This story is available for FREE! See how to Become a Patron and read all of lost and forgotten Alabama stories. Become an Alabama PIONEERS Patron for only $2 per month. Cancel anytime THE HISTORY OF MARION SKETCHES OF LIFE in Perry County, Alabama By S. A. Townes “Vive La Bagatelle.” MARION, ALABAMA Printed by Dennis Dykom 1844 Preface […]
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Don’t go to Texas!
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PATRON – Biography: Charles Pomeroy Almon born July 19, 1872
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Happenings of a Day in Alabama February 7, 1900 – Part VI – Information about many people who passed through Montgomery
(Local news transcribed from THE MONTGOMERY, ADVERTISER, Montgomery, Ala., February 7, 1900) THE PASSING THRONG Mr. E. W. deGraffenried of Greensboro, is in the city in attendance upon Supreme Court. Mr. deGraffenried is one of the ablest lawyers in West Alabama, and he probably enjoys the most lucrative practice of any lawyer in that section. […]
PATRON – Church meeting news and names from Attalla in 1932
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Biography: Samuel Fitts Alston born January 6, 1859
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PATRON – Biography: James Oliver Banks, Jr. born Dec. 26, 1866
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Coosa River in Alabama is named after two Native American towns
Coosa County was created by the legislature December 18, 1832, from the lands included in the Creek Indian Treaty of Cusseta, executed March 24, 1832. Coosa River is named after two Native American towns It was named for the Coosa River, which forms its western boundary. The river commemorates the name of two Native American […]
Historic letter written on Dec. 1, 1847 by J. D. Bibb, about his brother & Alabama’s first governor
He only lived five more months The following excerpt is from a letter which has been transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 19, Nos. 03 & 04, Fall and Winter Issue 1957. It was originally written in 1847 by John Dandridge Bibb, brother of Alabama’s first two governors, William Wyatt Bibb and Thomas Bibb. […]
UPDATED WITH PODCAST Tuscumbia was destroyed by a tornado in 1874 when the town was debt-free.
(This story is even more interesting considering the fact that Tuscumbia had been congratulated in April 30, 1874 for being debt-free in the Birmingham Iron Age Newspaper. This must have been devastating for a city that had accomplished so much.) Continued below Tuscumbia: Destroyed by a tornado New York Times — Alabama THE DESTRUCTION OF […]
PATRON – Biography: Benjamin Pinckney Worthington born November 19, 1814 – photograph
BENJAMIN PINCKNEY WORTHINGTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1814 – 1884) Jefferson County, Alabama Benjamin Pinckney “Pink” Worthington was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky on November 19, 1814 to Benjamin Worthington, Sr. and Judith (Stedman) Worthington of Christian County, Kentucky. He was a pioneer and a plantation owner with his land in present-day Birmingham. His 800-acre farm in […]
Do you know the names of the people who controlled and organized the new State of Alabama?
The population in the new Alabama Territory increased so rapidly between 1817 and 1818, that by the time the second session of the territorial legislature met at St. Stephens in November 1818, transition to statehood was expected very soon. When the legislature met, a petition to Congress was drawn up and sent by John W. […]
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]
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Have you ever attended the fall festival in Jackson, Alabama?
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 of first Agricultural College in the State of Alabama On the eastern bank of the Tombigbee River just north of the mouth of Bassetts Creek in Clarke County, Alabama, is located […]
How a system of education was developed in early Alabama Part IV -written by the first Superintendent
(Continued from Part III – The author Gen. William F. Perry was the first superintendent of education in Alabama) THE GENESIS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ALABAMA. By Gen. William F. Perry,1 of Bowling Green, Ky. Written 1898 (Transcription from Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Volume 2, 1898) Part IV MOVEMENT The first of January, 1855, was fixed as […]
How a system of education was developed in early Alabama Part II -written by the first superintendent in 1898
(Continued from Part I – How a system of Public education developed in early Alabama Part II -The author Gen. William F. Perry was the first superintendent of education in Alabama) Alabama was the first of the Cotton States to develop an education system How a system of education was developed in early Alabama Part II […]
UPDATED WITH PODCAST – Gunpowder explodes in warehouse at Mobile and destroys half the town. [pictures & list of wounded soldiers]
On April 12, 1865 the Civil War ended when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his command to U.S. General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. The port city of Mobile, Alabama had come through the war unscathed. However, half the city was destroyed in a major tragedy over a month later when twenty tons of […]
PATRON – Announcements of political candidates and marriages in Perry Co. December 28, 1865
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Down the Alabama River in 1814 – Day Seven on August 17, 1814
Down the Alabama River in 1814 Day Seven on August 17, 1814 This amazing journal helps us visualize this historic journey down the Alabama River on August 17, 1814 Day seven (Continued) Scroll down to read story Over the next few days, we will follow the day by day journey of the first survey of the […]
PATRON – Participants in All Day Singing December 25, 1907 – Sacred Harp – J. S. Carroll lifetime president
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Down the Alabama River – Day Eight on August 18, 1814
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 August 18, 1814 – Day Eight of the journey. Scroll down to read story Over the next few days, we will follow the day by day journey of the first survey […]
UPDATED WITH PODCAST – Is the city of Birmingham, Alabama sitting above an underground river that connects with the Warrior River? There may be some truth to this story.
Over the years there has been considerable talk that Birmingham, Alabama sits over a large underground stream. It is reported that early settlers of Birmingham were told by the Native Americans that an underground river ran the full length of Jefferson county and often spoke of traveling down the stream in a canoe from the Warrior River. When new […]
PATRON + The Yankee’s are coming! Eye-witness account
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PATRON – Visitors, Visiting, and Entertainment in Lanett, Alabama News on Feb. 17, 1916
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PATRON+ The Battle of Burnt Corn
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Amazing pictures of the early Presbyterian schools, churches and missions in Alabama
Continued – The following has been transcribed from Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society: New series Volume 4 By Alabama Historical Society 1904 THE HISTORY OF THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN ALABAMA PRIOR TO 1826. By The Rev. James H. B. Hall, Birmingham Part IV We are now prepared for the reception of the following […]
PATRON – July 7, 1943 – Personals, events and stories about residents in Tuscaloosa News from 1943
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A story about the Hines Family of Atmore, Alabama written in 1939
During the 1930s, in the Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people and write stories about life in the United States. The program was named the U.S. Work Projects Administration, Federal Writers’ Project and it gave employment to historians, teachers, writers, librarians, and other white-collar workers. Transcribed and unedited (with misspelled, capitals and […]
Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part III
Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part III- 1 John S. Brasher Blount County Although little is known of his family, John S. Brasher was the grandson of a soldier of the American Revolution. He was born near Yellow Leaf Creek in Shelby County, Alabama, on December 29, 1820, but the identity […]
Did you know the ghost town of Old St. Stephens, Alabama had a Lover’s leap?
Reminiscences of Old St. Stephens PART V – Lover’s leap (continued) PART V (Read at the Centennial Celebration, May 6, 1899. It was published in four installments in the Washington County News, St. Stephens, May 25, and June 1, 8, and 15, 1899.) By Miss Mary Welsh,2 of Shuqualak, Missi TAILORS As may be supposed, […]