THE OLD SWIMMING HOLE by Inez McCollum My husband was quite an athlete; who enjoyed all sports. He grew up in the hills of…
(From The Evening Post (New York, New York) August 21, 1817) Much valuable information to emigrants and others, is contained in the following letter…
EARLY LOWNDES COUNTY, ALABAMA Lowndes County was inhabited by the Alibamo Indians, whose chief town was Ikanatchaka, or Holy Ground. It was at that…
(Albert James Pickett has been given the title of the first historian in the State of Alabama. Col. Michael Leonard Woods was his son-in-law.…
MARRIAGE by Maude Dreisbach (Alabama WPA writer) written ca. 1936 During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people and…
Public Halls in Early Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama1 (Published in 1908) Public halls were popular in early Greensboro, Alabama. By public halls is meant a…
Witches and ghosts were prevalent in early Cherokee County, Alabama CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA REMINISCENCES OF ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT By Rev. J. D. Anthony Part IV…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII FRANCIS MERIWETHER GILMER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1810-1892) Montgomery,…
(Excerpt from HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA by John Robert Kennamer, Decatur, Al 1935: Condensed by Josephine Lindsay Bass on July 26, 1996. A…
(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…
PATRON + Tuscumbia, Alabama – History of the Town – Part II (Transcribed from Sheffield Daily Enterprise, Sheffield, Alabama November 23, 1890 (Photograph Home…
FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF ALABAMA From:History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 2 By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen (transcribed…
From Birmingham Iron Age, Birmingham, Alabama May 14, 1874 Duval and Roberts Editors WHY SHAD APPEARED IN ALABAMA RIVERS Mr. William Gesner, of Birmingham,…
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…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3) First Edition Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron/Patreon and unlock even…
Today, June 7th, Vulcan, the largest cast iron statue in the world located in Birmingham, Alabama, is having a birthday. He is the centerpiece of…
Choccolocco Valley, Alabama, settled over 2500 years ago by Native Americans, has lost many historic sites including the covered bridge and Native American mound…
DALE COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR (Reminiscences of Mary Love (Edwards) Fleming) Part III HOME INDUSTRIES, SPINNING AND WEAVING Within a…
GLIMPSES FROM NORMANDY by Jean Butterworth This past June 6, 2009 commemorated the 65th Anniversary of D-Day and the Invasion at Normandy. Many American…
From the Montgomery Mail, Nov. 24, 1858. LETTER FROM J. K. KLINCK, OF TENNESSEE. Eds. Mail: Having lately read some sketches of the Creek…
HISTORY OF THE AUBURN BAPTIST CHURCH By Mary Reese Frazer (Transcribed from a pamphlet written in 1926) In 1838, this part of the State…
The Little Boy Cook by Joe Baxter Davis In the 1940's we lived in Birmingham. Daddy worked as an auto body man and painter,…
Tips all the way from Africa in 1887. SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE STORY (Excerpt transcribed from The South Alabamian, Jackson, Clarke County, Alabama, October…
PATRON + Tuscumbia, Alabama – History of the Town – Part I Transcribed from Sheffield Daily Enterprise, Sheffield, Alabama November 23, 1890 TUSCUMBIA A…
(Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer, William P. Burke BIGGEST RABBIT RAISING INDUSTRY Scottsboro, Jackson County, Alabama written ca.…
(Transcribed excerpt from HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMAby John Robert Kennamer, Decatur, Al 1935: Condensed by Josephine Lindsay Bass on July 26, 1996 All…
(Autauga was created before Alabama became a state. This story tells the names of many of the early settlers with links to their biographies.)…
Excerpt from The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama – Their Leaders and Their Work copyright 1896 – In this transcribed excerpt, a…
(Excerpt from HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA by John Robert Kennamer, Decatur, Al 1935: Condensed by Josephine Lindsay Bass on July 26, 1996. The earliest…
(Excerpts transcribed from Tuscaloosa Weekly Times, Tuscaloosa, Alabama May 12, 1899) Southern Railway and Alabama Great Southern Railroad REACH EVERY PRINCIPAL CITY AND PORT…
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