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(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) When Chief John Ross returned home (from Washington D. C.) in 1832, he…
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Elections in early Alabama were a frequent and exciting occurrence LATER HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY By Thomas Jones Taylor (Judge Taylor's "Early History of…
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When I began my my personal genealogy quest, I often spent days in courthouses, libraries, and cemeteries as well as considerable expense copying records…
The United States national 21-gun salute is a gun for each state: for the president 21 guns, 17 for the vice-president, 15 for cabinet…
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From The Montgomery Advertiser September 9, 1945 From The Montgomery Advertiser September 9, 1945 From The Montgomery Advertiser September 9, 1945 From The Montgomery Advertiser September 9, 1945 EIGHT GENERATIONS OF ARNOLDS EIGHT GENERATIONS OF ARNOLDS “In my personal genealogy research, I often spent days in courthouses, libraries,…
(I remember dressing up in hats and gloves to go to downtown Birmingham and watch the double feature at the movies while my parents…
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Alabama News from the past on April 30, 1874 Tuscumbia is out of debt, the Alabama Governor has a toothache, and a hog with…
Old York USA Heritage & Music Park C. J. Harris, one of three finalists from Alabama on American Idol, in 2014, brought considerable attention…
A(The photograph is of Ella Elizabeth Splawn, 2 brothers & her mother, who were pioneers in River Bend, Sarah "Sallie" Ann Cruise ) W.…
Publishers of newspapers in Alabama often published poetry from local people in the community. This is a poem from Tuscaloosa, Alabama Transcribed from The…
This editorial provides a glimpse of Mobile before 1858 AN 1858 VIEW ON HISTORICAL PRESERVATION IN MOBILE By Jack D.L. Holmes, Ph.D. Director, Louisiana…
WE ARE THE STORYTELLERS (AUTHOR UNKNOWN) submitted by Jesse Suttles of Arkansas We are the chosen. In each family there is one who seems…
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On April 27, 2011, the citizens of Cullman, Alabama lost many of their original structures, when an EF4 tornado struck downtown Cullman, Alabama. Many historic buildings were…
Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co.,…
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(Transcribed from The Boaz Leader, Boaz, Alabama, January 6, 1915) Good Ole Days --Infection Through Cigar Cutters When it is recognized how easily the…
While World War I was taking place in 1918, a new influenza virus emerged throughout the world. The conditions of World War I helped…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) Tensions between the Creek Indians and white settlers became so strained in May…
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