MY LIFE VALLIE MAY HARRIS (BICKNER) (born 9/25/1912) 3rd daughter of Oscar Lloyd Harris and Miriam Vivalvie Atkinson (Harris) To all of my family,…
A Certain Straw Hat Stories to Tell By Jean Butterworth As I reflected on the Alabama stories that Clarke Stallworth told in a recent…
Leroy the Rooster Made his escape in Talladega by Johnny Ponder Back in the late '50s we lived on South Street in Talladega. Momma…
Cats playing with their tails means that bad weather isn't far off See a cardinal, made a wish, and pinch someone to make it…
Scrapbooks the Old Fashioned Way by Jean Butterworth Cleaning out drawers is always a tiresome chore, but here is what I discovered after many…
Remember Those Cold Winters? by Dorothy Graham Gast I agree that winters are not as cold as they were in the 40s and 50s.…
My Childhood Part in Social Security Carolyn Kracke Beyer One day, when I was in the first grade in 1946, Daddy said, “If you’ll…
My Dad was a member of a church in a rural area of Alabama. The church and others throughout the state would have singings…
Reflections from the Blue Rocking Chair by Joyce Ray Wheeler PROLOGUE: Just when my grandchildren were beginning to outgrow their early childhood, I was…
Cute story reveals a little about life in the 1950s..... China Teardrops by Joyce Ray Wheeler It was September of the year 1953. A…
WHO I THINK I AM BY INEZ HAMRICK MCCOLLUM There is a TV series, "Who Do You Think You Are?" Several years ago, a cousin…
(There is an orb in the photograph. How can it be explained?) Third great grandfather was James Taylor Ross Ross Bridge, in Hoover, Alabama…
When Leland Barton and Mamie Cork were married in the little Wesley Chapel Church in 1897, the father of the groom presented the bride…
Aftermath by Joyce Ray Wheeler My newest dictionary simply defines "aftermath" as "results or consequences" with the idea being that the consequences are not…
The Screech Owl by Roger Brothers I remember sittin on the front porch in the dark with my Daddy when I was four or…
The Strange Bedfellow by Shannon Hollon My great grandfather Robert Bearden(pawpaw) (1898-1984) was a true outdoorsman cut from the same cloth as Davy Crockett.…
The Christmas Oranges from the MisAdventures of Lily When my grandmother was small, there wasn’t much money for toys and dolls. The most wonderful…
A Simple Lesson to Learn by Johnny Ponder When I was a small kid I spent many weekends and summers at my Grandparent’s small…
The Peanut Patch by Randal Champion submitted by Jean Butterworth Dad planted peanuts every year on our farm in Tuscaloosa County. When I was…
The Day I was Born by Virginia Faye Floyd Peiffer My mom told me about the day I was born. I will never forget.…
Have you put up a Christmas Tree? Christmas trees appeared in Germany about 1600 and a few might have been found among German settlers…
JUST LIKE MINE By Joyce Ray Wheeler We were so young in 1953 when my husband became a mathematics professor at Howard College…
Decorating the Tree by Inez McCollum Most of you are in the process of decorating your Christmas Tree. My late husband would get so…
A Traumatic and Memorable Christmas by Joe McKnight One Christmas in my early childhood stands out as both traumatic and memorable. We lived at…
Pass Along Shrubbery - They remind me of old friends Around my yard, there are several shrubs that were passed along to me by…
Christmas Surprise by Clifford Dobyns I was five years old in 1937 and unknown to me was that my parents had decided to get…
Prayer Warriors by Clifford Dobbyns The dictionary says that prayer is an approach to deity in word or thought: an urgent request. It defines…
Note: This story has been reported in newspapers since the 1930s, and is all over the internet including the History.com but the Alabama Department of…
Below are old photographs related to Christmas at the Alabama Department of Archives and History - they should bring back memories. Information with the photographs…
Have you ever lost a purse or billfold? If you have you know the sinking feeling in the bottom of your stomach. Of…
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