The following article is an excerpt from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 08, No. 01, Spring Issue 1946 that describes some historic sites and ghost…
Do you live in a small town? Then you'll probably agree with the following. County seat of Hale County, Alabama summer 1937 by photographer…
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Sharecropping came into wide use in the Southern United States during the Reconstruction era (1865–1877). The South had been devastated by war and planters…
This article and more abstracts are available in the ebook ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume III CHARTER MEMBERS FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS before 1908 Greensboro, Alabama SOME…
Back in the early days, when Greensboro, Alabama was going through the formative period, there were quite a number of the rough and lawless…
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Happy Birthday! WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGUE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1853- 1913) Perry County, Alabama William Francis Hogue, lawyer and legislator, was a member of the…
Mayors Diligent search has failed to disclose a satisfactory list of the names of those who have served as Mayor of Greensboro, but we…
The news in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on June 30, 1930 – included the following stories. SEARLES MAN DIES OF KNIFE WOUND IN HEART Dave Hudson,…
Gen. Bedford Forrest was involved with the railroad in Greensboro, Alabama after the Civil War RAILROADS1 There has been but one railroad in Greensboro…
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Founded in 1833, on a farm near Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama. The College was first opened in 1833 as a manual labor institution as a…
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! WILLIAM E. W. YERBY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1864-1940) HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA William E. W. Yerby was born Oct. 10, 1864, at Greensboro,…
ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume III As I conducted research for interesting stories to publish and/or post on my www.alabamapioneers.com website, I continually found buried…
Firsts in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama1 Ribbon Cane The first genuine ribbon (or sugar) cane ever successfully planted in Hale county was cultivated seven miles…
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WATERWORKS OF GREENSBORO, HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA1 (Published in 1908) It is a far cry from “the old oaken bucket that hung in the well”…
OLD GREENSBORO FEMALE ACADEMY1 Published 1908 In December, 1839, a meeting was held in the Greensboro Lyceum (in Hale County, Alabama) by the subscribers…
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PATRON + Thanks to the untiring efforts of these men the telegraph and telephone finally came to Greensboro, Alabama Communication with the outside world…
PATRON – Political parties were organized in Greensboro, Alabama in May 1843. Here are some of the people who formed them. (Transcribed from Alabama…
Building of the Courthouse and Jail in Greensboro1 (published 1908) On January 30th, 1867, the Legislature passed an Act creating Hale County. It was…
NEWSPAPERS IN EARLY GREENSBORO, ALABAMA1 (Story Published in 1908) The Halcyon As early as 1824, and presumably earlier, there was a newspaper published in…
Public Halls in Early Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama1 (Published in 1908) Public halls were popular in early Greensboro, Alabama. By public halls is meant a…
DIVISION OF GREENSBORO IN THE EARLY YEARS OF ITS EXISTENCE1 A few years prior to 1830, Greensborough was divided into three imaginary wards, known…
One of the largest artesian well in the world was reported to be on the "Goodrum Place", a plantation that was owned by the…
The Greensboro Dramatic Association1 (This transcribed article was published in 1908) Nearly forty years ago—to be exact, in 1869—there existed in Greensboro an organization known as “The…
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