COLBERTIANS By R. L. James SECTION III OBITUARIES AND CEMETERY RECORDS To the Readers of the Alabama Historical Quarterly: (The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol.…
During the War Between the States, men who volunteered for service from the South had to furnish their own clothing and equipment while in…
Several mills were built on the many creeks in Coosa County On Hatchett Creek (in Coosa County) were a number of mills. There was…
Ghost sounds and sightings of apparitions with a general feeling of unease have been reported for years from people visiting the cemetery. Perhaps Revolutionary…
DR. NATHAN BOZEMAN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (March 26, 1825 - 1861) Louisiana, New York, Georgia, Butler, Montgomery, and Coosa Counties, Alabama. (Excerpt from History…
SELWOOD PLANTATION OLD HOMES OF TALLADEGA COUNTY1 (KINGSTON, MT. IDA, SELWOOD, THORNHILL, ALPINE) BY MARY WELCH LEE (MRS. SCEARS LEE) Far off the beaten…
RANDOLPH COUNTY ESTABLISHED By J. M. K. GUINN1 Number One Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 Number Two The General Assembly, in 1832,…
JAMES H. WEAVER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800 – ca. 1880s) Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev. George…
REMINISCENSES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 Part I That portion of East Alabama formerly occupied by the Creek…
LEGEND OF COOSA During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and…
Excerpt transcribed from The Etowah Observer, Alabama City, Alabama March 17, 1932 NON-RESIDENT NOTICE J. H. Stewart, Complainant vs. Ida Stewart, Defendant, Circuit Court…
A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF LAFAYETTE, ALABAMA By Anne Elizabeth Newman Written in LaFayette, Alabama, 1942 A first-time visitor to LaFayette, passing down streets overhung…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3) First Edition Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron/Patreon and unlock even…
SETH PADDOCK STORRS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800 – October 1854) Georgia, Coosa and Autauga Counties, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by…
Happy Birthday! REV. LEWIS BROWN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1835 – aft. 1896) Missouri and Sumter County, Alabama Rev. Lewis Brown, of Epes, Sumter county, was born…
CLAYTON, BARBOUR COUNTY, ALABAMA (from History of Barbour County, Alabama. Eufaula, Alabama, 1939 by Mattie Thomas Thompson) Clayton became the county seat of Barbour…
This is a transcribed, unedited, handwritten story from a WPA writer. Some of the words used in this article may not be appropriate today,…
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…
FIRST COURTHOUSE A LOG CABIN JAIL BUILT IN 1839 By J. M. K. GUINN1 Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 Number Seven Under…
Old Customs in Alabama – Folk Ways During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people and write stories about…
Moore: Need info on James Matheson Moore who died 31 Aug. 1891 near Addison, Winston County, AL. Married, 64 years old at time of…
REMINISCENSES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 Part IV and Part V I find that I made a mistake…
First Court at Wedowee, Alabama Held in an Indian Chief's Wigwam RANDOLPH COUNTY SEAT MOVED TO WEDOWEE By J. M. K. GUINN1 Written for…
(Excerpt transcribed from) HISTORY OF COOSA COUNTY by Rev. George E. Brewer (excerpt transcribed from SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES Other Church denominations in Coosa County…
The amazing photographs in this film reveal the trucking industry in Montgomery, Alabama in 1943. The drivers had very different roads to traverse compared to…
"SCRAPS" RELATING TO THE EARLY HISTORY OF LIMESTONE COUNTY By Thomas Smith Malone The Athens Post, March 21, 1867. Page 2, Column 3. Part…
SAYRE STREET SCHOOL Chilton College and the Sayre Street School Site The present building that originally housed Sayre Street School only dates back to…
While browsing the Alabama State Archives, I have frequently run across some really interesting old photographs of Alabamians with absolutely no information about them.…
During the 1930s of the Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life…
Everyone looks forward to spring break - This is also the time of the annual Alabama Education Association Convention in Birmingham. The AEA was…
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