Today is the Alabama Theater's birthday! The Alabama Theater opened on the night of Monday, December 26, 1927. Lane Carter, a writer for the Birmingham…
A LETTER FROM AUBURN Correspondence of the Republican Written 1859 Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02, Summer Issue 1956. Mr.…
PATRON – Socials, Schools, baseball and church news from St. Elmo, Alabama 1915 (Transcribed from The Grand Bay News, Grand Bay, Alabama, October 1,…
Venetian blinds became popular after WWII, but I remember they were a "bear" to clean. They became dusty very easily --- especially in the…
Local News from around Six Mile in Bibb County, Alabama December 25, 1879 (Transcribed from The Bibb Blade (Six Mile, Alabama) December 24,…
May love and laughter light your days, and warm your heart and home. May good and faithful friends be yours, wherever you may roam.…
On December 25th, 1824, Governor Israel Pickens sent his letter of invitation to General LaFayette: State of Alabama Executive Department Cahaba December 25th 1824…
BIG CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH Organized in 1823 Oldest in Pickens County By Marion Johnson written in 1940 The First Baptist church to be…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI NEWCOMB FRIERSON THOMPSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1844-1923) JEFFERSON…
SOME ALABAMA DEATH NOTICES FROM SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST NEWSPAPER 8-21-50 Died in Marion on Tuesday, July 30th AUGUSTUS R, infant son of E. A. BLUNT…
JOHN HARRIS LESLEY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (Dec. 25, 1850- aft. 1904) Talledaga county, Alabama John Harris Lesley, a well-known citizen of Talladega county, was…
FRANCIS MARION KING BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (Dec.25, 1832-Nov. 13, 1911) Talladega and Coosa county, Alabama Francis Marion King was one of the best farmers…
SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . . . The opinions now held by physicians that “raw cow's milk is better for children than boiled” is…
ALMOND CUSTARD Recipe from 1890s Scald and blanch half a pound of shelled sweet almonds and three ounces of bitter almonds, throwing them, as…
The film below, entitled, Steel in the Magic City by Spark Media includes historic images of 1930s Birmingham, and is an Alabama Pioneers exclusive. Steel in…
This biography is in the book FIRST FAMILIES OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, ALABAMA VOLUME I HENRY WATKINS COLLIER and SCOTTS of Lawrence County, Alabama The Wyatts and…
Tuscaloosa was not united (Partial transcription of a history of Tuscaloosa written by an older resident, Ben A. Green, in 1931 who was the…
Days Gone By in Alabama by Peggy Sue Harmon In reading Jean Butterworth’s article on her Christmas family tradition, my memories were stirred (even…
THE BIG GULLY AND THE RAVINE (Partial transcription of a history of Tuscaloosa written by an older resident, Ben A. Green, in 1931 who…
UNION CHURCH NEWS (Transcribed from The Grand Bay News, Grand Bay, Alabama, October 1, 1915) Fred Freeland is suffering an attack of marelia (malaria?).…
MATRIMONIAL MUSSES AT MOBILE A Breezy Elopement and a Hilarious Grass Widow. (Transcribed from The Montgomery Advertiser June 21, 1890) Mr. Ulmer and Mrs.…
From Solyhull Churchyard, Warwickshire, England The following Epitaph was written by a certain Rev. Dr. Greenwood on his wife, who died in childbirth. One…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 3 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK.…
GRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF THE DEATH OF W. A. SMITH Coosa River News”, Centre, Alabama, Friday August 21, 1908: Volume 31, #24 Rome Tribune” Borden…
Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part XIV 1 Henry C. Sanford Cherokee County A son of Hezekiah P. and Priscilla…
(Transcribed and unedited excerpt from a story that was written by WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer, Susan Russell. The Cooper coffin and the strange…
(Transcribed from The Grand Bay News, Grand Bay, Alabama, October 1, 1915) THEODORE NOTES (By P. W. F.) Theodore, Ala., Sept. 28 (Special Correspondence)…
DAVID MARSHALL SCOTT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (December 23, 1847 - Tuscaloosa and Dallas County, Alabama David Marshall Scott, merchant and postmaster, was born December…
Here are a few more recipes from an old 1880's cookbook that appear interesting.... PEAR PICKLE Select small, sound ones, remove the blossom end,…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XIV - XV The Circuit Courts, in the beginning of the Judicial history…
