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Did you know the ghost town of Old St. Stephens, Alabama had a Lover’s leap?
Reminiscences of Old St. Stephens PART V – Lover’s leap (continued) PART V (Read at the Centennial Celebration, May 6, 1899. It was published in four installments in the Washington County News, St. Stephens, May 25, and June 1, 8, and 15, 1899.) By Miss Mary Welsh,2 of Shuqualak, Missi TAILORS As may be supposed, […]
PATRON + Remarkable story of Old St. Stephens by Mary Welsh born 1823 with picture of the steamboat she rode
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PATRON + There were no churches in old St. Stephens, Alabama
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PATRON + Old St. Stephens Part III – The Lawyers, Physicians & Merchants
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Choctaw & Treaty Of Dancing Rabbit Creek
“As long as you speak my name, I shall live forever JOIN US FOR FREE CANCEL ANYTIME Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron (Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) On the road leading from St. Stephens in Washington County, Alabama, lived the renowned Choctaw Chief Pushmataha. In 1812, a mound, Nunih Waiyah1 stood nearby. It […]
First cotton gin was established in Alabama before statehood
This story and many more are available in the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) The First Cotton Gin in Alabama In 1797 a ferry was established by Samuel Mims across the Alabama (River), and on by Hollinger, an old resident among the Indians, across the Tombeckbee.(Tombigbee) The route of travel […]
Problems developed when the State of Alabama was organized
ALABAMA BECOMES A TERRITORY After the war of 1812, and with the defeat of the Creek Indians, land in Alabama became open to new settlers seeking an opportunity in the Mississippi Territory. They came from many states. Some of the first settlers of Alabama came from Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina. Wagon […]
Vine And Olive Colony – Fact & Fiction about their lives in Alabama
This story can also be found in the book Alabama Footprints: Immigrants Vine And Olive Colony – Fact & Fiction In 1817, a romantic tale involves a group of people who settled at the confluence of the Tombigbee and Black Warrior Rivers in present-day Alabama. The story as related by many Alabama historians states that […]
PATRON + Did you know that the University Club in Tuscaloosa was once the Governor’s Mansion? [vintage pictures]
The history of the beautiful University Club in Tuscaloosa dates back to the very beginning of the state of Alabama. Captain James H. Dearing, who built the mansion, arrived in Tuscaloosa before Alabama became a state. Dearing-Bagby house 1939 by photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston (Library of Congress) No man had a better right to be […]
PATRON + Did you know that “Pat Garrett” who killed “Billy the Kid” was born in Chambers County, Alabama in 1850
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PATRON + Great history on Alabama Freemasons with vintage pictures & links
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