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Some bios. (A-M) of Alabama White men associated with Indian life
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Invention by G. W. Wimpee of Centre, Alabama in 1874
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Part VII Joel D. Murphree – Civil War letters
Tap here to see how to Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF JOEL MURPHREE OF TROY, ALABAMA 1864-1865 Introduction “by H. E. STERKX (Dr. Sterkx was a member of the history faculty, Troy State Teachers College) Part VII JOEL DYER MURPHREE TO WIFE, Lagrange, Ga., Oct. 3, 1864 Ursuala I […]
Gadsden – City of Champions was an exciting place Christmas of 1940- [vintage photos from Christmas 1940 & film]
The first substantial white settlement in what is now Gadsden was a village called “Double Springs”.This was begun by a mixed American Indian and Caucasian settler named John Riley when he built his house near two springs in about 1825. His home became a stagecoach stop on the Huntsville-to-Rome Georgia route. The home below was taken from its […]
Moonshine stories from 1964, some interesting and one tragic
Moonshine was a popular way to make a living during the days of prohibition in Alabama. Here are some interesting stories, concerning moonshine in Alabama found in newspapers from the past. Below ground vats of liquor stills in Chambers County, Alabama ca. 1950s (by photographer Roy Green, Jr.Alabama Department of Archives and History) From Ocala […]
PATRON + Pioneer Talladega, Its Minutes and Memories Chapter 20 – Sketches of early bar members
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This serendipity moment told the whole story
Recently, I asked readers to send in their personal serendipity moment to Alabama Pioneers. This is William W. McCollum’s moment. Donna Serendipity Moment told the whole story by William W. McCollum My McCollum ancestors descend from a Scottish exile who arrived in the colony of East Jersey in 1685. His descendants made their way south […]
PATRON – Kellett-Gilbreath nuptials and reopening of Agricultural and City schools were in the local news in Albertville, Alabama in January 1903.
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PATRON + Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part XIII
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BIOGRAPHY: Elisha David Acker born February 14, 1861
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UPDATED WITH PODCAST Nobles brothers built the first locomotive south of the Mason and Dixon line
A WAR TIME FOUNDRY A Story of a Confederate Foundry at the present Anniston By Kate Quintard Noble Roberts1 My Grandfather, James Noble, left England in 1837 and settled first in Pennsylvania, but wearying of the unfriendly climate, he became enamored of the Sunny South, and with his family, made his home in Rome, Georgia, […]
PATRON+ Native American Stockades in Alabama
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Trail of Tears was one of the most regrettable episodes in American history
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 marks a dark time in American history regarding the new country’s relationship with the Native American population. It called for the “voluntary or forcible removal of all Indians” residing in the eastern United States to the state of Oklahoma. Many did not leave voluntarily May 1838 was set as […]
PATRON + Pioneer Talladega, Its Minutes and Memories Chapter 29 – Talladega tries to recover from War
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PATRON + The Trial of the Judges and other early impeachments in Alabama
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PATRON + “Turkey Town was where treaties were formed”
Turkey Town was established sometime prior to 1770 and was one of the most important of Cherokee establishments. It was here that Col. Campbell, the noted British soldier, and superintendent, lived at times during and after the Revolutionary War.
PATRON – Genealogy notes on DUNAWAY FAMILY of Perry, Marengo, Dallas & Wilcox Counties
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PATRON – The Act and Names of Civil War soldiers payment for lost limbs -Feb. 1877
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Did you know that honeybees have not always been prevalent in Alabama?
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PATRON – “Names of early settlers in Cleburne, Alabama”
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BIOGRAPHY: Rev. J. D. Anthony born October 12, 1825 – photograph
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! REV. J. D. ANTHONY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1825-aft. 1875) (The following sketch of the Rev. J. D. Anthony, author of “Cherokee County”, published in this issue of the Quarterly, was prepared by Hugh W. Cardon, of Birmingham, a portion of an address made by him to a group of ladies in Centre, Alabama, […]
BIOGRAPHY: Frederick Forney Foscue (September 11, 1819 – March 3, 1906)
FREDERICK FORNEY FOSCUE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (September 11, 1819 – March 3, 1906) Virginia, Texas, and Coosa, Marengo, Monroe Counties, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev. George Evans Brewer, 1887) Rev. Benjamin Foscue was a pioneer settler of Coosa, about Hanover or Weogufka, and was a Primitive Baptist preacher of good […]
PATRON – Alabama Death Notices – 1851 from newspaper
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PATRON + General Coffee was Wounded in this battle of the Creek-Indian War
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PATRON – BIOGRAPHY: William Jasper Alexander born in May 1842
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PATRON + Bangor cave raid, Murder and Searcy family in the news of August 2, 1937
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Biography: William Harrison Barnard born March 22, 1864
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PATRON + Remarkable 1876 letter from Texas to Alabama mentions how former resident Walker K. Baylor died in Texas in 1845
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News accounts reveal how W. A. Smith was killed and possible reasons why
GRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF THE DEATH OF W. A. SMITH Coosa River News”, Centre, Alabama, Friday August 21, 1908: Volume 31, #24 Rome Tribune” Borden Springs, Alabama, August 17: After tying the horses on the station platform here, the body of William A. Smith slain by the hand of Will Chandler, has been removed to his […]