(Transcribed from Evergreen Star, Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama, August 28, 1879) Our friend, Harry Stoarns, a whole-souled, noble-hearted boy, who will ever be held…
The following transcription about Fairhope was written and compiled by Francois Ludgere Diard March 24, 1939, and from a Vacation Visit to the two…
Letter from Tyler, Texas March 2, 1876, printed in the Birmingham Iron Age March 23, 1876 -from Thomas Smith to Frank Grace. This is…
(Transcribed exactly as published from the Wilcox Progressive Era, Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, June 2, 1910) ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume XI Table of ContentsIntroductionCORDOVA…
Did you know that an asteroid which was probably the size of the Auburn University football stadium, traveling at 12 miles per second, hit…
HISTORIC HOMES By AUGUSTA MARTIN BUTLER (Mrs. Eugene Butler written in 1930) (transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly Volume 1, No. 2, Summer Issue…
DRIVE-IN DECISIONS by Clifford Dobyns Years ago there was an event, rather new at the time, that required much tact, planning, and decision making.…
Reminiscences of Old St. Stephens PART III (This transcription was read at the Centennial Celebration, May 6, 1899. It was published in four installments…
Abraham Mordecai was an early settler who lived his last days in Dudleyville, Alabama in a log cabin.Below is a sketch of him written…
(Copied exactly as published from the Wilcox Progressive Era, Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, June 2, 1910) ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume…
(CONTINUED from Part I) (This was transcribed by the Alabama Historical Society and printed in 1901 in their magazine as follows) THE MISSION OF…
(The story of this duel was included in many historical books, but it is still hard to believe.) Hot words were passed and a…
(All Transcribed from Abbeville Herald, Abbeville, Alabama April 1, 1920) THE DOTHAN EAGLE, HOUSTON COUNTY, ALABAMA 1908 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS Find your southeast Alabama ancestor…
(Excerpts transcribed from The Butler County News, Georgiana, Alabama September 10, 1914) NEW HOME Mr. Ed Tillman, of Opp, visited his aunt, Mrs. J.…
RECALLS DAYS WHEN ICE CAME DOWN FROM MAINE BY SHIPS Captain John Dorgan has Wealth of Memories after 55 Years Spent on "Old Man…
Why would this tavern in Barbour County need a secret stairway? Do you have any suggestions? Second-largest historic district in Alabama The Seth Lore…
(Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 01, No. 04, Winter Issue 1930) RECORDS IN OLD BIBLES Hopping Front and back pages gone, no…
Rules anyone new to the South needs to know about snow event. Pay close attention to the TV, you will be alerted to any chance…
Recipe Wednesday: Two easy rice recipes from the 1920s Rice Souffle 3 eggs 1 cupful of cooked rice 1 cupful of medium white sauce Beat…
SECTION III OBITUARIES AND CEMETERY RECORDS To the Readers of the Alabama Historical Quarterly: (The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 07, No. 03, Fall Issue…
Do you love grits and eggs? You can thank the Native Americans for introducing them to our southern diet. An article from the Tuscaloosa…
This is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) CONTINUED BELOW..... Traveling within Alabama before…
(Transcribed from The Butler County News, Georgiana, Alabama September 10, 1914) CHAPMAN Stewart Foshee, James McGowin, and Elbert Sowell left Monday for Tuscaloosa where…
SCHOOL DAYS POST WORLD WAR II Coming from a fairly new school in Childersburg in 1947 brought some changes when we moved back to…
Memories of my home in old Perote, Bullock County, Alabama REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi (This transcribed…
(We seldom hear about the lives of pioneer women so I was truly excited when I found this autobiography of Margaret Eades. She was…
Patron – Deaths, and illness occurred in Gainesville, Alabama Apr. 11, 1907 (Transcribed excerpts from The Sumter Enterprise, Epes, Sumter County, Alabama, April 11,…
If you have ever driven south from Birmingham on I-65 you will see a huge peach tower on the side of the interstate at…
Making hay while the sun shines by Shannon Hollon Growing up on Rural Route 2 Box 49x in McCalla there were not a lot…
AND THEY CALLED IT INDEPENDENT Wilcox County, Alabama PART I by Marvin Malley Champion (submitted by his Jean Champion Butterworth) Many years have gone…
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