First Radio in Alabama The state of Alabama did not have a licensed radio station until 1922. The first Alabama's radio broadcast was made to Thomas…
This minister's passion for a school changed many lives. The Story Of The Downing Industrial School by Reverend J.M. Shofner Brewton, Alabama 1919 While…
Sturdivant Hall By Joe McKnight As a pre-teen growing up in Selma, AL., I once broke into Sturdivant Hall, an ante-bellem mansion which these…
[Note - The annual Maple Hill Cemetery Stroll will take place this year October 20, 2019 from 1:30 The PODCAST was recorded at an earlier…
(Continued from Part I) An inspiring unedited true story from the author of History of Eufaula, published in 1930 SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . .…
Excerpts from the History of Coosa County, Alabama Chapter One By Rev. George E. Brewer (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No.…
Down the Alabama River in 1814 Day Nine on August 19, 1814 (Continued) An amazing journal helps us visualize this historic journey down the Alabama…
(Works Progress Administration interview from 1938 - transcribed exactly as written - including misspelled words, etc.) JIM HOLBACK Dangerous Democrat Tuscaloosa, Alabama by WPA…
Following the destruction of the University of Alabama campus during the American Civil War, a new Quad emerged in the late 19th and early 20th…
Down the Alabama River in 1814 Day Seven on August 17, 1814 This amazing journal helps us visualize this historic journey down the Alabama…
Down the Alabama River in 1814 Day six Amazing journal helps us visualize this historic journey down the Alabama River on August 16, 1814…
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,…
Do you have additional information about these Confederate soldiers? Click on the link at the end to inform the Alabama Department of Archives and…
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…
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…
[NOTE: This old film is long but a true historic treasure that will bring tears to your eyes. It will make you proud to…
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…
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…
(Continued) discusses the Ku Klux Klan Events in the life of Joe Gillespie born 1853 as told by him in 1939 - Part II…
Barton Hall/Cunningham Plantation in Colbert County, Alabama Barton Hall (also known as the Cunningham plantation is in Colbert County, Alabama. It was built in…
Down the Alabama River - Day four on August 14, 1814 SCROLL DOWN TO READ STORY This amazing journal helps us visualize this historic…
The game that inspired the University of Alabama fight song, "Yea Alabama," was also Alabama's first national championship. The 1926 Rose Bowl Game held on…
An amazing journal helps us visualize this historic journey down the Alabama River in 1814 Day two - August 12 Over the next few…
SAMUEL BEEKMAN ALISON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1867-1963) Dallas County, Alabama Samuel Beekman Alison, physician, was born August 12, 1867 at Carlowville, Dallas County, Alabama,…
Oldest Presbyterian Church in Cherokee County, Alabama was started on August 11th SCROLL DOWN TO READ STORY (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 03,…
This is an excerpt from a book The History of Coosa County, Alabama written by Rev. George E. Brewer before 1922. Please consider the time period when it…
Abihka was one of the four mother towns of the Muscogee Creek Confederacy. The Abihka were the remnants of the 16th century "Chiefdom of…
Did you know....? In 1902, Dr. Luther Leonidas Hill performed the first open heart surgery in the Western Hemisphere by suturing a stab wound…
[Great descriptions of people and where they lived in early Autauga county, Alabama before 1886!] VILLAGE OF WASHINGTON, AUTAUGA COUNTY, ALABAMA (from history of…
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