On November 22, 1989, Kathryn Thornton, a native of Montgomery and graduate of Auburn University, became the first woman to fly on a military…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) Andrew Jackson is often credited with the enforcement of the Native-Americans removal from…
During the Great Depression the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was an employment program created by President Roosevelt in 1935, Over its eight years of…
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Store closings and social distancing were practiced in October 1918 to help eradicate the Spanish flu which became an epidemic. (Transcribed from The Montgomery…
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This biography can be found in Alabama Descendants of ELISHA COTTINGHAM (ca. 1755-ca. 1820 and Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1)…
Recently, there has been talk of restoring and reopening Searcy Hospital in Mount Vernon, Alabama as a mental health facility in Mobile County. Searcy…
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ELLICOTT'S STONE There is a historical marker East of Hwy 43 and south of Bucks, Alabama in Mobile County that is the "oldest historical…
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MACON COUNTY By H. M. King Written in 1881 NUMBER XIV Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…
(Excerpts transcribed from The Butler County News, Georgiana, Alabama September 10, 1914) TWO ESCAPE FROM JAIL Prisoners Take Door From Hinges and Walk Out…
Some Genealogy Humor I'd rather be looking for dead people than have them looking for me! I'm searching for myself; Have you seen me?…
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Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part X 1 Robert Jemison Tuscaloosa County A lawyer, businessman, legislator and leader of the…
(Local news excerpts transcribed from The Butler County News, Georgiana, Alabama September 10, 1914) Mr. Mark Carpenter and Miss Bertha Sellers of near McKenzie…
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Schools and Discovery of an inscription on a stone in Cherokee County, Alabama mound land! CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA REMINISCENCES OF ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT By…
(WARNING! This WPA interviewer made an attempt in this interview to capture the dialect of this former slave and may be offensive to readers…
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This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI DR. JOHN S. GILLESPY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1859 AL…
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(Transcribed from The Butler County News, Georgiana, Alabama September 10, 1914) RED LEVEL SCHOOL OPENS Sept 9th(Special) – On Monday morning last, the children…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 4 ROBERT FULWOOD LIGON, (1864-Oct. 11, 1901) BIOGRAPHY…
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This is an excerpt from the book Compiled records of BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA PIONEERS VOLUME I: Biographies Genealogy Reports, Notes & Records STEELE FAMILY…
