Click here to see the paperback version of Alabama Footprints Confrontation is on sale for $5.49 (List price $12.97) just in time for Christmas…
Shooting Mistletoe by Shannon Hollon For many Christmas Eve's the Uncles, Aunts and Cousins would gather from miles around at my grandparents house(Big Mama…
An excerpt of a transcription of a history of Autauga County, Alabama written around 1886 by Shadrack Mims. It has been transcribed exactly as written…
Red Velvet Cake Tradition by Jean Butterworth Many years ago I started making a red velvet cake for my family, especially for my son…
Below is an excerpt of a transcription of a history of Autauga County, Alabama written around 1886 by Shadrack Mims. It has been transcribed exactly…
There are many photographs of the Confederate military at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Here are a few with direct links back…
Coosa County was created by the legislature December 18, 1832, from the lands included in the Creek Indian Treaty of Cusseta, executed March 24,…
A Genealogist's Christmas Wish Dear Santa: Don't bring me new dishes, I don't need a new kind of game. Genealogists have peculiar wishes For…
This special day was set aside for observance each year in the schools, for the purpose of encouraging interest in the bird life of…
The population in the new Alabama Territory increased so rapidly between 1817 and 1818, that by the time the second session of the territorial…
Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 01, Spring Issue 1956 GERRARD HANSFORD, BARBER Montgomery, Alabama 1825 Gerrard Hansford, a free colored…
Excerpt from DALE COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR From Reminiscences by Mary Love (Edwards) Fleming (1851-1934)1 PART II THE OUTBREAK OF…
THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA'S REINDEER IS REVEALED According to the Alaskan Department of Fish and game, Both male and female reindeer grow antlers…
During the Spanish-American War, Naval Constructor Richard Pearson Hobson U.S.N. devised a plan to scuttle a ship in the channel leading to Santiago harbor…
This story is excerpt from Alabama Footprints Volumes V-VIII: Four Books in One CHANDELIER FALLS IN ALABAMA CAPITAL by Hon. E. A. Powell The…
The highest natural point in the State of Alabama, Cheaha Mountain, lies within the bounds of Cleburne County. Cleburne County was created by the…
Christmas Surprise by Clifford Dobyns I was five years old in 1937 and unknown to me was that my parents had decided to get…
OLDEST INHABITANTS OF GREENSBORO IN 19081 Part II (published in 1908) Rev. Richard Hooker Cobbs, D. D REV. RICHARD HOOKER COBBS, D. D.…
On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory killing more than 2,300 Americans. The U.S.S.…
A cemetery is a strange place to find a miniature red-brick house complete with windows, fireplace, front porch with a mailbox. There is such…
Long involved in state and national efforts to reform child labor laws, Loraine Bedsole (Bush) Tunstall was largely responsible for the establishment of the…
Please don't forget Alabama Pioneers this Christmas season in your gift giving. Monetary donations from you keep this website free! Christmas and Bon Ami…
Magnolia Springs, a small town along the Gulf Coast of Alabama on the Magnolia River, has a unique United States mail delivery system that…
Bellefonte is a ghost town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States, near the site of the Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station. It is located roughly…
Christmas Pudding it has a shelf life of 300 years by Shannon Hollon A few years ago back during the "war" a few of…
Madison County, Alabama settlers believed in education from its earliest days SOME SETTLERS OF EARLY MADISON COUNTY by Thomas Jones Taylor i (1829-1894) I…
Blue Mountain in Calhoun County, Alabama was once a supply and training center for Confederate soldiers. Blue Mountain is located in the northern suburbs…
Moundville Archaeological Park - a true treasure in Alabama Few sections in the Southern States can equal the wealth of evidence of Native American…
Mexican Revolution In 1910, a revolution in Mexico began. All across Mexico, volunteers aligned with different factions, and Pancho Villa aligned with Francisco I.…
First Protestant Minister and Early settlers of Washington County, Alabama (Excerpt from: The Great Southeast or Clarke County and its Surroundings, pub. 1882 by…
The early days of Birmingham, Alabama Up to the spring of 1873 the town (Birmingham) grew rapidly and had fairly won the title of…
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