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Stories and ghostly tales from the 1930s of how Shades Valley in Jefferson County, Alabama was named (WPA Alabama Writer's Project) There are at…
Ghost stories or a part of Alabama's past. Below are three unedited stories from 1939 written by a WPA writer who interviewed three African-Americans…
Dr. John R. Drish House, also known simply as the Drish House, is a historic plantation house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It is considered by…
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…
Did you see her? Most people who have lived in Jefferson County, Alabama for a while have heard the ghost story about the 'lady of…
Have you ever heard about the ghost six miles from Tuscaloosa? A Folklore Tale by Mabel Farrior WPA writer 12/17/1935 Many times the question…
The person interviewed insisted that he saw the ghost During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people and write…
Haunting of Crommelin Estate by O. O. Lowrey 10/21/ 1936 During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around…
(Continued TOWNS IN THE ALABAMA TERRITORY) (The following story is the second section of a news article written in 1817 which is descriptive of…
