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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 […]

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 […]