Aaron Smith born (1720 – 1776) and his brother, Captain John Carraway Smith fought in the American Revolution and were captured and held at…
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EARLY HISTORY OF TUSKEGEE1 Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02, Summer Issue 1956 Messrs. Darby and Price, of Tuskegee, the…
Buster Graham was a series of contradictions in a tall, lanky dreamer. He made his living by manual labor, but his life was in…
Many Revolutionary War Soldiers received land grants in Alabama. Perry County, Alabama was settled by many of these old soldiers and their families. Pioneers…
Discover Samuel Lowery's descendants in Some Alabama Descendants of SAMUEL LOWERY Revolutionary War Soldier Revolutionary War( usembassy.gov) Revolutionary War Soldier Samuel Lowery was believed to…
SPELUNKING by Inez McCollum One might call me a casual spelunker! I like to go into caves; but there must be a tour director…
JOAB LAWLER BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1796 – 1838) North Carolina and Madison, Shelby, Bibb, Coosa, Talladega Counties, Alabama Joab Lawler, public official and a…
Click here to see the paperback version of Alabama Footprints Confrontation is on sale for $5.49 (List price $12.97) Read more below.... Alabama Footprints…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3) First Edition Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron/Patreon and unlock even…
Near the Alabama-Georgia border lies a small town named Fruithurst in Cleburne County with only a population of 284 in the 2010 census. However,…
Four Alabama Footprints books have been combined into one book Alabama Footprints Volumes V-VIII: Four Books in One - ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Immigrants ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS…
Click to Become a Patron and see stories like this FIRST! Can you believe that jellyfish were discovered in Central Alabama in Stallworth Lake…
He carried the shot in his side for the rest of his life by Shannon Hollon My grandparents loved to sit on there front…
This is a letter and information about two towns that no longer exists, Honeytown & Hawridge {see picture below of students ca. 1900 of Haw Ridge school)…
The EF4 tornado that tore through Northeast Cullman County, Alabama was especially devastating for the city of Cullman Damage to historic structures was extensive.…
The Adventures (or MISadventures) of Lily by Becki McAnnally Another chapter in the (mis)adventures of my grandmother, Lily. This story involves a “Yankee” visitor…
The Big Fishing Trip by Joe Baxter Davis In about 1944, we lived in Equality, Coosa County, Alabama. Our friend Jack told us about…
Note: This story was written in 2015 before Harper Lee passed away. Alabama is proud of our native Alabama lady, Miss Harper Lee who…
[This is quite a story that reveals what travel was like in 1830] THE TRIP by BUD and TERRY ANDERSON Excerpted and paraphrased by…
Petition - From the citizens of the counties of Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Mobile, and Baldwin, in the Alabama Territory. OCTOBER 1817. DECEMBER 30, 1817.…
AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF JOEL MURPHREE OF TROY, ALABAMA 1864-1865 Introduction "by H. E. STERKX (Dr. Sterkx was a member of the…
“Ice Cream” Sunday By Ben White It was Sunday morning; the sun was just beginning to come over the horizon, the sky was clear…
Bear, Panther, And Wolf Were Common Once Alabama became a territory, in the words of Pickett, "the flood-gates of Virginia, the two Carolinas, Tennessee,…
This is a cute story that many who lived on a farm can relate to. Bitterweed Butter by Dorothy Graham Gast When I was…
In the story Native Americans fought on both sides of the Civil War , only the five Native American tribes were mentioned. The Catawba Indians have often…
CUTE STORY FROM THE PAST (Excerpt transcribed from The Columbia Breeze, Columbia, Alabama August 25, 1892) KISS ME An amusing incident occurred in a…
YES, I Remember Those Perms by Dorothy Graham Gast An aunt who was a beautician was prevailed upon during a visit to my grandmother's…
PAINT ROCK VALLEY, ALABAMA PIONEERS (posted to public stories Ancestry.com by genealogygeek) Flanked by steep mountains and threaded by a meandering river, Paint Rock Valley…
Blue Mountain in Calhoun County, Alabama was once a supply and training center for Confederate soldiers. Blue Mountain is located in the northern suburbs…
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