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PATRON + Reminiscences of Old St. Stephens, Alabama Part IV – Masonic Lodge and Indian baths

Reminiscences of Old St. Stephens, Part IV - Masonic Lodge and Indian baths PART IV (Read at the Centennial Celebration, May 6, 1899. It…

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PATRON + Anne Newport Royall – Traveling to Huntsville on horseback in 1817 was not without humor as this letter reports

Anne Newport Royall - Traveling to Huntsville on horseback in 1817 was not without humor as this letter reports Anne Royall (June 11, 1769…

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PATRON – On November 24, 1941 – Fire Department in Tuscumbia asks for old toys to repair for needy children

SECOND APPEAL FOR TOYS MADE BY FIRE CHIEF (Transcribed from 1941 news clipping) Contributions Will Be Given To Poor Families During Christmas Season With…

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PATRON + The people of Skyline Farms were seeking a better life in Jackson County [film & old photographs] some people considered it socialism

Skyline Farms was one of 43 similar projects to assist and relocate farmers devastated by the Great Depression in a new home with a…

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UPDATE: Found – a Picture of Cottingham house built ca. 1707 in Maryland – an ancestor of Bibb County, Alabama Cottinghams

During my research for my historical fiction novel in this series, I was excited to discover a photograph (below) of a Cottingham house built…

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PATRON + Anne Newport Royall – She sat on the President’s clothes while he bathed to get him to pay attention to her.

Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was by some accounts the first professional woman journalist in the United States. When her…

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Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II has now been updated with many direct links to burial sites. 

Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II has now been updated with many direct links to burial sites. It is also now…