DR. NATHAN BOZEMAN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (March 26, 1825 - 1861) Louisiana, New York, Georgia, Butler, Montgomery, and Coosa Counties, Alabama. (Excerpt from History…
SELWOOD PLANTATION OLD HOMES OF TALLADEGA COUNTY1 (KINGSTON, MT. IDA, SELWOOD, THORNHILL, ALPINE) BY MARY WELCH LEE (MRS. SCEARS LEE) Far off the beaten…
RANDOLPH COUNTY ESTABLISHED By J. M. K. GUINN1 Number One Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 Number Two The General Assembly, in 1832,…
JAMES H. WEAVER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800 – ca. 1880s) Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev. George…
REMINISCENSES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 Part I That portion of East Alabama formerly occupied by the Creek…
LEGEND OF COOSA During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and…
Excerpt transcribed from The Etowah Observer, Alabama City, Alabama March 17, 1932 NON-RESIDENT NOTICE J. H. Stewart, Complainant vs. Ida Stewart, Defendant, Circuit Court…
Old Recipes from 1890's Steamed Potatoes Pare the potatoes, throw them into cold water as they are peeled, then put them in a steamer.…
JAMES M. ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1790- 1856) Marshall and Madison County, Alabama James M. Adams, of Marshall, was a young lawyer, and…
A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF LAFAYETTE, ALABAMA By Anne Elizabeth Newman Written in LaFayette, Alabama, 1942 A first-time visitor to LaFayette, passing down streets overhung…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3) First Edition Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron/Patreon and unlock even…
Alva Woods (1794 – 1887) was the first president of the University of Alabama. He was a conservative Baptist minister, who had been educated…
Here is an epitaph about a woman who in life was evidently a great gossip: 'Tread softly, reader, lest you wake, The greatest talker that…
SETH PADDOCK STORRS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800 – October 1854) Georgia, Coosa and Autauga Counties, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by…
Happy Birthday! REV. LEWIS BROWN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1835 – aft. 1896) Missouri and Sumter County, Alabama Rev. Lewis Brown, of Epes, Sumter county, was born…
CLAYTON, BARBOUR COUNTY, ALABAMA (from History of Barbour County, Alabama. Eufaula, Alabama, 1939 by Mattie Thomas Thompson) Clayton became the county seat of Barbour…
This is a transcribed, unedited, handwritten story from a WPA writer. Some of the words used in this article may not be appropriate today,…
WILLIAM HARRISON BARNARD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1864-1949) Cherokee, Jefferson, and Talladega County, Alabama William Harrison Barnard, by reason of his connection with business in…
THE RED MAN'S HOME THE WHITE MAN'S EDEN By J. M. K. GUINN1 Number One Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 Alabama was…
Do you collect only names and dates of family ancestry? Then you are missing the most enjoyable part of genealogy. By uncovering facts and…
FIRST COURTHOUSE A LOG CABIN JAIL BUILT IN 1839 By J. M. K. GUINN1 Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 Number Seven Under…
Old Customs in Alabama – Folk Ways During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people and write stories about…
Moore: Need info on James Matheson Moore who died 31 Aug. 1891 near Addison, Winston County, AL. Married, 64 years old at time of…
Did you know that when Yolande Betbeze, Alabama's first Miss America winner of 1951 refused to pose in a swimsuit throughout her reign. She…
REMINISCENSES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 Part IV and Part V I find that I made a mistake…
First Court at Wedowee, Alabama Held in an Indian Chief's Wigwam RANDOLPH COUNTY SEAT MOVED TO WEDOWEE By J. M. K. GUINN1 Written for…
(Excerpt transcribed from) HISTORY OF COOSA COUNTY by Rev. George E. Brewer (excerpt transcribed from SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES Other Church denominations in Coosa County…
The amazing photographs in this film reveal the trucking industry in Montgomery, Alabama in 1943. The drivers had very different roads to traverse compared to…
"SCRAPS" RELATING TO THE EARLY HISTORY OF LIMESTONE COUNTY By Thomas Smith Malone The Athens Post, March 21, 1867. Page 2, Column 3. Part…
SAYRE STREET SCHOOL Chilton College and the Sayre Street School Site The present building that originally housed Sayre Street School only dates back to…
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