(Transcribed excerpt from The People's Ledger, Enterprise, Alabama, August 23, 1900) The school board met Tuesday and elected Miss Estelle Mosley as assistant teacher.…
Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron JOIN US FOR FREE CANCEL ANYTIME (Transcribed excerpt from The People's Ledger, Enterprise, Alabama, August 23, 1900) Keyton church…
(Transcribed excerpts from The Elba Clipper, Elba, Alabama, May 23, 1901) THEY SAY That Capt. Smith is chuck full of advice for the young…
(Transcribed excerpts from The Elba Clipper, Elba, Alabama, May 23, 1901) NOTICE, TAX SALE Whereas, by a decree of the Probate Court of Coffee…
(Transcribed excerpts from The Elba Clipper, Elba, Alabama, May 23, 1901) SOLDIER WAS DISCHARGED Joe Harrison of Coffee County has reason to congratulate himself…
Patron – Local and State news and Home for Confederates – from Elba, Alabama May 1901 (Transcribed excerpts from The Elba Clipper, Elba, Alabama,…
Interesting newspaper article from Rome News Tribune January 13, 1976, Rome, Georgia Elba, Alabama - Charlie Porter, born a slave 121 years ago and…
Coffee County farmers supplied food for the Southeastern Air Training Center at Craig Field, Selma, Alabama in 1941. When the U.S. officially entered World…
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The Farm Security Administration helped many farmers during The Great Depression by providing loans and assistance to make a new start. The Clark family…
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When the U.S. officially entered World War II, the need for food for the American troops increased. Farmers who had received help from the…
EZRA RICHMOND BRANNEN BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1869-1916) Bullock and Pike County, Alabama Ezra Richmond Brannen was a leading attorney of Troy, Alabama. He was…
This is a letter and information about two towns that no longer exists, Honeytown & Hawridge {see picture below of students ca. 1900 of Haw Ridge school)…
EDWARD PORTER AMERINE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1868-1904) Coffee and Montgomery County, Alabama Edward Porter Amerine, druggist was born in 1868 in Coffee County, son of…
Scroll down to read story SINGING SCHOOLS (Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration) author from Pike County, Alabama) Written by…
One-room schoolhouses were common in rural communities before the 1940s, but they often meant that more advanced courses were not offered to many students.…
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ARRESTED A Probate Judge Arrested Under Requisition from the Governor of Texas, Charged with Stealing a Horse1 (From the Troy Enquirer 1880) Yesterday Mr.…
During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life history could…
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