CALERA, SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA The first settler of Calera was John R. Gamble from Ireland. He was a soldier of the American Revolution and…
How do you like your grits served? Thou shalt not put syrup on thy Grits Thou shalt not eat thy Grits with a spoon…
Andrew Jackson Beard An Inventor (1849-1921) "Andrew Jackson Beard was born a slave on a plantation near Mt. Pinson in Jefferson County, Alabama about…
TWO DESSERT RECIPES FROM 1870S (Transcribed from The Times-Argus, Selma, Alabama January 27, 1870 – Originally published in the American Agriculturist) GRAHAM BREAD Take…
Established in 1821 when still a part of Pike County, Louisville is one of the oldest towns in Alabama and was the county seat…
Photographs of women attending college at the beginning of the 20th century in Alabama usually reveal them dressed prim and proper in long dresses.…
Mobile Alabama 1901 (Detroit Photography Co. Library of Congress) Check out our Biography books The biographies of Alabamians in the Ebooks are from many sources.…
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…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable & Some Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol VII in EBook, Paperback & Hardcover format WILLIAM…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER V The place where court should be held was rather a problem for…
Childhood fun and my toys in old Perote, Bullock County, Alabama REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi (This…
SOCIETY OF DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION DAR EARLY ALABAMA HISTORY Organized in 1890 in Washington DC The society of Daughters of the American…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI AARON ABSOLOM GAMBILL BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1865 -1933) Jefferson…
The area of the present town of Midway in Bullock County, Alabama was once known as Feagin's Store Post Office and Five Points. An…
WARNING: This story was transcribed exactly as written in the 1930s. It may include some offensive language. PLEAS AND THE SNAKE FOLKLORE BY WPA…
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her…
Auburn, located in Lee County is the largest city in eastern Alabama with a 2014 population of 60,258. It is a college town, home…
Gee's Bend in Wilcox County, Alabama was originally a Plantation. "The plantation was started by Joseph Gee and passed to his nephews Sterling and Charles…
Very thought-provoking soliloquy written by a woman about life two years after the War Between the States! This really provides insight into the state of…
If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in…
GEE'S BEND, (BOYKIN), WILCOX COUNTY, ALABAMA Gee's Bend was originally named for Joseph Gee, an early large land owner from Halifax County, North Carolina…
John Pool was a Revolutionary War Soldier and early pioneer from South Carolina who first settled in Shelby County, Alabama then later moved to…
These photographs from the past found at the Alabama Department of Archives and History were made by John E. Scott, a photographer who took them…
[This transcription is from a book written ca. 1870 and includes many places of "Indian towns in Coosa County" and names of people who…
Do you have someone in your family who is interested in genealogy? Give them Where Do I Start?: Hints and Tips for Beginning Genealogists with…
A senator from Alabama was instrumental in enacting the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916, which became the first federal highway funding legislation. The cross-country…
Buccaneers attacked the first white settlers of Cherokee County, Alabama HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Part V Mr. Hugh Cardon wrote the…
RECOLLECTIONS OF CAROLINE LEADINGHAM (Written June 8, 1895) Our home and the place of my birth was near Mooresville, Limestone county, Ala. In the…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES description of Creek Indian ballgame (Transcription includes misspellings from original) By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER IX INDIAN OCCUPANCY…
Sometimes our grandmother's cooked main dishes without meat - like this meat substitute loaf Meat-Substitute Loaf 1 cupful of cooked salted rice 1 cupful…
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