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PATRON + Did you know that Bear Creek in Marion County, Alabama was once called Allen’s Factory – Here is why

Before 1861, Bear Creek in Marion County, Alabama was known as Allen's Factory. It was named for the first settlers of that name who…

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PATRON + This county in Alabama with numerous bat caves only existed for four years because it was too small [film & pictures]

Decatur is a large well-known city in North Alabama, but did you know  there was once a county named Decatur in Alabama. It only…

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PATRON + UPDATED WITH PODCAST Why was there a mystery about John Hunt the sheriff, founder of Huntsville?[film & photographs]

(This is a great story about John Hunt, founder of Huntsville, Alabama. It is sad that his gravesite was ignored for many years.) The…

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PATRON +”After we had been in the Fort six months, the Indians became very hostile, burned houses, corn, destroyed cattle”

(Margaret Eades was the wife of Jeremiah Austill of the Legendary Canoe Fight. She, like her husband was an early pioneers of Alabama. In…