The rise of a new political party took place called the Know Nothing Party in 1855. This political party was an anti-establishment party -…
HISTORIC VISIT BY INEZ MCCOLLUM A few years ago, I made a special effort to attend the Annual Meeting of the Alabama Historical Association. …
Jackson, Clarke County, Alabama The town of Jackson in Clarke County, Alabama is holds an annual fall festival. See Fall Festival for more information Home…
This is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) continued below.... The territory of the…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) Up to the last moment, the Cherokee still believed that the Treaty of Echota would not be…
(Works Progress Administration interview from 1938 - transcribed exactly as written.) ISAAC JOHNSON: CAJAN TURPENTINER Happy Hill Community Near Chatom, Ala. 11/29/1938 by Jack…
EARLY MACON COUNTY RECORDS1 THE STATE OF ALABAMA ) MACON COUNTY ) Know all men by these presents that I Jacob Chester of the…
(Continued from Part III - The author Gen. William F. Perry was the first superintendent of education in Alabama) THE GENESIS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) During the Seminole War, almost 800 Creek warriors were told that they could remain with their families…
EARLY MACON COUNTY RECORD1 We the undersigned managers & clerks do certify that an election held at the house of Joseph P. Clough for…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume III- Scroll to see Table of Contents of book List…
EARLY LANDOWNERS IN INDIAN SESSION OF 1814 Ts. 16, 17, 18, 19, Rs. 18, 19, 20 Loftin-----Sec. 23, T. 18, N. R. 18 E.…
(Works Projects Administration interview from 1938 We have transcribed the words exactly as written. Please consider the time and culture of the day) Lucy…
PEAS, PLEASE by Dorothy Graham Gast Peas, corn, okra, tomatoes, squash, and sweet potatoes are as nutritious as they are tasty. Mainstays of southern…
[Col. Hawkins, a member of President George Washington's staff and aristocrat, held the longest period of peace with the Creek Indians prior to 1812.…
With the price of gold now so high, I thought this was an interesting transcribed story from the 1920s. Gold is not uniformly…
“Do not over-water cactus plants. Moderate moisture is needed. If over-watered a Christmas cactus will drop its buds.” “A homemade frog for flowers: Take…
This was a letter written to the Editor of the Columbus (Georgia) Sun on June 16, 1858, from General, Thomas S. Woodward about the recapture…
(Transcribed from The Marion Commonwealth, Marion, Perry Co., Ala., December 28, 1865) THE STATE OF ALABAMA – PERRY COUNTY Probate Court Regular Term, Dec.…
(U. S. Lands Records, Copies filed in Alabama Department Archives and History.) ORIGINAL TRACTS OF LANDS IN VICINITY OF MONTGOMERY WHICH WERE PATENTED AND…
The majority of the population of Macon County, Alabama was African American in the 1880s when Lewis Adams, a former slave, was an important…
Scroll down to read story COLUMBIAN INSTITUTE By Levin Vinson Rosser1 of Carrollton (Transcribed article from Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Volume 2,…
Streets Paved with Brick and Stone at St. Stephens This is an excerpt from the books ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume…
(Excerpts transcribed from The Daily Huntsville Confederate, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, Feb. 19, 1862) ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Letters of Administration on the Estate of Sarah…
Jellied Eggnog from 1945 1 package fruit-flavored gelatin (any flavor) 2 teaspoons sugar Dash of salt ½ cup hot water 2 eggs well beaten…
QUILTING PARTIES (Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration) author from Pike County, Alabama) Written by Lois Lynn 11/12/1936 Quilting parties…
(Transcribed from The Marion Commonwealth, Marion, Perry Co., Ala., December 28, 1865) STATE OF ALABAMA – PERRY COUNTY Probate Court, Regular Term, Dec. 11,…
This must make a lot of soup with four pounds of beef! SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE STORY GREEN PEA SOUP 1887 Recipe Four pounds…
I imagine this was a popular way for our ancestors served fish . . .seems rather easy. SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE STORY BOILED FRESH…
The New Deal initiated by Franklin D. Roosevelt included employment programs for jobless white-collar workers to collect narratives and life histories of former slaves.…
