Decatur is a large well-known city in North Alabama, but did you know there was once a county named Decatur in Alabama. It only…
TWIN OAKS PLANTATION "Now called Everhope" (between Clinton and Eutaw on Alabama State Route 14, Greene County, Alabama) Spread over 8 acres, with the…
First Toll bridge in Alabama is now a historic landmark The first toll bridge in Alabama to be officially dedicated was the John Turner…
(This is a great place to vacation) Pineda discovered Mobile Bay “Christopher Columbus had scarcely been in his grave fourteen years when Pineda discovered…
WHEN I WAS LITTLE (Please note - this was written many years ago about Civil War days - Many parts may be offensive today readers…
A parking deck at 1st Avenue and 19th street now stands on the site of where the magnificent Morris Hotel stood. The Morris Hotel…
Hayes Family Crosses the Alabama-Tennessee Line (Posted in Public Pages of Ancestry.com by Sharon Hayes December 20, 2009) It was 1861, the outset of…
Cherokee County, Alabama - Turkey Town was where treaties were formed HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Part II Mr. Hugh Cardon wrote…
Tuscaloosa had three other names before finally being called Tuscaloosa. Falls of the Black Warrior In the first and oldest deed book in the…
This excerpt is a transcribed history of the Swift Creek area of Autauga County in the History of Autauga County, Alabama was written around…
Eufaula is blessed with many old trees The city of Eufaula, Alabama is blessed with many beautiful historic houses, and it also has many old…
On a tombstone in Worcester, England, is the following singular inscription: "Mammy and I together lived Just two years and a half; She went…
[I have been unable to find any photographs for this school. Please share with AP if you have one by emailing a copy to…
Cherokee County, Alabama - Religion and the Law HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Part IV Mr. Hugh Cardon wrote the following history…
LEVI and MARTHA (HILL) BOSTICK HISTORY (from History of Texas with Many early settlers; The Lewis Publishing Company, 1895) Levi Bostick was born in…
Rammed earth houses in Gardendale are still standing even though they were built nearly 80 years ago! Rammed Earth house 1937 photographed by Arthur…
(Margaret Eades was the wife of Jeremiah Austill of the Legendary Canoe Fight. She, like her husband, was an early pioneer of Alabama. In…
Jeremiah Austill ((1793- 1881) was one of the participants of the famous Canoe Fight that took place in Alabama in 1813. We hear his…
Multiple wives burial presented problems A man had two wives buried in one grave in England; and after recording their several virtues, the Epitaph…
(Did you know that "Pat Garrett" who killed "Billy the Kid" was born in Chambers County, Alabama in 1850?) One of six children, Patrick…
MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY May 7, 1798- 1801. Winthrop Sargent, commissioned Governor of the Mississippi Territory. He was born May 1, 1753, at Gloucester, Mass.; died…
(Thankfully this beautiful old home has been saved and fully restored. It is now the residence of Tuskegee University's President.) (continued below) VARNER-ALEXANDER HOUSE ALSO…
Early film of Montgomery in 1914 was discovered in the Alabama State Treasurer's vault. Thankfully, it was turned over to the Alabama Department of Archives and…
The following humorous incident has been transcribed from - Sketches of Alabama history by Joel Campbell Du Bose 1901 George Strother Gaines (1784-1873) Captain James…
Skyline Farms, a resettlement community in 1935, to provide help to farmers in the Great Depression was built by the resettled farmers in Jackson…
These epitaphs for wives reveal the state of the marriage Here lies the body of James Robinson and Ruth, his wife; Their warfare is accomplished.…
Ghost sounds and sightings of apparitions with a general feeling of unease have been reported for years from people visiting the cemetery. Perhaps Revolutionary…
(This has been transcribed from Chapter Two - Jefferson County and Birmingham History 1887 by Teeple & Smith Publishers) Great excitement in Jefferson County…
(Many schools throughout the state of Alabama were built by the Alabama Freemasons. This was one of them) Dallas academy, an educational institution, was…
One thing that is always fun in genealogy is the interesting history facts one runs across while doing research. When I researched my family…
![This county with numerous bat caves only existed four years because it was too small [film & pictures]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1823map.jpg)
![Do you know where the first toll bridge in Alabama was located in 1929? [see photograph]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/john-turner-milner-bridge-dedication-220x192.jpg)
![History that dates back over 150 years can be found at this Alabama hotel [old photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/point-clear-sunset3-220x152.jpg)
![This is what once stood at 1st Avenue and 19th street in Birmingham [vintage pictures & film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Morris_Hotel-2-220x189.jpg)
![Rammed earth houses [photographs] in Gardendale, Jefferson County, Alabama – stood the test of time](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Rammed-earth-construction-near-Birmingham-Alabama.-Forms-sections-should-not-be-larger-than-can-be-handled-by-a-crew-of-three-or-four-men-220x165.jpg)
![Varner-Alexander House [old photographs] – built by pioneer William Varner still remains in Tuskegee](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Grey_Columns_Tuskegee_Alabama-220x165.jpg)
![Great Depression experiment – Skyline Farms – [vintage photographs] Part 3 – The men had to build their own homes](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/skyline-Farms-house-220x92.jpg)
![Did you know Selma High School originated in a building erected by Freemasons? [photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Dallas-Academy-Selma-220x139.jpg)
