(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) At the request of the Georgia Legislature, President Monroe invited all the chiefs…
(Transcribed from The Marion Commonwealth, Marion, Perry Co., Ala., December 28, 1865) COMMISSIONER'S SALE OF LAND Under, and virtue of an order of the…
Excerpt about early days of Auburn, Alabama transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 07, No. 03, Fall Issue EARLY HISTORY OF AUBURN By…
From 1946 Avondale Sun (October – December BPonline) Gingerbread Lollipops 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon ginger 1-2 teaspoon…
(Continued from Part I - How a system of Public education developed in early Alabama Part II -The author Gen. William F. Perry was the…
(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 Marion Commonwealth, Marion, Perry Co., Ala., December 28, 1865) FOREIGN IMMIGRATION COMPANY FOR THE STATE OF ALABAMA The undersigned propose to…
On April 12, 1865 the Civil War ended when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his command to U.S. General Ulysses S. Grant at…
Reader Comment by Bob Anderson: Remind your readers that tombstones can carry a lot more info than just name, birth date and death date. …
Have you ever visited Old Alabama Town in Montgomery, Alabama lately? From the purchase of the Ordeman House in 1967, the Landmarks Foundation and…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) In 1817, the U. S. Senate Committee on Public Lands declared that Indian…
(Transcribed from The Macon Banner, Macon, Clarke County, Alabama April 24, 1845) IN CHANCERY Southern Division, Second District, of Alabama BILL FOR DIVORCE Martha…
Note: The city of Marion was first named Muckle’s Ridge, but was renamed in honor of Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox," hero of the American Revolution. Sam Houston, later…
LET'S THINK POSITIVE Living on Earth is expensive but it does include a free trip around the sun every year Photograph of a class…
History of the 44th Alabama Regiment written by a member of the regiment in 1898. SCROLL DOWN TO READ STORY FORTY-FOURTH ALABAMA REGIMENT By…
AN INDUSTRIAL PIONEER JAMES MITCHELL (1866-1920) by WILLIAM E. MITCHELL "Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, employees of the Alabama Power Company, many of you…
(Transcribed from The Macon Banner, Macon, Clarke County, Alabama April 24, 1845) THE STATE OF ALABAMA CLARKE COUNTY Orphans Court, holden on the first…
Continued TOWNS IN THE ALABAMA TERRITORY (The following story is the 5th section of a news article written in 1817 which describes some early…
Kosaku Sawada was born in Osaka, central Japan Oct. 21, 1882. and pursued an education at Osaka University, graduating with a degree in agriculture. In 1906, he immigrated…
(Transcribed from The Macon Banner, Macon, Clarke County, Alabama April 24, 1845) NOTICE I will sell on the first Monday in May next in…
This is a beautiful State Park south of Birmingham and a wonderful place for a picnic or outing. They have saved and restored many…
OLD NEWSPAPERS USED Old newspapers may be made to save a lot of work in the kitchen. They are very convenient, among other things,…
Down the Alabama River in 1814 Day Nine on August 19, 1814 (Continued) An amazing journal helps us visualize this historic journey down the Alabama…
STORY OF JULIA BAKER EX-SLAVE by Mary A. Poole Written ca 1937 WPA AUTHOR (WARNING! This WPA interviewer made an attempt in this interview…
(Transcribed from The Macon Banner, Macon, Clarke County, Alabama April 24, 1845) CANDIDATES We are authorised to announce DR. ROBERT BURNS, as a candidate…
The Bryars/Hadley Feud Bryars Hadley Feud (Taken from actual court documents exactly as it was written, and exactly how spelling and words were used)…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) Treaty commissioners were sent to the Cherokee country in the fall of 1823…
(Transcribed from The Macon Banner, Macon, Clarke County, Alabama April 24, 1845) NOTICE By virtue of an order of the Honorable the Orphans Court…
Big Spring Park in Huntsville, Alabama is named after a large, underground karst spring, referred to by the indigenous Cherokee and Chickasaw as "the…
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…
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