In 1874, Birmingham, Alabama was a new city, only three years old. and when Thanksgiving drew near, the Birmingham Iron Age, published an article…
Cute story reveals a little about life in the 1950s..... China Teardrops by Joyce Ray Wheeler It was September of the year 1953. A…
[In the later days of the Civil War, life was very difficult in Alabama for the average citizens as this story indicates.] WARNING! This…
We've all heard the song “Stars Fell on Alabama” and assume it came from the book titled with the same name written by Carl…
Camp Sheridan While based at Camp Sheridan in Montgomery, Alabama during World War I, the famous author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, met and fell in…
Ordered to meet on the Cahaba In February 1814, Colonel Russell marched his regiment and two companies of volunteers, from Fort Claiborne to the…
Beginning with one employee, a mule, and a foot-powered bottling machine, Crawford Johnson Sr. purchased the exclusive franchise rights, in 1902, to bottle and…
The 1892 Alabama Cadets football team represented the University of Alabama in the 1892 college football season. The team was led by head coach…
Jeremiah Austill ((1793- 1881) was one of the participants of the famous Canoe Fight that took place in Alabama in 1813. We hear his…
This biography is included in the Book First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I HUGH M. WARREN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. ca. 1800)…
The Masonic Apron by Vicky Clemmons My deep love and devotion for the older generations have always been evident by the company I keep,…
In 1937, the Van de Graaff family sold their land in Wilcox County, Alabama to the federal government, and the Farm Security Administration (FSA)…
(Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 05, No. 01, Spring Issue 1943 – please remember that the vocabulary used is from a different…
This biography of Col. Jonathan Newton Smith is in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers Volume I COLONEL JONATHAN NEWTON SMITH…
[The Cahaba River has been an integral part of the growth of Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama.] Originally located on the west side In 1828,…
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE RECIPE GREEN CORN FRITTERS 1886 RECIPE Cut through the centre of each row of kernels, then press out the centre…
Alabamians are shocked and saddened when retired University of Alabama footballcoach Paul “Bear” Bryant dies suddenly from a heart attack. Bryant began coaching at…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 4 WALTER WASHINGTON PEARSON (1862 - aft. 1907)…
The official residence of the governor of the State, located in the city of Montgomery, at No. 702 South Perry Street was erected in…
The first Birmingham Municipal Airport was located near Ensley. This is the story of how it started. In 1919, Major James A. Meissner, a…
Clarke County is a very early county in Alabama, existing since 1812. The Mathews Cabin was built in the 1830s by pioneers Josiah and Lucy…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) Ortiz, De Soto's Interpreter Respected By The Indians Jean Ortiz was a mere…
Some old epitaphs reflect the hard life of women and childbirth in olden days 70 years a maiden 1 year a wife 2 months…
Indians were to be removed voluntarily By the terms of the treaty (Fort Jackson 1814 - Creek Indian War) the Indians were not to…
Some tips and links to help in Alabama family research Study birth certificates carefully There is a considerable amount of information on birth certificates. …
Ghost town of Blakeley, Alabama On April 9, 1865, at 5:30 p.m, following an eight-day siege, the Battle of Blakeley was fought near Mobile,…
This biography is included in the E-Book First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I BOLLING CLARK BURNETT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1797-1862) Lawrence County, Alabama…
CHILDERSBURG, ALABAMA Childersburg, Alabama is an incorporated town, and was a station at junction of Central of Georgia Railroad and the Southern Railway, in…
WHO I THINK I AM BY INEZ HAMRICK MCCOLLUM There is a TV series, "Who Do You Think You Are?" Several years ago, a cousin…
In 1937, the United States Government Resettlement Program purchased the old Pettway plantation and two adjacent farms in Wilcox County, Alabama and divided the land, then…
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![PATRON + The University of Alabama football team was represented by the Alabama cadets in 1892 [vintage pictures]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1892_Alabama_Football_Team-220x170.jpg)
![PATRON + Centreville in Bibb County, Alabama moved from west side of the Cahaba River to east [video & pics]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Bibb_County_Alabama_courthouse-220x148.jpg)
![PATRON + The first Birmingham Municipal Airport was located near Ensley, Alabama [see film & pics]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Roberts-field-Birmingham-Public-Library-Archives-220x165.jpg)
![PATRON + America’s oldest continuously occupied city Childersburg, Alabama? [films & pics]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Historic_Childersburg_Alabama_Bridge-220x149.jpg)
