[The article below was written in 1930 by Mildred Reynolds Saffold. She describes the beautiful mansion of Belvoir, the home of Chief Justice Reuben Saffold.…
The first governor of Alabama Territory, Gov. William Wyatt Bibb, wrote this message to the Legislature of the Alabama Territory (Transcribed from Natchez Gazette,…
PATRON - Did you know that the Daughters of the American Revolution in Alabama established a school in 1924 in Grant, Alabama that still…
After the first Creek War ended, general peace began to prevail among the settlers in South Alabama. St. Stephens at this time was their…
MONTEVALLO Transcribed from The Shelby Guide, Columbiana, Alabama May 4, 1868 We paid a visit to this flourishing town last Saturday. It is situated…
PATRON - Amazing! 1887 descriptions of early residents of Jefferson County, Alabama The following excerpt describing early residents of Jefferson County, Alabama is from…
Lumber for the White House in St. Stephens was acquired with a whipsaw. This excerpt was transcribed from Clarke County, Alabama, and Its Surroundings,…
(Transcribed from The Guntersville Advertiser, Guntersville, Alabama June 9, 1914) GUNTERSVILLE LOCAL ITEMS Guntersville will have a big celebration on the 4th of July.…
Over fifty years ago the little town of Haleyville, Alabama was in the national spotlight! On February 16, 1968, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system in…
This well-written news article from 1920, tells of a time when railroad travel was flourishing, but it also paints a beautiful picture of life…
(Transcribed from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume 1 - 1921 By Thomas McAdory Owen) Under the laws of Alabama in…
Here is the story from the June 27, 1891 Times Daily newspaper in Florence, Alabama. STARTLING CHANGE Alabama Takes the First Place long held…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII JOSEPH MASON KENNEDY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1853-aft. 1910)…
Early CRENSHAW COUNTY ALABAMA Crenshaw County was created by the legislature, November 24, 1866 out of Butler, Coffee, Covington, Pike and Lowndes Counties. It…
UNCLE MARVIN’S FUNERAL A TRUE STORY by Dennis W Smith Bayview, Alabama - also known as “the camps” - was a peaceful little mining…
Transcribed From the Florence Times October 6, 1905 – Lauderdale County, Alabama Doctor Pitt Will Take An Appeal Florence Postmaster Tried and Fined Fifty…
Lachlan McGillivray, a youth of sixteen summers, lured by reports of Indian adventures and wonderful scenery in the New World, ran away from his…
Can you believe that people were once afraid of bathing in water? The following is from a book published in 1883 Ladies Guide in…
Alabama Power Company's Warrior Reserve Steam in Walker County began operations in 1917 on the Warrior River. Later, it was named Gorgas in honor…
Looking for a solution, should we forget the past? In light of the horrible event in South Carolina, there has been much discussion about…
THE STATE BANK The rapid influx of population into the new State of Alabama increased the demand for articles manufactured at a distance, and…
(Photograph of Barton Hall in Cherokee, Alabama from Alabama Department of Archives and History ca. 1979) Cherokee is a town in west Colbert County,…
Visitors, politics and a rape are included in these news extracts from June 2, 1876, in Blount County, Alabama (Transcribed extracts from The Bangor…
DALE COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR (Reminiscences of Mary Love (Edwards) Fleming) PART V THE END OF THE WAR Of course,…
This biography is also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) ABSALOM PRATT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1793-1845) Bibb County,…
It is hard to imagine now, but in 1937 Alabamians feared death from malaria during the summer. Transcribed From the Tuscaloosa News June 22, 1937…
HISTORY OF COOSA COUNTY BY REV. GEORGE EVANS BREWER PART II CHAPTER VII CHURCHES (One) Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No.…
A number of National Register of Historic Places listed plantations are located a few miles from Faunsdale in Marengo County, Alabama. Faunsdale Plantation Faunsdale Plantation…
MOBILE THE EMPORIUM OF ALABAMA1 (Excerpt written in 1901) Mobile County was formed out of Washington County in 1813 by proclamation of David Holmes,…
(From The Evening Post, New York, New York, August 21, 1817) Much valuable information to emigrants and others, is contained in the following letter…
