PATRON - Jackson County, Alabama boundaries have changed three times. From HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA by John Robert Kennamer, Decatur, Al 1935: Condensed…
AUTHOR SUNDAY - Did his Grandma see a Mermaid in Alabama? Cute story..... My Grandmother by Dennis W Smith My grandmother was born Malissy…
On July 1-3, 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg was fought during the Civil War. Often referred to as the "High Water Mark of the…
The story of the Killing of Dr. Hellen in Greensboro, Alabama published in 1908. Killing of Dr. Hellen1 (Published in 1908) Up to twenty-five or thirty years…
PATRON - The story of Ira Harmon, riverboat Pilot, who piloted boats down the Coosa to the Alabama River during the Civil War -…
PATRON + Read how Daniel Pratt almost lost his life in a freak accident in Prattville, Alabama This excerpt is a transcribed history of…
Recently, I was scheduled to have some minor surgery and the nurse called me on the phone to obtain some medical history. Questions, like…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer DR. WILLIAM THOMAS ABRAHAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1834-1898) Marengo County, and Mobile,…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer THOMAS JEFFERSON MARTIN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1842-aft. 1904) Shelby County, Alabama Thomas…
PATRON+ SATURDAY SECRETS - How to make great tea, morocco, and kid shoes in 1886! HOUSEHOLD HINTS FROM 1886 The lustre of morocco is…
PATRON + FUNNY FRIDAY: This is hilarious! But I imagine it was true. . . A prominent physician of Baltimore tells of an amusing…
PATRON + MONDAY MUSINGS – Did you know that the Confederate States had no Supreme Court? (Excerpt transcribed from The South Alabamian, Jackson, Clarke…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer JAMES HAMILTON EDWARDS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1857-1922) Pike County, Alabama James Hamilton…
Continued stories from Rev. R. W. Brooks of Escambia, County, Alabama written in 1939 - his first and last political speech My first and…
PATRON + Tecumseh's Arrival in Alabama described by a witness This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3)…
PATRON + Could this be the University of Alabama's highest-scoring game? I wonder what the University of Alabama's highest-scoring game has been. I ran…
EUFAULA, ALABAMA Indian Tribes and their Homes -1825 (Transcribed from: History of Eufaula, Alabama: the bluff city of the Chattahoochee By J. A. B. Besson…
Did you know? In Montgomery, Alabama it is considered an offense to open an umbrella on a street, for fear of spooking horses? In Lee…
Old Southern University Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama Old Southern University was built in 1857 by Mullins and Hall of Selma, Alabama. It was owned…
Princely Gambling1 Gambling in the early days was very common and considered quite a respectable occupation, and men of the highest standing, measured by the…
EARLY HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA Hale County, Alabama was created by the Legislature of the State of Alabama on January 30, 1867. The larger part…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable & Some Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol VII in EBook, Paperback & Hard cover format…
NIMROD EARLE BENSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1794-1854) South Carolina, Montgomery County, Alabama (Copyrighted Excerpt from The Grand Masters of Free & Accepted Masons of the…
(Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration - This house at 1256 O'Donnell Street in the historic district of Oakdale, Mobile,…
(Clay County, Alabama is a beautiful place to take a vacation. With Cheaha State Park, Lake Wedowee and the Alabama Gold Camp all in…
On May 25, 1910, the first-ever night-time airplane flight was made at Orville Wright's flying school near Montgomery, Alabama. Glinting now and then in the moonlight…
Reminiscences of Old St. Stephens Part II Schools and Indians NOTE: This speech was made in 1899 and some language would be offensive today.…
Humorous Tombstones Catholic Cemetery, La Pointe, Wisconsin: To the Memory of Abraham Beaulieu Born 18 September 1822 Accidentally shot 4th April 1844 As a…
THE FIRST HOUSES BUILT IN GREENSBORO AFTER THE WAR (CIVIL)1 (published 1908) It would be superfluous to state that for nearly twenty years after…
THE DUMB SUPPER (Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration author from Pike County, Alabama) Written by Lois Lynn 11/12/1936 The…
![PATRON + These veterans showed much dignity and respect toward each other as they put the Civil War behind them [vintage pictures & film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/CSA-and-GAR-at-encampment-220x160.jpg)
![PATRON + On May 25 the first-night airplane flight in the world took place in Alabama [see the vintage film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1910-Orville-Wright-with-students-in-Montgomery-Alabama-220x121.jpg)
