Part 1 ALABAMA IN MEXICO WAR Letter to DR. W. S. WYMAN From S. F. NUNNELEE (Written June 14, 1906) Mexico War Correspondence, Military…
FIFTY-FIVE ELK FROM YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK BROUGHT TO ALABAMA BY THE DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH Here is what happened to them afterward In…
All the names of the Civil War Soldiers buried in Randolph County can be found in Alabama Genealogy Notes Volume XI CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS…
These instructions for properly searching, folding and ironing shirts make me tired just reading them. I'm glad I live in this century! How…
A great Alabama story about Rachel Donelson, Wife of President Andrew Jackson Rachel Donelson, Wife of President Andrew Jackson, Was A Pioneer Of Madison…
Portrait of Tecumseh (Continued – from Alabama Folklore Part II) Unemployed authors were employed through the Works Project Administration WPA to record the life…
CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA (Surname starting with D- some with links to gravesites) All the names of the Civil War Soldiers…
Census Taker: "Good morning, madam, I'm taking the census." Old Lady: "The what?" Census Taker: "The c-e-n-s-u-s!" HELP SUPPORT ALABAMA PIONEERS BECOME AN AP…
See: Lt. David Moniac, a Creek Native American, was the first minority graduate of West Point DAVID TATE TO CADET DAVID MONIAC LETTER OF 1822*…
News from the Times Daily, Florence, Alabama November 17, 1931 In the midst of the Great Depression, with unemployment everywhere, the hope of…
All the names of the Civil War Soldiers buried in Randolph County can be found in Alabama Genealogy Notes Volume XI CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS…
EXCERPT FROM REFLECTIONS OF AN ALABAMA TEACHER, 1875-1950 by Julia L. Willard (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol 38, No. 04, Winter…
A tragedy took place on December 4, 1888, in East Lake in Birmingham, Alabama THE HAWES RIOT by Chas. D. Franklin Editorial Department (WPA…
JOSEPH F. ROPER DIARY (Excerpts from 1846 to 1853) Part 2 "I got home on the 27th day of March 1846. Left home…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume XI- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
Almost anything is better served fried in the South! FRIED PEACHES Cut peaches in halves, remove stones but not skins. Fry in butter with…
All the posts entitled PERSONAL THOUGHTS ABOUT CORNAVIRUS will not be about Alabama history so simply skip them if you are not interested. Many…
(From a Brief History of Montgomery, by M, P. Blue, Esq., 1878) TICKNOR'S COMPANY, FIRST REGIMENT, ALABAMA VOLUNTEERS FOR TEXAS REVOLUTION (From a…
This is the final story of what happened to Lilly Gardner and Festus Caddell. (Transcribed from The Centreville Press, Centreville, Alabama, April 25, 1901)…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume XI- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
Here are some humorous epitaphs from the western part of the United States Some Boothill epitaphs: Carson City, Nevada, epitaph of a horse thief.…
SAMUEL BAINS LETTER Fort Deposit* November 25th 1813 Dear Christiana I wrote to you about the 12th Since, then I have heard that…
Dr. Joseph Dill Alison, the author of this diary was born December 23, 1828, at Charleston, S. C., and died at Carlowville, June…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume X Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
While completing some research, I discovered this article by renowned Alabama historian and archivist Peter A Brannon the third director of the Alabama Department…
This petition to the Governor and the list of those who volunteered to make up the Guards, is from the archives of the Indian…
JOSEPH F. ROPER DIARY (Excerpts from 1846 to 1853) Part I Filed in the Department of Archives and History is a memorandum book,…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume X Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
THE CAHABA LILY by Inez McCollum I had heard about this mysterious lily for several years. I had seen pictures and read articles with…
NOTE: The 1932 film includes a graphic scene of recovering a body so please do not view it if you are sensitive to such…
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