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…
After the Civil War in 1866, scouts from the North were sent by the Federal Government to the South to retrieve Union soldiers' bodies…
Horse Trading with Hounds by Shannon Hollon Coon hunting and hound trading has had a long tradition in Alabama history. We got to experience…
WHITE HOUSE ASSOCIATION OF ALABAMA The White House Association of Alabama was a patriotic and historical organization, formed July 1, 1900; and incorporated by…
First Randolph County Seat was an oak tree COUNTY SEAT By J. M. K. GUINN1 Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 Number Five…
THE COUNTY SEAT By J. M. K. GUINN1 Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 Number Four This subject has elicited no little discussion…
(Transcribed from The Guntersville Advertiser, Guntersville, Alabama June 9, 1914) SOUTH TOWN NOTES Miss Della Shipp is expected home from Talladega today. Mrs. Tom…
How do you serve black-eyed peas, mashed or not mashed? Evidently, according to this news article, it was once popular to serve them mashed.…
This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume I PHILLIP A. FOOTE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1793- 1831)…
(Transcribed from THE GREENVILLE ADVOCATE, Greenville, Alabama, Jan 3, 1878) We are indeed pained to learn of the death of Mr. J. Wm. Moses,…
TWO CONFEDERATE SURGEONS, NEGRO BODY GUARD AND A HORSE, JOURNEY FROM DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA TO COLLIRENE, LOWNDES COUNTY, > ALABAMA, ON FIFTY CENTS i…
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The only road was the McIntosh Trail ORGANIZATION By J. M. K. GUINN1 Number Three Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 The time…
Transcribed from The Selma Daily Reporter (Selma, Alabama) August 8, 1835 – Volume III FROM THE MOBILE REGISTER Our city, for a couple of…
(Transcribed from THE GREENVILLE ADVOCATE, Greenville, Alabama, Jan 3, 1878) THE FIRE SATURDAY NIGHT J. T. Perry's Grocery Store, H. Dohrmeier's Bakery and Confectionery,…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII JOSEPH A. GABOURY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1852 -1915)…
REMINISCENCES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 Part II A short time before the organization of Chambers County, a…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII BENJAMIN HARRISON SCREWS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1843-1905) BARBOUR…
True genealogy is more than a just documenting facts. The facts we discover tell a family story which breathes life into all who have…
In the spring of 1798, the Congress of the United States formed into a territory a part of what had been West Florida. By…
Alexander McGillivray1 A noted descendant of one of these traders having spent most of the winter in the settlement on Little River went to…
Some deaths that were reported in Alabama on March 24, 1817 (Transcribed from the Tuscaloosa News March 24, 1817) The Tuscaloosa News March 24,…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 4 HON. JAMES THOMAS HEFLIN (1869- 1951) BIOGRAPHY…
CENTRE, CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Centre is the county seat of Cherokee County, on the northeastern bank of the Coosa River, near the center of…
(Transcribed from The Grand Bay News, Grand Bay, Alabama, October, 1915) The political pot is beginning to boil in Mobile county. The Mobile Item…
From Tuscaloosa News, Aug 2, 1937 Three Men Arrested In Bangor Cave raid Birmingham, August 2- (AP) Three men arrested after a raid on…
From the Florence Times September 1, 1905 – Salvation Army opened a shelter A Very Creditable Institution Is To Be Opened In Florence…
BRUNDIDGE PIKE COUNTY, ALABAMA BRUNDIDGE is a town in the southeastern part of Pike County. The population was 2,076 at the 2010 census, down…
Summerfield had many grand houses and a beautiful college in pre-Civil War, Alabama. Denominational college for boys and girls in pre-Civil War, Alabama The…
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