{The Downing Industrial School was an early school in Alabama for young ladies - and the life-long passion of one man} Rev. J. M.…
The following warning and advisory lines are on the tombstone of a quack doctor: I was a quack and there are men who say…
The city of Atmore is located in the southwest corner of Escambia County, Alabama. It was settled in 1870 and incorporated in 1907. (continued…
Below are five captains who served in the Civil War for the Confederacy. We are publishing photographs of interest to researchers on Alabama Pioneers.…
Lt. David Moniac, a Creek Native American, was the first minority graduate of West Point Can you imagine the culture shock and difficulties this young…
COLBERTIANS By R. L. James SECTION III OBITUARIES AND CEMETERY RECORDS To the Readers of the Alabama Historical Quarterly: (The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol.…
FIRST BOAT TRIP OVER MUSCLE SHOALS—1828 By GEORGE W. SWARTZ The Tennessee Valley is rich in history and the beautiful Tennessee River lying like…
Great book for Genealogists and Alabama Historians! Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol. VIII is the eighth book of Biographies on Notable and Not-so-Notable…
The history of the beautiful University Club in Tuscaloosa dates back to the very beginning of the state of Alabama. Captain James H. Dearing,…
Elijah Abston was born around 1770 in Hampton, SC, the son of John Abston of Virginia or South Carolina, and died in Alabama. He…
The Arnold family in Alabama has a Revolutionary War ancestor and has been a part of Alabama since statehood. One of two Revolutionary War…
(Transcribed by Donna R. Causey) SAND MOUNTAIN MELUNGEON FAMILIES A DNA PERSPECTIVE FROM WHEN SCOTLAND WAS JEWISH AND JEWS AMONG THE INDIANS by DONALD…
REV. MOSES COLLEY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1839 – aft. 1896) Talladega County, Alabama Rev. Moses Colley, of Talladega, son of Rev. Boney Sawyer, who was…
Called the Singing River The Cherokees who lived in the northwestern corner of Alabama called the river that flowed through their territory “Unashay” —…
Skyline Farms was a 'New Deal' Resettlement project in Jackson County, Alabama that was initiated in 1935 to help displaced farmers. Before the projects…
I never know what I'm going to run across when I do research. Sometimes I've found old photographs in strange places and wonder why…
Did you know that we have more previously unknown stories now in soft cover, hardcover, and Ebook form? Thanks to your support, the first…
(We know that early settlers of Alabama settled in southwest Alabama from historical accounts below and the pictures of this 1800s era boat discovered…
Note: The following has been transcribed from original text written in the late 1800s. Please make allowances for the harsh language used. The Cherokee…
Henry County was first proposed to be named Choctawhatchee for the river in that section of the State, but the name finally given on…
Little Tallassee, four miles above Wetumpka, was later on the farm owned by Howell Rose, and not far from where he built his house.…
(Transcribed from The Gazette-Appeal, Guin, Alabama, April 2, 1897) LOCAL AND PERSONAL Our fellow townsman, J. A. Shaw moved to Hamilton Monday. Rev. D.…
RECIPES FROM 1867 ALABAMA NEWSPAPER COFFEE CAKE – One cup of butter, one of sour cream, one of coffee, five eggs, one cup of…
(Transcribed from The Gazette-Appeal, Guin, Alabama, April 2, 1897) HAMILTON J. W. Howell and his better half, paid a visit to Burleson this week.…
Before 1861, Bear Creek in Marion County, Alabama was known as Allen's Factory. It was named for the first settlers of that name who…
The Dothan Eagle, Houston County, Alabama 1908 Newspaper Abstracts Find your Southeast Alabama ancestor in this great KINDLE Book. Immediate download! Use your SEARCH…
[Have you ever heard of this romantic Indian legend of Cheaha State Park? Scroll down to watch the film below of Cheaha from 1937]…
In early frontier Eufaula, Alabama, there were but few stores in the town, and not many dwellings, all of them were constructed of rough…
Tuscaloosa had three other names before finally being called Tuscaloosa. Falls of the Black Warrior In the first and oldest deed book in the…
Decatur is a large well-known city in North Alabama, but did you know there was once a county named Decatur in Alabama. It only…
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![PATRON + Did you know that the University Club in Tuscaloosa was once the Governor’s Mansion? [vintage pictures]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Dearing-Bagby-house-1939-by-photographer-Frances-Benjamin-Johnston-Library-of-Congress-220x156.jpg)
![PATRON + Is there a music muse in Muscle Shoals? Read this and decide for yourself [pictures & video]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Tennessee-river-220x165.jpg)
![PATRON + Time to celebrate! [1937 photographs of people from Jackson County, Alabama] This is what they did for fun at Skyline Farms – Part 6 –](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/skyline-farms-outlaw-sign-220x76.jpg)
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