[Birmingham, Alabama had a movie production company in 1928 and they made at least two films. This Birmingham News article from July 14, 1929,…
SAM DALEY'S SCHOOL Have you ever heard of Sam Daley's school in Tuscaloosa? I found two articles about it in a 1910 paper and…
In an old cemetery in Kentucky is buried a certain aged spinster who lived heart-whole and fancy-free to the age of 70 years. Her…
PROXY TALKERS Use of the Phonograph for Political Orators is Popular (Excerpt transcribed from The New Era, Double Springs, Alabama, Jan. 4, 1901) The…
STORY UPDATED Cullman celebrates its German heritage each October with Cullman Oktoberfest. Cullman County was created by the Legislature January 24, 1877. It was…
Update: Next Fort Toulouse - Fort Jackson frontier days are on November 7, 2018 - Mark your calendar. Elmore County created 1866 Elmore County…
Subscribe to Alabama Pioneers Patreon to see and hear Alabama's story! (continued below) We have been chronicling Alabama history and telling Alabama stories through…
Camp Sheridan While based at Camp Sheridan in Montgomery, Alabama during World War I, the famous author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, met and fell in…
Patron+ member story The Mary Frances last trip down the Warrior ended in disaster (Transcription from a history of Tuscaloosa written by an older…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was by some accounts the first professional woman journalist in the United States. When her…
Where do I Start? HINTS and TIPS for BEGINNING GENEALOGISTS with ONLINE RESOURCE Discover FREE online resources Tips for courthouse research Where to find birth,…
The old Lyric theatre in Birmingham, Alabama has an interesting history. Located on the corner of Third Avenue and Eighteenth Street, it was originally…
Updated October 18, 2018 Design of Alabama State Capitol building When Alabama's Capital was moved to Montgomery. the building was designed by Architect Stephen…
Over the years there has been considerable talk that Birmingham, Alabama sits over a large underground stream. It is reported that early settlers of Birmingham…
On December 14, 1819, Alabama was admitted to the Union as the twenty-second state. We, at Alabama Pioneers, have devoted years to discovering and…
In 1874, Birmingham, Alabama was a new city, only three years old. and when Thanksgiving drew near, the Birmingham Iron Age, published an article…
Find a clue about your ancestor on Alabama Pioneers! Each day we (Alabama Pioneers) discover new information about Alabama citizens buried deep in old…
Have you ever heard of the ghost who pulled his coffin in Marion Junction, Alabama? This story involved many respectable, local citizens of the…
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: A brother advertises on his sister's grave The brother of a girl who made a living by selling eggs thus pays loving…
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,…
DISASTER AT MARVEL (transcribed from -Blocton Enterprise, Thursday, 26 October 1916 On last Saturday afternoon about 2:42, a terrific explosion occurred at Marvel mines,…
This news article reveals how far we have come...... About Woman's Suffrage - Only Loose Women Would Vote From: July 14, 1894 Florence Times…
We found this article posted in the Times Daily, September 12, 1891, Florence, Alabama. Alabama Polytechnic Institute or A & M. College's later became…
(This story is even more interesting considering the fact that Tuscumbia had been congratulated in April 30, 1874 for being debt-free in the Birmingham Iron…
Do you have old photographs that you would like to share or know more about? Alabama Patron members can now post them in the…
Sometimes the relations of the deceased use the tombstone as a medium for advertising the wares sold by the deceased, as note the following…
A funny story—I bet he would be shocked at the world today. Do you know what the name of the store could have been on…
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her…
(Transcribed from The Shelby Guide, Oct 1, 1868) How to check a bank run O'Connell is said to have checked a panic on the…
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Epitaph of a gossip Here is an epitaph about a woman who in life was evidently a great gossip: 'Tread softly, reader, lest…
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