The Spring Street Recreational Center was a busy place during WWII. It was the home of the USO Club in Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama. Couple…
(Excerpt transcribed from Crenshaw County News, Luverne, Alabama January 16, 1908) ANOTHER RAIL HORROR Passenger and Freight Crash Through High Trestle Five People Killed…
A man standing in front of a school bus in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama ca. 1920. On back "Bus #1 is now completing seven…
I imagine this was a popular way for our ancestors served fish . . .seems rather easy. SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE STORY BOILED FRESH…
The beautiful Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is filled with mysteries such as a door that leads nowhere, deep underground tunnels, 2-foot…
Eight Party Line Back Then When I was in high school we had one rotary black dial telephone that was an eight party line. …
I had the wonderful opportunity of interviewing an extraordinary lady who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, attended Ramsey High School, and went on to…
On May 29, 1865, President Johnson issued an amnesty proclamation. Under this proclamation, any former Confederate who had not already taken advantage of President…
(Transcribed from Crenshaw County News, Luverne, Alabama, Jan. 16, 1908) FOR TAX COLLECTOR I hereby announce myself a candidate for Tax Collector of Crenshaw…
(Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer, Susan Russell ca. 1938) Continued below Haunted Houses Near Tuscumbia written ca. 1938 by…
This man's trade of watch-making was used in his unusual epitaph on his tombstone. "Here lies in horizontal position The outside case of George…
Down the Alabama River Day Eight on August 18, 1814 (Continued) This amazing journal helps us visualize this historic journey down the Alabama River on…
(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 from Crenshaw County News, Luverne, Alabama, Jan. 16, 1908) A little son of T. R. Bryant fell into Moseley's Mill pond in Beat…
Not a Fairy Tale Does the title of this story sound like a fairy tale or too far-fetched to be true? It really happened in the…
Free Genealogy Link You can search land patents in Alabama for free online via the Bureau of Land Management. after reaching the site.. click…
[Many people in the Sylacauga area around the time of WWII can probably relate to this story.] As told to Donna R. Causey by Pearl…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) By 1836, most of the willing Native-Americans had been removed to the land in the west, and…
(Transcribed from Crenshaw County News, Luverne, Alabama, Jan. 16, 1908) ALL DAY SINGING AT TROY December 25, 1907, 9:30 A. M., the people of…
When peace finally came between the United States and Great Britain, the colonists acquired the territory east of the Mississippi and north of the…
While transcribing records from old newspapers, I frequently run across some great gems of wisdom and humor like below: From an 1908 newspaper Some…
General Sam Dale gives an eyewitness account of Shawnee Chief Tecumseh's visit to Alabama in 1811 Scroll down to read story The Shawnee chief,…
Excerpt transcribed exactly as published in The Livingston Journal, Livingston, Alabama -August 5, 1865 Masonry Rising Into Religion The Masons of Massachusetts have made…
(Excerpt transcribed from Crenshaw County News, Luverne, Alabama January 16, 1908) LOCAL NEWS FROM IVEY CREEK We have had so much rain of late…
Jackson Hotel at Blount Springs ca. 1900 Blount Springs - summer resort in rural setting “Blount Springs's mineral springs and rural setting made it…
Patron+ member story Household tips from the past - some can still be used today For Removing Oil – Chloroform will remove machine oil from…
Here are some interesting photographs from the Alabama Department of Archives and History from Bibb County, Alabama. Do you know any of the missing…
Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) Holy Ground Campaign And Battle The principal campaign and engagement between the Creeks and the whites…
(Excerpt transcribed from Crenshaw County News, Luverne, Alabama January 16, 1908) ALABAMA CULLINGS Governor's Daughter Weds Miss Catherine Comer, daughter of Governor and Mrs.…
RECOLLECTIONS OF CAROLINE LEADINGHAM Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 03, Fall Issue 1956 -- Continued below Our home and the…
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