The first governor of Alabama Territory, Gov. William Wyatt Bibb, wrote this message to the Legislature of the Alabama Territory (Transcribed from Natchez Gazette,…
(From The Evening Post New York, New York August 21, 1817) Much valuable information to emigrants and others, is contained in the following letter…
Excerpt from HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA by John Robert Kennamer, Decatur, Al 1935: Condensed by Josephine Lindsay Bass on July 26, 1996. The…
(Transcribed From The Evening Post New York, New York-August 21, 1817) Much valuable information to emigrants and others, is contained in the following letter…
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American woman who worked as a seamstress, boarded a Montgomery City bus to go home…
From the Montgomery Mail, Nov. 24, 1858. LETTER FROM J. K. KLINCK, OF TENNESSEE. Eds. Mail: Having lately read some sketches of the Creek…
PATRON - First permanent settlement in Conecuh County, Alabama identified Conecuh County Early Days by Rev. B. F. Riley In the latter part of…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) traveler and author, was one of the first newspaperwomen in America. When her husband died…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer BOLLING HALL, JR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1813-1897) Autauga and Elmore County, Alabama…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler and writer and was one of the first newspaperwomen. The caustic observations…
CLAYTON, BARBOUR COUNTY, ALABAMA (from History of Barbour County, Alabama. Eufaula, Alabama, 1939 by Mattie Thomas Thompson) Clayton became the county seat of Barbour…
THE RED MAN'S HOME THE WHITE MAN'S EDEN By J. M. K. GUINN1 Number One Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 Alabama was…
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MACON COUNTY.*1 By H. M. King Written in 1881 NUMBER VI. Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 2 ANDREW BARNWELL MILEY, SR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1818-1896)…
Excerpts from the History of Coosa County, Alabama Chapter One By Rev. George E. Brewer (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No.…
WILLIAM SWEARINGEN MUDD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1816 – 1884) Jefferson County, Alabama William Swearingen Mudd was a lawyer, legislator, and circuit judge He was…
Captain Sam Dale - Alabama Pioneer An episode of the Creek Indian War, November 12, 1813. Following Fort Mims massacre, numerous depredations were made…
(Richard Breckenridge wrote a diary when he made a trip to survey his future home site in Alabama in 1816. Excerpts from his diary…
This story can also be found in ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: A Collection of Lost & Forgotten Stories After the opening of roads through the…
(Imagine what it was like traversing Alabama alone when it was a wilderness. You can hear the tension in Richard Breckenridge's words as he…
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