Over the years there has been considerable talk that Birmingham, Alabama sits over a large underground stream. It is reported that early settlers of Birmingham…
[Great descriptions of people and where they lived in early Autauga county, Alabama before 1886!] VILLAGE OF WASHINGTON, AUTAUGA COUNTY, ALABAMA (from history of…
The information and illustrations below are excerpts from a book written in 1887 as a prospectus for future investors in Tuscaloosa. Inside of the…
Education for women abounds in 1887 Tuscaloosa The information and illustrations below are excerpts from a book written in 1887 as a prospectus for…
Names of many African-Americans who attended Selma University from 1884 - 1895 This excerpt has been transcribed from The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of…
Before 1861, Bear Creek in Marion County, Alabama was known as Allen's Factory. It was named for the first settlers of that name who…
The Order of Knights of Pythias aim was to heal the wounds between the North and South and promote friendship among men and relieve suffering.…
Phil Campbell located in Franklin County, Alabama, twelve miles south of Russellville, was founded in 1857. Disgraceful way the iron horse arrived In the…
The information and illustrations below are excerpts from a book written in 1887 as a prospectus for future investors in Tuscaloosa. The Tuskaloosa Coal,…
There has been a rumor that slave tunnels are under a mansion in Tuscaloosa. A news crew investigated the story in a three-part video at…
I think it is always interesting how time has changed our ideas regarding medicine. I love old books and found the following in an…
COLBERTIANS By R. L. James SECTION III OBITUARIES AND CEMETERY RECORDS To the Readers of the Alabama Historical Quarterly: (The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol.…
The "city" of Birmingham was incorporated by the legislature, December 19, 1871. Birmingham was founded in July 1871, through the merger of three pre-existing…
Here is the story from the June 27, 1891 Times Daily newspaper in Florence, Alabama. STARTLING CHANGE Alabama Takes the First Place long held…
RECIPE WEDNESDAY: Unusual Weights and Measures from 1880s and today's equivalents & other tips Household hints from the past: "A delicious whipped cream substitute…
(Men sometimes settled their differences with guns in early Alabama as this story reveals) From The Weekly Iron Age, Birmingham, Alabama 5/21/1885 BY ONE BALL…
President James Abram Garfield was assassinated on July 2, 1881. He lingered for eleven weeks and died on September 19, 1881, at Long Branch,…
The information and illustrations below are excerpts from a book written in 1887 as a prospectus for future investors in Tuscaloosa. Tuskaloosa (Tuscaloosa) is…
Some News From The Weekly Iron Age, Birmingham, Alabama 5/21/1885 Nineteen Oxen Lost Mr. W. J. Morgan, of Walker county, was in the city…
Some State of Alabama News in 1880 (Transcribed from The Bibb Blade (Six Mile, Alabama) April 1, 1880) Florence is to be lit with…
Patron – Personal Notes from the Shelby County Iron Works, Alabama - 1883 (Excerpt from The Shelby Chronicle, Columbiana, Alabama, Nov. 22, 1883) DOTS…
PERSONALS (Excerpt from The Tallapoosa New Era, Dadeville, Alabama, January 6, 1887) Judge J. M. Chilton, of Opelika, was in Dadeville Monday. Messrs. William…
The Iron Age was a Birmingham newspaper owned and edited by W. C. Garrett and Frank V. Evans in the early days of Birmingham.…
BLOUNT COUNTY SHERIFF & MORTGAGE SALES (Transcribed extracts from Blount County News-Dispatch, Blountsville, Alabama, March 19, 1879) To satisfy a fi-fa in my hands,…
![PATRON – Knights of Pythias was established in 1864 to promote friendship between north and south [old photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/OBriens_Opera_House2-220x152.jpg)
![PATRON – Did you know these things about the town of Phil Campbell, Alabama? [film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dismals-canyon-220x144.jpg)
![PATRON + This is what Tuscaloosa, Alabama looked like around 1887 [vintage prints]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/TUSCALOOSA-WHARF-220x140.jpg)
![PATRON + The Old Tavern in Tuscaloosa, Alabama was saved! [pictures and film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/TUSCALOOSA-STREET-1887-220x137.jpg)
