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(This article has been exactly transcribed (with misspelled and grammar mistakes) from FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA that was printed in the Tuscaloosa Gazette August 12, 1886)…
NOTE: This anecdote about storms in Alabama was written in March 1880. Col. E. A. Powell, of Tuscaloosa, read by request, a very entertaining…
The history of the beautiful University Club in Tuscaloosa dates back to the very beginning of the state of Alabama. Captain James H. Dearing,…
Tuscaloosa had three other names before finally being called Tuscaloosa. Falls of the Black Warrior In the first and oldest deed book in the…
Stafford Plaza in 2009 stands on old site of first Alabama Female Academy in Tuscaloosa, Alabama ALABAMA FEMALE INSTITUTE (First called Alabama Female Academy…
THE NIGHT I WENT TO THE YACHT CLUB IN A TABLECLOTH by Dorothy Graham Gast I was just ending my Blue Birds reading group…
The tornado that hit Tuscaloosa in 2011 is nothing new to the area. Violent tornadoes have hit the city of Tuscaloosa in the past. The…
The information and illustrations below are excerpts from a book written in 1887 as a prospectus for future investors in Tuscaloosa. The Tuskaloosa Coal,…
SAM DALEY'S SCHOOL Have you ever heard of Sam Daley's school in Tuscaloosa? I found two articles about it in a 1910 paper and…
The Mary Frances last trip down the Warrior ended in disaster (Transcription from a history of Tuscaloosa written by an older resident, Ben A.…
Photographs of women attending college at the beginning of the 20th century in Alabama usually reveal them dressed prim and proper in long dresses.…
WARNING: This story was transcribed exactly as written in the 1930s. It may include some offensive language. PLEAS AND THE SNAKE FOLKLORE BY WPA…
REVIEW: Some ancestors I haven't found elsewhere. By Valerie J. R. Atkinson The Aldrich family of Alabama can trace their family tree back to the…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume X Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
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…
FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA By HON. E. A. POWELL CHAPTER I To one who has spent more than half a century, as it…
JOHN G. AIKEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1803 -1865) Tuscaloosa and Baldwin County, Alabama John Gaston Aiken, lawyer, was born November 29, 1803, in South…
The Roads Home by Randal Champion The Bear Creek Clubhouse was about two miles from my home in Tuscaloosa County. Deer season started in…
CHRISTOPHER C. NESMITH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1873-1931) Lamar, Marion, Winston, Walker, Jefferson & Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Christopher C. Nesmith, of Birmingham, achieved a standing…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! WILLIAM E. W. YERBY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1864-1940) HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA William E. W. Yerby was born Oct. 10, 1864, at Greensboro,…
Originally, I’m from Tuscaloosa by Jean Butterworth Early Tuscaloosa Memories 1935-1942 How many times in conversation with strangers or friends do I say, “Originally…
There has been a rumor that slave tunnels are under a mansion in Tuscaloosa. A news crew investigated the story in a three-part video at…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 3 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK. Books…
BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY Revolutionary War Soldier (1743 Virginia d. 1839 Alabama) Tuscaloosa, Alabama John Webster was born in Caroline county, Virginia., in 1743. Early…
[There appears to be some question as to who was actually the first merchant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama according to this article written in the…
He should have stayed home by Shannon Hollon My maternal GGGrandfather was Charles Monroe Campbell MD (1867-1939) he graduated from the Tennessee Medical College(…
New from Tuscaloosa News August 27, 1911 ENROLLMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY WILL SHOW INCREASE J. C. Persons, bursar-registrar of the University of Alabama returned…
THOMAS CHALMERS McCORVEY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1852 - 1932) Monroe and Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Colonel T. C. McCorvey was born in Monroe County on…
JOHN LELAND BARTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1877-1972) Tuscaloosa County, Alabama John Leland Barton was born July 13, 1877 at Ralph, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama and…
ROMULUS SCHOOL by Dorothy Graham Gast One of the best things about living in the same place for many years is the many layers…
![PATRON + Did you know that the University Club in Tuscaloosa was once the Governor’s Mansion? [vintage pictures]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Dearing-Bagby-house-1939-by-photographer-Frances-Benjamin-Johnston-Library-of-Congress-220x156.jpg)
![PATRON + The Stafford Hotel in Tuscaloosa sits on site of first female college dating back to 1830 [old pics]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/capitol_park-historic-tuscaloosa-220x88.jpg)
![PATRON + This is what Tuscaloosa, Alabama looked like around 1887 [vintage prints]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/TUSCALOOSA-WHARF-220x140.jpg)
![AUTHOR SUNDAY{ Tuscaloosa & University of Alabama memories 1935-1942 [old pictures]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1940s_greensboro_ave-1-e1397748300340-220x78.jpg)
