[This historic site is still surrounded by controversy as can be seen by the film at the end of the article. Most of the…
As a savings to our readers, we now have the first eight books of the ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Lost and Forgotten Stories series in…
This story was written in 1858 by Gen. Thompson Simpson Woodward of the Alabama militia. He was in Alabama from very early days. WINN…
The stories in Alabama Footprints - Exploration - A collection of lost & forgotten stories of Alabama, concerns the discovery of Alabama and the initial settlement era.…
Recipes for some unusual tea from The Perfect Woman 1903 by K. T. Boland for these cold winter days. SLIPPERY ELM TEA – Pour…
Taverns and Stage Stops were the hotels and motels in early Alabama - here is where many were located. I wonder how many buildings…
Union Springs, the county seat of Bullock County, is centrally located and has a charming history. It was settled thirty years prior to Bullock…
Sevier was the first governor of Tennessee, he died from a fever in Alabama in 1815, while traveling through the state. Of Course, the…
(This is a great place to vacation) Pineda discovered Mobile Bay “Christopher Columbus had scarcely been in his grave fourteen years when Pineda discovered…
Reflections from the Blue Rocking Chair by Joyce Ray Wheeler PROLOGUE: Just when my grandchildren were beginning to outgrow their early childhood, I was…
Don't waste precious time and money completing genealogy research others have done! We have many Alabama biography books to download to your computer. Great for…
Cherokee County, Alabama - Turkey Town was where treaties were formed HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Part II Mr. Hugh Cardon wrote…
This excerpt is a transcribed history of the Swift Creek area of Autauga County in the History of Autauga County, Alabama was written around…
JOHN MONROE ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1834 - 1904) Calhoun and Montgomery County, Alabama John Monroe Anderson, a planter, was born March 3, 1834,…
BELLS LANDING by Sherry S. Johnston Several weeks ago, I took a tour of Vredenburg, Hybart, Franklin, Bells Landing communities in Monroe County, AL.…
(FEATURED BOOK is the place we share books by Alabama Pioneers authors on www.alabamapioneers.com ) I enjoyed reading this delightful book! Brings back so…
Cherokee County, Alabama - Religion and the Law HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Part IV Mr. Hugh Cardon wrote the following history…
Eufaula is blessed with many old trees The city of Eufaula, Alabama is blessed with many beautiful historic houses, and it also has many old…
(This story will make you watch where you walk) A Snake Story I have always hated snakes. Living in the country I hated snakes.…
[I have been unable to find any photographs for this school. Please share with AP if you have one by emailing a copy to…
Rammed earth houses in Gardendale are still standing even though they were built nearly 80 years ago! Rammed Earth house 1937 photographed by Arthur…
This is an excerpt from the books ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) First Edition and ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Volume I…
LEVI and MARTHA (HILL) BOSTICK HISTORY (from History of Texas with Many early settlers; The Lewis Publishing Company, 1895) Levi Bostick was born in…
The Decatur Daily is one of only two family-owned daily newspapers remaining in Alabama that is over 100 years old. The Anniston Star is…
Save time and money on Revolutionary War Soldier Charles Abercrombie research with the book. Some Descendants of CHARLES ABERCROMBIE (1742 -1819) Born in 1742 Charles…
EARLY ALABAMA by J. D. DRIESBACH (posted as public story on ancestry.com) (This is a letter from J.D. Dreisbach to Lyman Draper in response…
(Margaret Eades was the wife of Jeremiah Austill of the Legendary Canoe Fight. She, like her husband, was an early pioneer of Alabama. In…
Jeremiah Austill ((1793- 1881) was one of the participants of the famous Canoe Fight that took place in Alabama in 1813. We hear his…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) De Soto Was Refused Indian Maidens To Accompany Him The main purpose of…
Alabama Descendants of ELISHA COTTINGHAM (ca. 1755-ca. 1820) is the Cottingham family mentioned in the best-selling novel, Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans…
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