YELLOW FEVER (Transcribed from: History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 2 Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen) Alabama was first visited by this…
EARLY HISTORY OF TUSKEGEE1 Messrs. Darby and Price, of Tuskegee, the proprietors of Darby's Prophylactic Fluid, have published a small pamphlet, or business circular…
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…
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA PROPOSALS FOR PUBLISHING A NEWSPAPER, TO BE ENTITLED THE MONTGOMERY REPUBLICAN Aware, that my new and difficult employment, will subject me to…
Moundville Archaeological Park - a true treasure in Alabama Few sections in the Southern States can equal the wealth of evidence of Native American…
AN ACCOUNT OF THE OCCUPATION OF FORT HUDSON, LA By Crawford M. Jackson1 It was in the month of May, 1863, on the 24th…
(Continued M – W counties) ARTIFICIAL LIMBS The first relief Act by the State of Alabama in aid of former Confederate soldiers who were…
This recipe requires slow cooking and would be great on a cold day. SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE STORY RICE AND ONIONS 1887 Recipe Cut…
This story can also be found in the book Alabama Footprints: Immigrants Vine And Olive Colony - Fact & Fiction In 1817, a romantic…
Each year the city of Berry, Alabama has a Heritage Festival in the spring when the downtown area is buzzing with fun activities. Berry is a town…
Native Americans Deceived By British This is an excerpt from the books ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) First Edition and…
Was there ever a settlement of German farmers in Washington County, Alabama? I discovered the following news articles in an 1891 newspaper about a…
(Continued from A- C counties) ARTIFICIAL LIMBS The first relief Act by the State of Alabama in aid of former Confederate soldiers who were…
WE FOUND AN AMAZING NEWSREEL! Arguably, we discovered the first newsreel of film footage taken in the state of Alabama. This long-lost, over 100-year-old,…
The land beneath homes and shopping centers in the community of Mountain Brook in Jefferson County, Alabama includes many historic sites, including a Revolutionary…
Founded in 1871, Birmingham was a model city at this time – railroads, blast furnaces and steel mills marked its landscape. It was a…
After the Revolutionary War, free bounty land was offered by the federal government to citizens and soldiers for their service. Men were not the…
FROM TENNESSEE TO TEXAS—THROUGH ALABAMA The 1860 Diary of William Joseph Camp Edited by William R. Snell (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol.…
TUSKEGEE IN OLDEN TIMES1 Frequent references to the early days of our Town, awaken memories, the expression whereof may excite a passing interest. We…
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MACON COUNTY By H. M. King Written in 1881 NUMBER XVII Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…
THE BOWIE LETTERS, 1819 and 1821 Edited by Virginia K. Jones Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 04 Winter Issue 1960…
Most of the downtown Birmingham, Alabama was once William F. Nabers' farm (Excerpt transcribed from Downtown Birmingham Architectural and Historical Walking Tour Guide, 2nd…
Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 04 Winter Issue 1960 ALABAMA NOTES Made in 1883-1884 Description of Towns/Indian Mounds, Forts. Tuscaloosa,…
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS The first relief Act by the State of Alabama in aid of former Confederate soldiers who were maimed during the War Between…
(News transcribed from the Times Daily – Florence, Alabama June 2, 1894) TWENTY-SIX PRISONERS LONELY There are twenty-six prisoners in the Huntsville Jail, and…
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MACON COUNTY By H. M. King Written in 1881 NUMBER XII Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…
Alabama Pioneers has more lost & forgotten stories to see. You may notice some stories with the word PATRON at the beginning. These are…
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS The first relief Act by the State of Alabama in aid of former Confederate soldiers who were maimed during the War Between…
( Transcribed from Advertiser and Register, Mobile, Alabama, March 13, 1840) COMMITTED to the Jail of Marion County, on the 20th day of October…
From 1946 Avondale Sun (October – December BPonline) Gingerbread Lollipops 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon ginger 1-2 teaspoon…
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