(Continued from Part II How a system of Public education developed in early Alabama Part III -The author Gen. William F. Perry was the first…
CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA REMINISCENCES OF ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT Part I By Rev. J. D. Anthony From a clipping from the Gadsden Times (Transcribed from…
Captain Sam Dale - Alabama Pioneer An episode of the Creek Indian War, November 12, 1813. Following Fort Mims massacre, numerous depredations were made…
The National Holiday which is known today as Veterans Day was called Armistice Day before 1954. The change in the name came about due…
Trains by Inez McCollum I grew up across the street from a railroad track. When we had guests and a train would pass by…
PEYTON G. BOWMAN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1854 – 1916) Jefferson County, Alabama Peyton G. Bowman was an attorney at law in Birmingham, Alabama. He…
This story is an excerpt from A Collection of PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES & GENEALOGIES VOLUME I PERRY COUNTY ALABAMA JOSEPH RADFORD WATTERS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY…
When the building of steamboats was still in its infancy, one Alabamian built floating palaces, as fine and as fast as money could produce.…
Oh, What Games We Played by Jean Butterworth Fall is here! When the first little bit of cool air hit my face early one…
GENEALOGY TIP Are you having difficulty identifying people in photographs? Here are some tips In the 19th century, it was a normal practice to…
Cherokees exterminate the Black Cherokees before Europeans arrive CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA REMINISCENCES OF ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT Part II By Rev. J. D. Anthony From…
JOURNAL OF JAMES A. TAIT FOR THE YEAR 1813.1 (Diary entries from the 25th of August 1813 to the 25th of March 1815). Edited…
Do you want to make dressing like your Alabama grandmother for Thanksgiving? Then start with Alabama corn meal from the J. T. Pollard cornmeal in…
Robertson & Phillips My ancestors on one side of the family are Robertsons. I have traced them back to the 1200’s in Scotland. On…
![Is this a photograph from the Titanic? [see film] No, it is one of many steamships built by an Alabama native before the Civil War](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/J.-M.-White-main-cabin-centre-220x287.jpg)
