Small Churches I have loved by Joyce Ray Wheeler Lowndesboro Baptist Church, Lowndesboro, Alabama ca. 1888 - with two doors for men and women…
This is an excerpt from the book Vinegar of the Four Thieves REPELLING FLIES Sponge your tabletops with white vinegar and water to discourage…
I knew exactly where my great grandparents were Marilyn Skipworth Streetman I am more impressed with your site every time I receive the e-mail. …
ALABAMA BECOMES A TERRITORY After the war of 1812, and with the defeat of the Creek Indians, land in Alabama became open to new…
(continued) On June 18, (1871) GOV. LINDSAY made another visit to New York, to protect the interests of the State (of Alabama) and to…
"Willis Valley Railroad was charted in February 3, 1852 as a company to build a railroad from the point on the Alabama & Tennessee…
On September 3, 2020, Compiled Records of BIBB COUNTY ALABAMA PIONEERS VOLUME II was placed on sale at Amazon.com for 99 cents. The price…
(Transcribed excerpt from BIRMINGHAM & JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA HISTORICAL & BIOGRAPHICAL by (Teeple & Smith Publishers 1887) About the year 1823, I think it…
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE IN ALABAMA Sunday, the first day of the week, has been recognized as a sacred day since the very earliest days of…
Recently, I asked readers to send in their personal serendipity moment to Alabama Pioneers. This is William W. McCollum's moment. Donna Serendipity Moment told…
This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) French trade from Mobile was principally by…
EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMAi By W. L. Andrews Written 1899 THE SOUTHERN STAR, JUNE 28, 1899 Away up in the state famous…
There is an unknown Confederate soldier from Alabama buried on Secession Hill. According to the South Carolina League of the South "The grave of…
[Some consider this mysterious stone a hoax while others believe it proves early visitors to Alabama in the year 1232. The stone even made…
A SPECIAL REUNION by FRED HARVEY WILLIAMS My name is Fred Harvey Williams and my GGGGrandfather George French came to Alabama from Greenville, SC in about…
(Here are some quick facts and names of charter members and early members of the Colonial Dames and DAR of Alabama. Most of the facts…
(transcribed with misspellings etc., from History of Conecuh County, Alabama: Embracing a detailed record of events...pub. by Benjamin Franklin Riley 1881) Early Bellville Settlement…
The Territory of Alabama was created by a division of Mississippi Territory in 1817, with St. Stephens as its capital city. The first and…
First Capital of Colonial French Louisiana "On January 20, 1702, French colonists, led by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, establish Fort Louis de la Mobile on a…
JOYNER CEMETERY Written in Stone by Sherry S. Johnston Researching the Joyner Cemetery located between Owassa and Wilcox communities recently made me aware once…
(I remember dressing up in hats and gloves to go to downtown Birmingham and watch the double feature at the movies while my parents…
Steward’s 10 Cent Store A Childhood Memory By Thelma Ann Smelser I was riding through Piedmont, Alabama, a while back when something caught my…
Narrative of Former Slave Charlie Aarons, Oak Grove, Mobile, Alabama. Written August 6, 1937 (Born in Slavery, Library of Congress) This is the copy…
Jefferson county was created by an act of the legislature December 13, 1819. The territory from which this county was formed was taken from…
The New Deal initiated by Franklin D. Roosevelt included employment programs for jobless white-collar workers to collect narratives and life histories of former slaves.…
A delicate paper revealed the truth by Lawanna McLeod Walthall Throughout our McLeod family history, we were told that our Grandfather that came from…
I served on the faculty of the College of William and Mary for a day by Shannon Hollon A few years ago back during…
By Jean Butterworth Attending a small Baptist church in the country when I was young was a very different experience than attending church today.…
This small community in Barbour County had 400-500 residents and four churches in pioneer days. A local historian, Margaret Clayton Russell, talked about Batesville in…
I Want by Barbara A Brown Ms. Brown's "I Want" article was originally posted in 1994 to the National Genealogical Conference, FIDO bulletin board…
![Did you ever attend a small church like this? [photographs & video]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/small-church.jpg)
![Alabama soldier rests on Secession Hill in Abbeville, South Carolina [video, music & photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/secession-hill-marker-220x165.jpg)
![Can you guess how many times the capital of Alabama moved? Here’s the answer [vintage pictures]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Picture-of-Old-Capitol-Building-at-Tuscaloosa-Erected-1826-–-ca.-1840-1849-Q67306-ADAH-220x140.jpg)
