Founded in 1871, Birmingham was a model city at this time – railroads, blast furnaces and steel mills marked its landscape. It was a…
After the Revolutionary War, free bounty land was offered by the federal government to citizens and soldiers for their service. Men were not the…
FROM TENNESSEE TO TEXAS—THROUGH ALABAMA The 1860 Diary of William Joseph Camp Edited by William R. Snell (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol.…
Most of the downtown Birmingham, Alabama was once William F. Nabers' farm (Excerpt transcribed from Downtown Birmingham Architectural and Historical Walking Tour Guide, 2nd…
Alabama Pioneers has more lost & forgotten stories to see. You may notice some stories with the word PATRON at the beginning. These are…
Hazel Farris b.1880 in Louisville Ky is one of the most notorious female outlaws of the early 1900s and Alabama history. After a night…
Few buildings in America can claim to have the kind of storied history as the Old State Bank in Decatur, Alabama. Standing for 183…
I reeled about like a cow with the blind staggers or a feller who had taken too many horns by Shannon Hollon David Crockett…
The following facts and information concerning the boats on the Alabama river, that have sunk or been burned since the war, was prepared by…
Mexican Revolution In 1910, a revolution in Mexico began. All across Mexico, volunteers aligned with different factions, and Pancho Villa aligned with Francisco I.…
First Protestant Minister and Early settlers of Washington County, Alabama (Excerpt from: The Great Southeast or Clarke County and its Surroundings, pub. 1882 by…
This story is also an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) available at Amazon.com On Little River,…
Read this story as well as many others in ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories Continued below The daughter-in-law of Peter the…
The beautiful Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is filled with mysteries such as a door that leads nowhere, deep underground tunnels, 2-foot…
The Spelling Bee by Dennis W Smith I attended the 1st grade through 5th grade at Bayview Elementary School. The school was located in…
General Lafayette General Lafayette, on his visit to America in 1824-25, spent the early days of April, 1825, in what is the State of…
SKETCH OF PETTUS' BRIGADE. By Gen. Edmund Winston Pettus,1 Of Selma. (Transcription from Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Volume 2, 1898) Head Qrs. Pettus Brigade,2 Camp near Dalton, Georgia…
The rise of a new political party took place called the Know Nothing Party in 1855. This political party was an anti-establishment party -…
HISTORIC VISIT BY INEZ MCCOLLUM A few years ago, I made a special effort to attend the Annual Meeting of the Alabama Historical Association. …
Jackson, Clarke County, Alabama The town of Jackson in Clarke County, Alabama is holds an annual fall festival. See Fall Festival for more information Home…
This is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) continued below.... The territory of the…
(Continued from Part III - The author Gen. William F. Perry was the first superintendent of education in Alabama) THE GENESIS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION…
PEAS, PLEASE by Dorothy Graham Gast Peas, corn, okra, tomatoes, squash, and sweet potatoes are as nutritious as they are tasty. Mainstays of southern…
[Col. Hawkins, a member of President George Washington's staff and aristocrat, held the longest period of peace with the Creek Indians prior to 1812.…
The majority of the population of Macon County, Alabama was African American in the 1880s when Lewis Adams, a former slave, was an important…
Scroll down to read story COLUMBIAN INSTITUTE By Levin Vinson Rosser1 of Carrollton (Transcribed article from Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Volume 2,…
QUILTING PARTIES (Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration) author from Pike County, Alabama) Written by Lois Lynn 11/12/1936 Quilting parties…
The Fed Hartley Rock by Dudley Hartley of Huntsville, AL Contributed by Karen R. Barbour (granddaughter to Joseph W. Hartley and Ila Snipes…
Scroll down to read story SINGING SCHOOLS (Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration) author from Pike County, Alabama) Written by…
Historical events in that have occurred in Baldwin County include the following: In 1560, across its northern border marched the Tristan de Luna expedition from…
![PATRON: The first speech given in the South by a sitting president which called for racial equality was given in Birmingham, Alabama in 1921. [vintage photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/President_Warren_G_Harding_arriving_in_Premocar-1921-Birmingham-50th-anniversary-e1433975756977.jpg)
![AUTHOR SUNDAY: Do you believe ghosts roam the halls of the old State Bank of Decatur? [see vintage photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Restoration-Old-State-Bank-Decatur-Alabama-ca.-1934-by-photographer-1934-by-photographer-W.-N.-Manning-Library-of-Congress-220x155.jpg)
![Alabama sent many volunteer soldiers in search of Pancho Villa after he attacked a town in New Mexico in 1916 [photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Birmingham-Citizen-Soldiery-Leave-for-the-Mexican-Frontier.-In-solemn-lines-thousands-bad-the-boys-Godspeed.-Birmingham-Age-Herald-Sunday-July-30-1916-–-Birmingham-View-Company-Q9639-220x93.jpg)
![The daughter-in-law of Peter the Great – Did she fake her death and escape to early Alabama? [photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Alexis-Petrovitz-220x305.jpg)
![UPDATED WITH PODCAST Mysterious, haunted mansion [pics and films] in Tuscaloosa has many historical connections](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Jemison-Van-de-Graaf-MansionAlex-Bush-Photographer-December-20-1934.-Rear-View.-East-South-End.-Library-of-Congress-220x152.jpg)
![UPDATED WITH PODCAST – Alabama threw parties for Lafayette [photographs] and Selma played a prank on the citizens of their town](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/inside-of-Masonic-temple-220x146.jpg)
