FIRST COURTHOUSE A LOG CABIN JAIL BUILT IN 1839 By J. M. K. GUINN1 Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 Number Seven Under…
REMINISCENSES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 Part IV and Part V I find that I made a mistake…
(excerpt transcribed from) HISTORY OF COOSA COUNTY by Rev. George E. Brewer (excerpt transcribed from SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES Other Church denominations in Coosa County…
First Court at Wedowee, Alabama Held in an Indian Chief's Wigwam RANDOLPH COUNTY SEAT MOVED TO WEDOWEE By J. M. K. GUINN1 Written for…
First Randolph County Seat was an oak tree COUNTY SEAT By J. M. K. GUINN1 Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 Number Five…
Early 1950s High School Fashions by Jean Butterworth It is almost funny to recall those days of high school in the early 1950s. What we…
THE COUNTY SEAT By J. M. K. GUINN1 Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 Number Four This subject has elicited no little discussion…
REMINISCENCES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 Part III At the election held for the organization of Chambers County…
The only road was the McIntosh Trail ORGANIZATION By J. M. K. GUINN1 Number Three Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 The time…
A former First Lady's who passed away on July 11th had ancestors who came from Alabama. She even lived here when she was young…
REMINISCENCES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 Part II A short time before the organization of Chambers County, a…
REMINISCENSES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 Part I That portion of East Alabama formerly occupied by the Creek…
RANDOLPH COUNTY ESTABLISHED By J. M. K. GUINN1 Number One Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 Number Two The General Assembly, in 1832,…
Alva Woods (1794 – 1887) was the first president of the University of Alabama. He was a conservative Baptist minister, who had been educated…
A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF LAFAYETTE, ALABAMA By Anne Elizabeth Newman Written in LaFayette, Alabama, 1942 A first-time visitor to LaFayette, passing down streets overhung…
This is a transcribed, unedited, handwritten story from a WPA writer. Some of the words used in this article may not be appropriate today,…
THE RED MAN'S HOME THE WHITE MAN'S EDEN By J. M. K. GUINN1 Number One Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 Alabama was…
Did you know that when Yolande Betbeze, Alabama's first Miss America winner of 1951 refused to pose in a swimsuit throughout her reign. She…
SAYRE STREET SCHOOL Chilton College and the Sayre Street School Site The present building that originally housed Sayre Street School only dates back to…
CLAYTON, BARBOUR COUNTY, ALABAMA (from History of Barbour County, Alabama. Eufaula, Alabama, 1939 by Mattie Thomas Thompson) Clayton became the county seat of Barbour…
Old Customs in Alabama – Folk Ways During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people and write stories about…
On July 1-3, 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg was fought during the Civil War. Often referred to as the "High Water Mark of the…
CENTRE, CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Centre is the county seat of Cherokee County, on the northeastern bank of the Coosa River, near the center of…
There has been a mystery how Hal's Lake in Clarke County got its name. The mystery of Hal’s Lake Clarke County, Alabama Believed to…
Summerfield had many grand houses and a beautiful college in pre-Civil War, Alabama. Denominational college for boys and girls in pre-Civil War, Alabama The…
QUILTING AND CORN-SHUCKING By WPA Writer Maude Dreisbach written ca. 1936 During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people…
CHURCHING by Maude Dreisbach Writer for Works Projects Administration (WPA) written ca. 1936 During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to…
During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people and write stories about life in the United States. The program…
The Red Horse by WPA writer Demps A. Oden 1936 During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around…
On June 21, 1865 -President Andrew Johnson appointed Lewis Parsons a provisional Alabama governor. Parsons, the grandson of Great Awakening leader Jonathan Edwards, moved…
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