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Buttermilk pie is believed to be originally from England, but now it is a popular pie of the Southern United Staes. The basic filling…
(WARNING! This WPA interviewer made an attempt in this interview to capture the dialect of this former slave and may be offensive to readers…
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE STORY (Transcribed from The Leighton News, Leighton, Alabama, Feb. 9, 1894) A Revival of Religion in Progress – Leighton Visitors…
Marvin Malley Champion Biography and Genealogy (1909- 1992) Wilcox County, Alabama Marvin Malley Champion was born August 9, 1909 in Sunny South (Wilcox County),…
WILLIAM OWEN BALDWIN, M.D BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1818 - 1886) Montgomery County, Alabama William Owen Baldwin, physician, was born August 9, 1818, in Montgomery…
Did you know....? In 1902, Dr. Luther Leonidas Hill performed the first open heart surgery in the Western Hemisphere by suturing a stab wound…
JAMES AIKEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1830-1908) Randolph, Marshall and Etowah County, Alabama James Aiken, lawyer and judge, colonel 13th Alabama infantry, C. S. Army,…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) Treaties And Native-American Land Titles On June 16, 1802, the Creek Indians ceded…
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE STORY (Transcribed from The Leighton News, Leighton, Alabama, Feb. 9, 1894) COLBERT COUNTY DIRECTORY Judge Eighth Judicial Circuit – H.…
Over the years there has been considerable talk that Birmingham, Alabama sits over a large underground stream. It is reported that early settlers of Birmingham…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) The removal of the Choctaws in 1831 became a model for other tribes to be moved to…
SCROLL DOWN TO READ STORY (Excerpts transcribed from The Valley Daily Times-News, Lanett, Alabama, February 17, 1916) ANNOUNCEMENTS (Political Advertisements) FOR TAX COLLECTOR We…
Courtship of Miss Clay in the news of 1886 BECOME A PATRON TODAY and read all the stories SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . .…
COLBERTIANS By R. L. James SECTION III OBITUARIES AND CEMETERY RECORDS To the Readers of the Alabama Historical Quarterly: (The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol.…
DR. MILLER REESE HUTCHINSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1876-1944) Mobile, Alabama Dr. Miller Reese Hutchison was born August 6, 1876, in Montrose, Baldwin County, Alabama…
[Great descriptions of people and where they lived in early Autauga county, Alabama before 1886!] VILLAGE OF WASHINGTON, AUTAUGA COUNTY, ALABAMA (from history of…
Read all the stories ------ BECOME A PATRON TODAY This newspaper article from 1862 from an eye-witness reveals the panic citizens experienced when Yankee…
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A Cherokee County, Alabama lawyer killed the Sheriff and fled to Texas A Transcription of Hugh Cardon's HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Part VI Mr.…
SCROLL DOWN TO READ STORY (Excerpts transcribed from The Valley Daily Times-News, Lanett, Alabama, February 17, 1916) MRS. BERRY WINS CHURCH PRIZE Money Raising…
We found this article posted in the Times Daily, September 12, 1891, Florence, Alabama. Alabama Polytechnic Institute or A & M. College's later became…
Early Immigrants Brought Their Past With Them There were many different lifestyles in the Mississippi Territory which ranged from the gentility of the plantation…
SCROLL DOWN TO READ STORY (Excerpts transcribed from The Valley Daily Times-News, Lanett, Alabama, February 17, 1916) The Sunday's Montgomery Advertiser carried the following…
SCROLL DOWN TO READ STORY (Excerpts transcribed from The Valley Daily Times-News, Lanett, Alabama, February 17, 1916) LANETT LOCAL NEWS Mr. W. F. Sims…
(WARNING! This WPA interviewer made an attempt in this interview to capture the dialect of this former slave and may be offensive to readers…
(Transcribed and unedited WPA Life story) SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . . . CHARLES H. GREER 9012 CHURCH STREET VETERAN NEWSPAPER MAN Sylacauga, Talladega…
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE STORY (Transcribed from Chambers County Democrat, LaFayette, Alabama, December 7, 1887) NEWS FROM FREDONIA Most of our young people are…
This recipe comes from a canning recipe book from 1946 so it makes a large amount. APPLE CHUTNEY 36 medium sized sour apples 18…
A new school for Jasper, Alabama was in the news on January 6, 1886 SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . . . (Excerpts transcribed from…
(Excerpt transcribed from The Daily Huntsville Confederate, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, Feb. 19, 1862) The news of the arrival of Lincoln's gunboats in our…
