the early days” [film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Historic-church-in-Burnt-Corn-Alabama-by-Carol-Highsmith-2010.jpg)
![PATRON – See beautiful [photographs] of Benjamin P. Worthington home, pioneer and a founder of Birmingham, Alabama](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Alex-Bush-Photographer-March-4-1937-FRONT-NORTH-AND-WEST-ELEVATION-Benjamin-Pinckney-Worthington-House-Sixth-Avenue-South-Birmingham-Jefferson-County-AL1-220x147.jpg)
![PATRON + East Lake Atheneum was girl’s school, an orphanage, Catholic offices & now a school again [old pics]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Number-62-Trolley-Car-advertising-opening-of-East-Lake-Atheneum-220x166.jpg)
![PATRON + Actor Gary Cooper once spoke about the quality Alabama marble in a movie? [see old films & photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/al-sylacauga_marble_quarry_2-220x138.jpg)
![PATRON – A town in Alabama was once named Utopia. Do you know which one? [photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/memorial-bidge-220x165.jpg)
