Noccalula Falls is located on land once owned by R. A. Mitchell, who gave the site to the city of Gadsden. The main feature…
HISTORIC TORNADO OUTBREAK ALABAMA March 21-22, 1932 (FROM: DARKEST HOURS by Jay Robert Nash) On March 21, 1932, Marion, Alabama was the first…
Noccalula Falls near Gadsden ca. 1930s (Continued – from Alabama Folklore Part I) Unemployed authors were employed through the Works Project Administration WPA to…
Evidently, there was a problem with personal clothing and garments being lost in the 1890s just as there is today. They seem to have…
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The trials of a sensational event that took place in Bibb County, Alabama in 1900. (Transcribed from The Centreville Press, Centreville, Alabama, March 14,…
"In the early 1800's, Andrew Jackson's soldiers became the area's first settlers after their victory at Horseshoe Bend. In 1861, residents from the community…
Court Records of Washington County, Mississippi Territory includes many early Alabama names: “Mississippi Territory. At a superior court held for the District of Washington…
(Transcribed From Abbeville Advertiser, Abbeville, Alabama, March 17, 1859) The following advertisement appeared in the New York Hearld: "Board and Repose Wanted --- in…
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Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co.,…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VIII- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
Unemployed authors were employed through the Works Project Administration WPA to record the life and culture of Americans during the Great Depression era. Many…
Some useful household hints for Flowers from an old book! 1. Cut flowers keep longer if place in leftover tea, weakened with water. This…
JULIUS C. ADLER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1849-1936) Dallas County, Alabama Julius C. Adler was born March 18, 1849, and died October 4, 1936. Mr.…
[The Lou Wooster Public Health Award at the University of Alabama in Birmingham School of Public Health is presented annually by the University of…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XXVIII The story of the desperate struggle of the people of this county…
RAISIN PUFFS WITH LEMON CREAM SAUCE 2 eggs, well beaten 2 tablespoons sugar 1 cup milk ¼ teaspoon salt 2 cups flour ¾ cup…
Local news about people from around Sumter County, August 3, 1923 (Transcribed from Sumter County Journal, York, Alabama, August 31, 1923) Only Patrons can…
Dr. Joseph Dill Alison, the author of this diary was born December 23, 1828, at Charleston, S. C., and died at Carlowville, June 3,…
Unusual Monument and Epitaph In the Magnolia Cemetery in the lot of W. S. Metcalf is a monument to a FAITHFUL FRIEND. This is…
Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co.,…
Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co.,…
Dr. Joseph Dill Alison, the author of this diary was born December 23, 1828, at Charleston, S. C., and died at Carlowville, June 3,…
Evidently, there were trees being cut down and building items taken at the site where it was being built to invoke this Act. Steps…
The first substantial white settlement in what is now Gadsden was a village called "Double Springs".This was begun by a mixed American Indian and…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IX Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
Did you know that before the fifteenth century, surnames were not common? Anglo-Saxon names were used 5.000 years ago and were names like Begga,…
BENJAMIN TURNER GIBBONS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1786) Autauga County, Alabama Benjamin Turner Gibbons was born in 1786 in Maryland. He was probably born…
Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co.,…
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