In the 1930s and 1940s, bus travel was the common way to travel to school, around town and to other parts of the country.…
These queries and more are also available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IV SOME GENEALOGY QUERIES FROM THE 1930s Below are some…
GEORGE WASHINGTON WALLIS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1841-1921) Shelby and Talladega county, Alabama George Washington Wallis was a leading agriculturist, residing on his farm in…
HOWELL ROSE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1791 - 1866) North Carolina, Georgia, Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev. George…
{These health tips from the Perfect Woman 1903 by K. T. Boland have changed over the years. } EARLY TO BED AND EARLY TO RISE Early…
Read this story and more in: ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) When Alabama was first settled by the French, they…
Mahan boys and comrades (Written in 1910) The three Mahan boys and their comrades, following the good fight at New Orleans, split up into…
The Great Depression brought migrant workers to Birmingham in 1937 [photographs] Scroll down for this Patron+ member story In the years 1935-1941 in the…
More of the story, biography, and genealogy of Thomas Lee Bailey can be found in the books Some Descendants of THOMAS LEE BAILEY (1745-1780…
The area which makes up Bullock County, Alabama belonged to the Creek Indians until the treaty of Fort Jackson ceded the western half of…
"Lurleen Wallace was inaugurated as Alabama's first female governor--and only the third nationwide--as an estimated 150,000 look on. Wallace succeeded her husband George C. Wallace, who…
FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA CHAPTER EIGHT by By HON. E. A. POWELL (Written before 1886) At the time I first went to Fayette the…
MILTON AMOS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1781- 1875) Escambia County, Alabama Milton Amos was a physician and surgeon. He was born in 1781, in Maryland,…
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! (Transcribed from THE SHELBY NEWS, Calera, Alabama, January 16, 1890) CLANTON Mrs. W. H. Phillips left…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume III- Scroll to see Table of Contents of book SOME…
Drawing shows a military camp at the base of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee (Excerpt from HISTORY OF ROANOKE1 The Roanoke Leader, Roanoke, Alabama November 1956-1957,…
Humorous Tombstones Catholic Cemetery, La Pointe, Wisconsin: To the Memory of Abraham Beaulieu Born 18 September 1822 Accidentally shot 4th April 1844 As a…
What is more southern than banana pudding. This is an old recipe which pays attention to details. Colored photography of Banana-cart 1902 (Detroit publishing company…
(This article was prepared by the author, Thomas P. Clinton in 1916, followed by a number of other historical studies of the section treated.…
(Transcribed from Short Sketches of Jackson County, W. P. A. story from Alabama Department of Archives and History,) THE HUGHES FAMILY by Jennie Sue…
DR. WILDS SCOTT DuBOSE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1837-aft. 1904) Shelby County, Alabama Dr. Wilds Scott DuBose, was a physician of standing and good practice…
WILLIAM COOPER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY 1802-1887 Colbert County, Alabama William Cooper was a lawyer in Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama. He was born January 11,…
Scald milk and stir in enough cornmeal to make a batter, add salt. (Do this about 3 o'clock in the afternoon in winter and…
Traditionally, football has always been considered a boy's sport, but a young girl at Escambia High in Atmore, Escambia County, Alabama challenged this practice…
We have been chronicling and sharing Alabama's true history for over 10 years through alabamapioneers.com, our books, and now our Podcast, "The Alabama Grist…
Reconstructed Bastion on Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama Early Alabama “The territory now called Alabama was but sparsely settled in 1792, except by the…
Tombstones on the grave of wives Maria, wife of Timothy Brown Aged eighty years, And died in the confident hope of a better life.…
The biographies of the Alabamians in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol. IV come from many sources. A good deal of the information…
“Valley Creek Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church in Valley Grande, Alabama, United States. The two-story red brick church building was built in…
THE AUBURN MALE COLLEGE LAYING THE CORNERSTONE ITS ORGANIZATION Auburn, Ala., August 18, 1857 Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…
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