Did you know....? In 1902, Dr. Luther Leonidas Hill performed the first open heart surgery in the Western Hemisphere by suturing a stab wound…
(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 . .…
[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…
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE STORY (Transcribed from Chambers County Democrat, LaFayette, Alabama, December 7, 1887) LUCKY FIND Mrs. L. S. Schnessler while en route…
(Excerpt transcribed from The Daily Huntsville Confederate, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, Feb. 19, 1862) PROCLAMATION By the Governor of Alabama EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA…
An inspiring unedited true story from the author of History of Eufaula, published in 1930 SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . . . True Life…
(Excerpt transcribed from the Anniston Star Vol 48. No. 162 - Sunday, April 6, 1930) JAMES FITZGERALD KING ANNISTON BUILDER When one reviews the…
Alabama formed the American Party in 1855 – this was the platform adopted June 12, 1855 as printed in a Calhoun County newspaper SCROLL…
The early immigrants of Clarke, Washington and Baldwin counties in Alabama arrived as early as 1745 from SC and Georgia Clarke, Washington and Baldwin immigrants…
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! DRESS FOR CHILDREN It is Easily Made and Produces a Very Good Effect (Excerpt from The…
(Our ancestors did not have access to medical treatment like we have today and came up with many home remedies. This is a very…
