JAMES MILES KILLIAN GUINN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (November 5, 1835 – June 8, 1903) Randolph County, Alabama James Miles Killian Guinn, author of this…
One Sexton, an Englishman, had two wives, and this significant inscription was put upon the tombstone of one by the bereaved husband: Here lies…
During the Great Depression the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was an employment program created by President Roosevelt in 1935, Over its eight years of…
In the United States, the modern Thanksgiving holiday tradition is commonly, but not universally, traced to a sparsely documented 1621 celebration at Plymouth in…
SHERIFF'S SALE By virtue of a writ of fieri facias issued out of the Clerk's office of the City Court of Birmingham, Jefferson county,…
Read details about this battle in ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued for PATRON+ MEMBERS below) BATTLE OF TALLASEEHATCHEE Also called Battle of Tallushatchee (Excerpt…
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Topeka, Kansas: "Here lies Sheriff Tim McGrew who said he would arrest Bill Hennessy or die... He was right." "Here lies Michael Horton who…
CAPTAIN JOHN G. BARR CHAPTER XXXV (from FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA printed in the Tuscaloosa Gazette August 12, 1886) by Hon. E. A.…
(Richard Breckenridge wrote a diary when he made a trip to survey his future home site in Alabama in 1816. Excerpts from his diary…
This story is also in the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) Once Christopher Columbus discovered America, other explorers from…
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(Transcribed excerpts from The Sumter Enterprise, Epes, Sumter County, Alabama, April 11, 1907) We are pleased to note that Mr. W. L. Rush was…
When Birmingham was a young city, this is what she looked like.... Notes about photos in the film. Durward Nickerson, Western Union messenger…
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“As long as you speak my name, I shall live forever”SEE ALL BOOKS BY DONNA R CAUSEY Settlers came mostly from the Carolinas, Georgia,…
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In 1839, Evergreen Academy was first built sixty feet long, by thirty wide, one story high with piazza in front, full length, with a…
(Transcribed excerpt from The People's Ledger, Enterprise, Alabama, August 23, 1900) The school board met Tuesday and elected Miss Estelle Mosley as assistant teacher.…
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(Excerpt Transcribed from The Jones Valley Times (Elyton, Alabama) April 1, 1854) PERSONALS We are indebted to Dr. Earle, John Camp, Esq., James A.…
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Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron JOIN US FOR FREE CANCEL ANYTIME Humorous Tombstones England “When the great judgment day arrives and Joshua Fenton Newton…
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Do we still have Southern hospitality? People in the south are known for welcoming visitors. In fact the phrase, "Southern hospitality" has been coined to…
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Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron JOIN US FOR FREE CANCEL ANYTIME The population of Pike Road in Montgomery County remained small until 1918 when…
