Tobacco farming was hard work by Sam Perkins My father grew burley tobacco in Middle Tennessee for forty continuous years. I was a participant…
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(Continued transcription from Southern Star, Newton, Dale County, Alabama August 10, 1921– info on Steagall family) A tribute to some outstanding citizens in Ozark,…
Some Funny Tombstones - Grave marker in Covington, Virginia "I made a lot of deals in my lifetime ... But I sure went in…
An Excerpt from DALE COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR (Reminiscences of Mary Love (Edwards) Fleming) HOME MADE LUXURIES AND NECESSITIES MEDICINES…
High price of cotton brought immigrants The high price of cotton during the years following the close of the War of 1812 gave Alabama…
A tribute to some outstanding citizens in Ozark, Alabama (Transcribed from Southern Star, Newton, Dale County, Alabama August 10, 1921 written in 1921– info…
Fourth part of a transcribed serial article published in the Southern Star, Ozark, Ala., beginning May 10, 1899. EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA By…
In 1815, several worthy citizens left the upper district of South Carolina and moved to the State of Tennessee, and early in 1817, immigrated…
COTTON MILLS IN ALABAMA Cotton was king in Alabama for many years and cotton mills sprang up around the state. The manufacture of…
News clipping of Local and personal genealogy information from August 5, 1921, The Ashland Progress, Ashland, Clay County, Alabama. Four Volumes combined into ONE!…
ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Volume I - IV: Four Volumes in One
This biography is included in the Books Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II and First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I RUEL…
Some great household tips from our ancestors. . . Candles last longer if placed in the refrigerator for a few days before using. They hold…
This biography is also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) AND SOME SOUTHERN STARR FAMILIES Compiled Genealogy Records,…
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(Newspaper clipping from The Ashland Progress, Ashland, Alabama)
[This funny story from 1937 reveals how popular automobiles had become over horse riding] No Riders! (from The Tuscaloosa News - July 2, 1937)…
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(News clipping from August 5, 1921, The Ashland Progress, Ashland, Clay County, Alabama)
I discovered these old photographs from Auburn University while doing some research. If you have more information about them, click on the link at…
Glazed Louisiana Yams 1 can yams 7 T. margarine 3 T. lemon juice 3 T. honey or 4 1/2 T. brown sugar 1/ 1/2…
COOKING and KITCHEN HINTS FROM THE PAST Lumpy gravy can be avoided by adding a little salt in the flour before adding the water…
MASTIN HILL HANSARD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1830-aft. 1904) Talladega county, Alabama Mastin Hill Hansard was one of the leading farmers of Talladega county. He…
Some people believed in engraving their trades on their tombstones. Epitaph to blind woodsawyer in Georgia: "While none ever saw him see thousands have…
Veterans Memorial, also called Pea River Bridge, is 100 years old! The bridge still stands next to Hwy 231 in Dale County, Alabama. The…
Sometimes it is funny seeing life through the eyes of a child. A little boy opened the big and old family Bible with fascination,…
LOCAL NEWS IN ALABAMA 1877-1879 (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 08, No. 01, Spring Issue 1946 Huntsville jail has been satisfactorily repaired.…
Beautiful excerpt from Journal of seventh governor of Alabama reveals their courtship in early 1800s 1 (Mrs. Gayle, wife of John Gayle, Alabama's seventh…
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