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…
Click here BECOME A PATRON TODAY FREE eBook now available for ALL ACTIVE PATRONS! We reached our goal of 350 Alabama Pioneers Patron members!…
A Cherokee County, Alabama lawyer killed the Sheriff and fled to Texas A Transcription of Hugh Cardon's HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Part VI Mr.…
Early Immigrants Brought Their Past With Them There were many different lifestyles in the Mississippi Territory which ranged from the gentility of the plantation…
(Transcribed and unedited WPA Life story) SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . . . CHARLES H. GREER 9012 CHURCH STREET VETERAN NEWSPAPER MAN Sylacauga, Talladega…
An inspiring unedited true story from the author of History of Eufaula, published in 1930 SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . . . True Life…
The early immigrants of Clarke, Washington and Baldwin counties in Alabama arrived as early as 1745 from SC and Georgia Clarke, Washington and Baldwin immigrants…
Life History of Mrs. Minnie Richards SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . . . Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., Eufaula, Alabama Women Executive, Telephone…
This amazing journal helps us visualize this historic journey down the Alabama River in 1814 Day three on August 13, 1814 (Continued) Over the…
Auburn officially began competing in intercollegiate football in 1892. The first Iron Bowl Game between the University of Alabama and Auburn took place at…
Below are four brigadier-generals who served in the Civil War for the Confederacy. We are publishing photographs of interest to researchers on Alabama Pioneers.…
In my personal genealogy research, I often spent days in courthouses, libraries, and cemeteries, as well as considerable expense copying, records only to discover…
Summer job in 1955 by Clifford Dobyns I was discharged from the Army in 1955 and it was time to get a job. My…
(TRANSCRIBED FROM The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 02, No. 03, Fall Issue 1940) RECOLLECTIONS OF WILLIAM L. YANCEY By Joel Barnett (The letter reproduced…
ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Removal includes many of the speeches, letters and methods used by the U. S. Government to remove the Native Americans from…
Continued - The following has been transcribed from Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society: New series Volume 4 By Alabama Historical Society 1904 THE…
More old photographs discovered of Confederate veterans. These have been identified. Sign up for our Daily Email of recent posts at the bottom of this…
John G. Bamberg (1760-1801) was born Jun 1760 in Eastern, Pennsylvania, USA or Bavaria and died 1801 in Lexington, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA. He…
Photo from Patron member story "His antics were legendary at the Alabama Crimson Tide football games - do you remember him?" Are you missing…
Below are some early Native American pictures at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Can you add additional information about the photographs? Choctaw…
Masonic Temple on the northeast corner of Commerce and Bibb in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, where the Greystone Hotel later stood built in…
ALABAMA PIONEERS Transcribed Wills and Abstracts of Wills Book I Note: there will be misspelled words as these are transcribed wills and the transcriber…
BIOGRAPHIES OF NOTABLE & SOME NOT-SO-NOTABLE ALABAMA PIONEERS VOLUME VII is the seventh book of Alabama pioneers biographies. A good deal of the information comes from source…
Captain John Clark Francis, , C.S.A. (1843-1864) Francis was captain of Co. B, 30th Alabama Infantry from 1862 until promoted to major…
I have heard my grandfather(Big Daddy) Sidney Bearden b.1918 say they were so poor growing up" that they had cracks in the floors and…
A few years ago, with many genealogical facts in hand, I made a research trip to the Eastern Shore of Virginia in search of…
All the wills in this book were written prior to 1925 from very old hand-written documents. ALABAMA PIONEERS Transcribed Wills and Abstracts of Wills…
Our ancestors had to be resilient when they faced obstacles in daily life, from dealing with pests, medical emergencies, caring for clothing and cleaning…
![UPDATED WITH PODCAST -An ancient lost Native American town Abihka [see pics & films] in Alabama has close ties to Henryetta, Oklahoma](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/oklahoma.jpg)
![Auburn football was started by Dr. George Petrie [see his bicycle built for two in this vintage film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Auburn_Football_team_1893-220x160.jpg)
![AUTHOR SUNDAY – Summer job in 1955 – How much different was it than today’s summer jobs? [see vintage film and pics]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/station-wagon-1955-220x146.jpg)
![Here is the house of the orator from Alabama argued for secession prior to the Civil War [story and film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/yancey-dogtrot-sign-220x268.jpg)
![Masonic buildings from the past [very old pictures]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Montgomery-hill-masonic-lodge-Q2190-220x128.jpg)
