Author: Donna R Causey

Donna R. Causey, resident of Alabama, was a teacher in the public school system for twenty years. When she retired, Donna found time to focus on her lifetime passion for historical writing. She developed the websites www.alabamapioneers and www.daysgoneby.me All her books can be purchased at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. She has authored numerous genealogy books. RIBBON OF LOVE: A Novel Of Colonial America (TAPESTRY OF LOVE) is her first novel in the Tapestry of Love about her family where she uses actual characters, facts, dates and places to create a story about life as it might have happened in colonial Virginia. Faith and Courage: Tapestry of Love (Volume 2) is the second book and the third FreeHearts: A Novel of Colonial America (Book 3 in the Tapestry of Love Series) Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) is the continuation of the story. . For a complete list of books, visit Donna R Causey
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PATRON – BIOGRAPHY: Luther Leonidas Hill born January 22, 1862 – photograph

This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 3 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK. Books…

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PATRON – FRIDAY FORGOTTEN PHOTOS: Baseball in Alabama – Do you know the names or anything about these people?

Here are some interesting photographs at the Alabama Department of Archives and History of some baseball player,  probably from around Alabama. Do you know…

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PATRON – Calera, Alabama, 1st named Buxahatchie, home of the “Golly Hole” & one of the finest artesian wells in the state

CALERA, SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA The first settler of Calera was John R. Gamble from Ireland. He was a soldier of the American Revolution and…

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PATRON – Clarkson Covered Bridge, Cullman County – one of the longest covered bridges standing in the Deep South

The bridge was reopened March 24, 2015 Clarkson Covered Bridge Cullman County, Alabama Cullman County’s historic Clarkson Covered Bridge turned 100 last year and is getting…