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DeKalb County, Alabama was created on January 9, 1836 – see names of many early citizens [films]

Nestled in the northeast, Alabama mountains, the beautiful county of DeKalb  has a rich and intriguing history filled with sadness, as well as ‘boom times.’ DeKalb County was once home of the famous Cherokee Native American Sequoyah, an Cherokee Chief who single-handily created an alphabet which allowed an entire nation of Indians the ability to read and write. […]

Amazing Grace sung in Cherokee Language -beautiful!

CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA REMINISCENCES OF ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT Part I By Rev. J. D. Anthony From a clipping from the Gadsden Times (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 08, No. 03, Fall Issue 1946) In compliance with a promise made you some time since, I now furnish you with the first chapter of “Reminiscences […]