Written November 4, 1938 by Ila B. Prine WPA Federal Writers' Project Mobile, Alabama A STORY OF A FISHERMANS LIFE Standing under a china…
(WARNING! This WPA interviewer made an attempt in this interview to capture the dialect of the person she interviewed and some words may be…
This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) and ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Volume I -…
The Ghosts of Dauphin Island When French explorers arrived in Mobile Bay and found sun-bleached bones stacked on an island, they didn't realize that…
This story is an excerpt from the books ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) and ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Volume I -…
Peter A. Brannon was a pharmacist chemist, 1900-1910. He spent the remainder of his career with the Alabama Department of Archives and History,…
On Fat Tuesday, February 13, 1866, Confederate veteran Joe Cain paraded through the streets of federal-occupied Mobile dressed as a Chickasaw Indian chief he…
Jeremiah Austill ((1793- 1881) was one of the participants of the famous Canoe Fight that took place in Alabama in 1813. We hear his…
The Mobile National Cemetery was established as a cemetery in 1865 after the Port of Mobile fell into Union hands under the assault of…
Jackson's Oak is located in Historic Village Point Preserve in Daphne, Baldwin County, Alabama. This giant tree, which is 95 feet tall, with a…
Sometimes, incidents like the following story are why we have difficulty tracing certain family members in our ancestry. This transcribed newspaper extract was published…
The rise of the African American Baptist church in Mobile, Alabama after Civil War. Excerpt from The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama…
MOBILE STREETS' NAMES DATE FROM IMPORTANT PAGES WORLD'S HISTORY By Benjamin D. Baker Federal Writers' Project Council Chamber, City Hall Mobile, Alabama November 20,…
MOBILE GIRL SAID PRETTIEST IN UNITED STATES By Benjamin D. Baker Federal Writers' Progressing Council Chamber, City Hall Mobile, Alabama November 21, 1939 Marquis…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI WILLIAM ANTHONY ALEXANDER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1837-1914) Mobile, Alabama…
