Patron Past StoriesPATRON + Did you know a senator from Alabama has a cross-country highway named after him? Here is why January 13, 2022 December 23, 2021by Donna R Causey To view this content, you must be a member of Alabama Pioneers Patrons's Patreon at $2 or more Unlock with PatreonAlready a qualifying Patreon member? Refresh to access this content. Tags: 1910ssAlabama historyUnited States History
PATRON – Biography: Robert Weston born August 29, 1763 – Revolutionary War Soldier August 29, 2020 July 30, 2023
PATRON – Dec. 15, 1894, Newspaper abstracts from Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama December 1, 2020 August 11, 2023
PATRON – BIOGRAPHY: Robert J. Ware born October 10, 1759 – Revolutionary War soldier October 10, 2021 October 10, 2022
Tallulah’s grandfather, I believe. She cane from a good Alabama family.
Bankhead Forest?
Bankhead Tunnel in Mobile.
Only about 600 miles of paved roads in Alabama by the 1930s.
Wonderful. Story. There is a Bankhead Hwy in Weatherford TX. Never to old to Learn something new. Thank you
Proud to be a descendant!!
He was either Tallulah’s father or her uncle. One of the Bankhead Brothers was a U.S. Senator and the other was Speaker of the U.S. House of Representtives.