Holtville High School, Alabama A school in the National & International spotlight (Continued below) Holtville is 27 miles northwest of Montgomery, Alabama and is also called SlapOut by locals. There are many legends where the name Slap-Out came from; one being in reference to a once-popular song and a huge billboard announced that Slap-Out is […]
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“Indian Trails and Early Roads in Alabama” – story written in 1900
Indian Trails and Early Roads written in 1900 by Peter J. Hamilton Scroll down to read story (Unedited Transcription from Publications of the Alabama Historical Society, Miscellaneous.. Volume 1 by Alabama Historical Society) Roads made Roman history, and with the development of roads everywhere comes the evolution of a country. A wagon road in the settlement […]
PATRON – CIGAR FACTORIES & OWNERS IN ALABAMA 1917
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PATRON + Pioneer Talladega, Its Minutes and Memories Chapter 27 – no legal excuse for being at home
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Did you know that in 1905 Birmingham, Alabama was dealing with major fires that threatened to destroy the city?
The new bustling business district of the city of Birmingham, Alabama was almost destroyed by fire in 1905- Here are some actual news accounts describing the destruction that took place. From The Southern Democrat (Oneonta, Alabama) February 8, 1905 GENERAL STATE NEWS Birmingham, Ala. Property located on First avenue and Morris avenue, between Twenty-first and […]
PATRON +”After we had been in the Fort six months, the Indians became very hostile, burned houses, corn, destroyed cattle”
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PATRON + “Can you imagine how difficult it was to travel in early Alabama?”
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PATRON + Amazing! Jeremiah Austill describes Andrew Jackson’s inauguration from personally being there
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This Alabama ancestral line is mentioned in a best-selling novel and inspired historical fiction series
Alabama Descendants of ELISHA COTTINGHAM (ca. 1755-ca. 1820) is the Cottingham family mentioned in the best-selling novel, Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II And The family ancestral line inspired two historical fiction series – Tapestry of Love and The Cottinghams. John Cottingham home in Snowhill, Maryland built 1707 […]
PATRON – Some interesting old photographs from 1926, 1927, 1928
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PATRON + Fountain Heights [film, photographs] – a historic connection to Birmingham’s past – can it be saved?
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PATRON – Historic Montgomery, Alabama Theatre partially collapses and is now being demolished
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PATRON + Unlawful to cut down or kill trees in the State capital of Alabama?
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PATRON – See beautiful [photographs] of Benjamin P. Worthington home, pioneer and a founder of Birmingham, Alabama
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PATRON + MONDAY MUSINGS: Why did my ancestor constantly move?
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PATRON + Wilcox was a center of Alabama antebellum plantation life [see old pics]
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PATRON + Jeremiah Austill (b. 1794) tells where he settled in Alabama and of relationship with the Native Americans
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PATRON + The first Birmingham Municipal Airport was located near Ensley, Alabama [see film & pics]
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PATRON + BIOGRAPHY: Bolling Clark Burnett born 1797
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Burnt Corn, Alabama, a Community Older than the United States
More of this story can be found in ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories Burnt Corn Creek is a creek in the northern part of Escambia County and a tributary to the Conecuh River. The name is derived from a “large spring, which bursts from beneath the hill below the village” of the same […]
PATRON – On December 15, 1894, Back from Texas, Moonshiners, Debate and J. L. Allen left his bride behind
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PATRON – December 14, 1901 – Christmas Superstitions and St. Nick’s new mode of transportation
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PATRON – Biography: James Miles Killian Guinn born November 5, 1896
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PATRON – BIOGRAPHY: Joseph W. Dimmick was born November 6, 1838
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Isaac Abercrombie was an Alabama Pioneer, Six Generations of Descendants
Isaac Abercrombie was a pioneer of Perry County, Alabama (born 1748 Scotland – died 1825 Alabama) This book is a compilation of six generations of his descendants. It includes, sources such as wills, deeds, Bible records, etc. Many descendants moved west to Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Arkansas. The Birds’ Nest, U.S. Route 43, Vilula, Perry […]
PATRON – Biography: David Hubbard born 1792
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PATRON – Biography: John Randolph Copeland born October 25, 1862 – photograph
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PATRON – BIOGRAPHY: Olin C. Maner was born October 23, 1873
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BIOGRAPHY: Arthur Francis Hopkins born October 18, 1794
This biography is included in the book First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I ARTHUR FRANCIS HOPKINS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1794-1866) Lawrence County, Alabama Arthur Francis Hopkins was born October 18, 1794 in Virginia to James and Frances (Carter) Hopkins. He came to Alabama in 1814 after growing up in Virginia and attending […]
Rev. William Lynch Cochran left many descendants in Alabama
Rev. William Lynch Cochran left many descendants in Alabama – here are a few Micajah Cochran was born 12, September 1780 in Bedford, Virginia, USA and died 19 April 1811 in Pendleton District, South Carolina. He had a son, William Lynch Cochran, who was a Baptist minister and pioneer in early Alabama. Brierfield Baptist Church, Hwy […]