Cats playing with their tails means that bad weather isn't far off See a cardinal, made a wish, and pinch someone to make it…
This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) Did you know that when the Mississippi…
During the Great Depression the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was an employment program created by President Roosevelt in 1935, Over its eight years of…
Yeildings of Blount County, Alabama Bible of Richard Yeilding Page Ia Richard Yeilding born April the 26th one thousand seventeen hundred & sixty eight…
The following is from the Birmingham Iron Age newspaper on May 20, 1875. It must have taken hours to count and could be done…
This story can also be found in the book Alabama Footprints: Immigrants First Wave Of Great Migration to the Mississippi Territory and future Alabama…
W.P.A. Alabama Writers Project Life Histories/Stories Franklin County Narratives BONY WINCHESTER BY R. V. WALDREP Red Bay, Alabama Bony Winchester was sleeping when he…
(Transcribed from The Haleyville Journal Alabama June 9, 1914 WINSTON 'SAMMY' WRITES LETTER Camp Wheeler, Ga. Jun 6th Editor Haleyville Journal Haleyville, Ala. Dear…
Household tips for cleaning and painting from the past: If the inside of your linen closet is painted a deep blue, there will be…
(Scroll to the bottom to see a film of Wetumpka from around the 1930s) The county seat of Elmore County, Alabama is Wetumpka. Located…
(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 The Haleyville Journal Alabama June 9, 1914 LOCAL NEWS Mrs. J. C. Johnson was in Birmingham Sunday. Rev. C. N. James was…
(Transcribed from The Shelby Guide, Oct 1, 1868) How to check a bank run O'Connell is said to have checked a panic on the…
Auburn opened doors to girls and challenged the University of Alabama to do the same On June 14, in 1892 the A. & M…
This story is also in the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) Once Christopher Columbus discovered America, other explorers from…
(Transcribed from The Hamilton Appeal, Hamilton, Alabama January 17, 1896) LOCAL NEWS W. B. Crane, of near Bexar, was here Monday. Rev. J. M.…
MATRIMONIAL MUSSES AT MOBILE A Breezy Elopement and a Hilarious Grass Widow. (Transcribed from The Montgomery Advertiser June 21, 1890) Mr. Ulmer and Mrs.…
[Each year Eufaula has a pilgrimage of many of the homes in the historic district in the spring. Many historic homes will be open…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) The last and decisive engagement between the Creek Indians and the United States…
(Transcribed from The Hamilton Appeal, Hamilton, Alabama January 17, 1896) NEWS FROM BEAR CREEK There is some sickness, and death has visited some homes…
Neil/Neal – Peter Neil, Sr. b. abt 1750,d. 1838 TN, Charles Neal b. abt 1757 d. 1825 Pulaski County, KY, both b.…
Buttermilk pie is believed to be originally from England, but now it is a popular pie of the Southern United Staes. The basic filling…
Some Of The Alabama Pioneers Captured And Ransomed By The Native Americans This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost…
Jesse Beene was a prominent lawyer in Dallas County. I'd love to know the whole story about this dismissal. (Story text continued below) TO…
(Transcribed from The Haleyville Journal Alabama June 9, 1914) PREACHER-CHURCH WORKER SCHOOL Beginning Monday, Jan. 21 at 10 a.m. and continuing for six days,…
These two tombstone inscriptions are from a cemetery in England: These two tombstone inscriptions are from a cemetery in England:"The Lord saw good, I…
When peace finally came between the United States and Great Britain, the colonists acquired the territory east of the Mississippi and north of the…
Lawn Jockeys and the Underground Railroad by Shannon Hollon Please read before passing judgement...Many folks have thought of these lawn jockey statues as racist…
Did you know the French occupied Alabama for sixty-five years? (continued below) This story is also an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration:…
(Transcribed excerpts from THE ALABAMA ENQUIRER (Hartselle, Morgan County, Alabama June 30, 1887) HARTSELLE LOCALS The oil well is a favorite resort for the…
