Taverns and Stage Stops were the hotels and motels in early Alabama - here is where many were located. I wonder how many buildings…
Sevier was the first governor of Tennessee, he died from a fever in Alabama in 1815, while traveling through the state. Of Course, the…
EARLY ALABAMA by J. D. DRIESBACH (posted as public story on ancestry.com) (This is a letter from J.D. Dreisbach to Lyman Draper in response…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) De Soto Was Refused Indian Maidens To Accompany Him The main purpose of…
The following humorous incident has been transcribed from - Sketches of Alabama history by Joel Campbell Du Bose 1901 George Strother Gaines (1784-1873) Captain James…
EUFAULA, ALABAMA BLOW GUNS, GREEN CORN DANCE *NOTICE: The comments made in this article may be offensive to some today but it was transcribed…
(Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 05, No. 01, Spring Issue 1943 – please remember that the vocabulary used is from a different…
The Trail of Tears was the name given to the forced relocation of Native American nations from southeastern parts of the United States following…
The Fort Mims massacre was a battle that occurred on 30 August 1813 during the Creek War, when a force of Creek Indians, belonging…
(This is a transcription of a letter from Gen. Thomas Simpson Woodward to editor J. J. Hooper, Esq. in 1858 about Alabama Indians) WINN…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) First news reports indicated that the move to Indian Territory was going well from the following letter…
Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) Tecumseh expected a reward from the King of England It's a long journey from the region…
Read this and other stories in ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Removal Available as Ebook and Paperback In the summer of 1830, Jackson urged the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw,…
The story of the Thompson family and capture of Mrs.Caffrey in early Alabama is mentioned several times by early Alabama Historians. Here is another…
Tecumseh FAREWELL TO THE CHEROKEES (transcribed excerpt from Recollections on North Alabama by James Edmounds Saunders (1806-1896) Even when Tecumseh harangued every tribe, with…
Isaac Briggs risked his life to map a road for mail carriers to Alabama. This is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS -…
REMINISCENCES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 Mr. Editor:—It was my intention when I wrote No. 8 of Reminiscences…
Sam Dale, Pioneer, Trail Blazer, Indian Scout, Soldier and Statesman (Part II Continued) By George H. Ethridge, 1 Jackson, Miss.2 (Written in 1945) In…
This is an Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation - Gen. Coffee in Creek Indian War With the arrival of eight hundred and fifty newly…
Pioneer, Trail Blazer, Indian Scout, Soldier and Statesman By George H. Ethridge, 1 Jackson, Miss.2 (Written in 1945) In the development of our country…
HOLY GROUND CAMPAIGN AND BATTLE The principal campaign and engagement between the Creeks and the whites in South Alabama, continuing for several weeks and…
Thomas Simpson Woodward - Brig. Gen. of the Alabama Militia - died in 1861 Letter from General Thomas Simpson Woodard to Col. Albert J.…
Lachlan McGillivray, a youth of sixteen summers, lured by reports of Indian adventures and wonderful scenery in the New World, ran away from his…
(Photograph of Barton Hall in Cherokee, Alabama from Alabama Department of Archives and History ca. 1979) Cherokee is a town in west Colbert County,…
The History and Legend of Chief Chinnabee November 20, 1936 During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around…
This transcribed story was written by a true pioneer of Chamber County, Alabama for the local newspaper. REMINISCENCES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS…
LETTER FROM GENERAL THOMAS S. WOODWARD to E. HANRICK DEC. 9, 1857 “It is true, I have known Alabama a great while, and many…
PATRON + Tuscumbia, Alabama – History of the Town – Part II (Transcribed from Sheffield Daily Enterprise, Sheffield, Alabama November 23, 1890 (Photograph Home…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3) First Edition Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron/Patreon and unlock even…
(Autauga was created before Alabama became a state. This story tells the names of many of the early settlers with links to their biographies.)…
![PATRON + The trees along the Trail of Tears -why are they twisted into strange shapes? [films and pictures]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/trail-of-tears3-220x165.jpg)
![PATRON + Original letter describing the tragic events at Fort Mims with [films & pics]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Ft._Mims_sign-220x165.jpg)
![PATRON – Native American town Atagi disappears and becomes Autauga County [photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/prattville-Autauga1-220x90.jpg)