HAMPTON HARMON COSPER and his move from Alabama to Texas By Quillie Pugh Caskey Hampton Harmon Cosper married Eliza Caroline Smith. This union was…
Alabama News from the past on April 30, 1874 Tuscumbia is out of debt, Alabama Governor has a toothache and a hog with horse…
Have you ever noticed this marker near Wetumpka, Alabama? It was the originally the seat of justice for Montgomery County, Alabama. The County seat…
This editorial provides a glimpse of Mobile before 1858 AN 1858 VIEW ON HISTORICAL PRESERVATION IN MOBILE By Jack D.L. Holmes, Ph.D. Director, Louisiana…
While World War I was taking place in 1918, a new influenza virus emerged throughout the world. The conditions of World War I helped…
On December 8, 1937, this curious story was reported in The Tuscaloosa News from Huntsville, Alabama. SISTERS ADMIT MARITAL FRAUD Three Confess They Obtained…
ALONG THE CORDUROY ROAD The old home place stood among large oak trees at the top of a hill, more of a rise actually,…
The following article appeared in the Alabama Beacon on March 28, 1868: “THE COURTHOUSE AT EUTAW DESTROYED BY FIRE Greene County has sustained a heavy…
A tragedy took place on December 4, 1888, in East Lake in Birmingham, Alabama THE HAWES RIOT by Chas. D. Franklin Editorial Department (WPA…
"In the early 1800's, Andrew Jackson's soldiers became the area's first settlers after their victory at Horseshoe Bend. In 1861, residents from the community…
Did you know that the Hoover High School band from Hoover, Alabama (south of Birmingham, Alabama) marched in New York's St. Patrick's Day parade…
SAMUEL S. BEMAN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (March 11, 1822 – May 9, 1882) New York, Minnesota, Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa…
GERRARD HANSFORD, BARBER Gerrard Hansford, a free colored person, well remembered in Montgomery, was married on the 15th of December, 1825, by William Maxey,…
BEAUTIFUL RECEPTION AT FIRST WHITE HOUSE OF THE CONFEDERACY. Clipping from Montgomery Advertiser, October 7th, 1900 The reception at the Jeff Davis House on…
Moonshine was a popular way to make a living during the days of prohibition in Alabama. Here are some interesting stories, concerning moonshine in…
Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama shipped cotton goods to China in 1883 (Transcribed from Anniston Hot Blast, Anniston, Alabama, October 20, 1883) ANNISTON AND CHINA…
A tragedy occurred in Cahawba, Alabama on October 7, 1820, that was reported in New York (This story has been transcribed from The Evening…
Sale of Alabama land in Georgia in 1818 as we move toward statehood on December 14, 1818. Clipping from Natchez Gazette, Natchez, Mississippi, September…
REALITIES by Dorothy Graham Gast Click to read more of Dorothy Gast's stories When I read Proverbs 31 as a teenager, I decided…
A FEW DONT'S IN SELECTING YOUR HUSBAND BY DOROTHY DIX (Transcribed from the Tuscaloosa News December 22, 1937) Girls, if you want to be…
When Americans think about cities historically known for automotive industry, places like Detroit are usually the first to come up, but did you know…
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her…
This story can also be found in the book Alabama Footprints: Immigrants Routes Taken To The Alabama Territory After the Creek cession, the first…
Excerpt from The story of coal and iron in Alabama by Ethel Armes, Pub. under auspices of the Chamber of Commerce, 1910 John R.…
(This was published in THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL Fall 1985) BRIERFIELD LETTER The following letter was written by Robert L. McCalley to a Huntsville newspaper…
During WWII, several Alabama small towns manufactured high explosives for the War. Here is a news article from June, 1941 that reveals where the…
Antiquities of Bibb (Transcribed from The Centreville Press, Centreville, Alabama January 11, 1900) Adverting further to the representatives of Bibb County, in the general…
Update: Next Fort Toulouse - Fort Jackson frontier days are on November 7, 2018 - Mark your calendar. Elmore County created 1866 Elmore County…
In September of 1817, when Alabama was still a Territory, land speculators flocked to Alabama due to the assertion of the fertility of the…
Alabama celebrated her 200th birthday, December 14th and 15th, 2019. Were your ancestors here on December 14, 1819, when Alabama became a state? Some…
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