During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life history could…
On June 19, 1864 The CSS Alabama, captained by Mobile’s Raphael Semmes, was sunk at the end of a fierce naval engagement with the…
While browsing the Alabama State Archives, I frequently run across some really interesting old photographs of Alabamians with absolutely no information about them. I…
The life of a Methodist preacher during the early days of Alabama was very hard. "SCRAPS" RELATING TO THE EARLY HISTORY OF LIMESTONE COUNTY…
In 1817, John Woods, a Cherokee Indian, built a stone house just northeast of the park. He was granted 640 acres that included Russell…
During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life history could…
Note: This story was written in 2015, before Harper Lee passed away. Alabama is proud of our native Alabama lady, Miss Harper Lee who…
During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life history could…
I hate to see old unidentified pictures and here are a few I ran across at the ADAH in Montgomery. These are from the…
Haunting of Crommelin Estate During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences…
Dr. Jack Shackelford Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 03, Fall Issue 1956 Part II Dr. Jack Shackelford, a pioneer of Alabama, moved…
Dr Jack Shackelford, a pioneer of Alabama, moved to Shelby County, Alabama in 1818 after he served in the War of 1812 on Andrew Jackson's…
"SCRAPS" RELATING TO THE EARLY HISTORY OF LIMESTONE COUNTY By Thomas Smith Malone Excerpt from a transcription from The Athens Post, May 25, 1867.…
AN ALABAMA CONTEST The United States presidential election of 1896 was the 28th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1896. It was…
During the War Between the States, men who volunteered for service from the South had to furnish their own clothing and equipment while in…
Many Alabama ancestors originate in the DelMarVa (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia) on the Eastern Shore of the United States. Seeking more land for planting, pioneers…
LEGEND OF COOSA During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and…
During the 1930s of the Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life…
The amazing photographs in this film reveal the trucking industry in Montgomery, Alabama in 1943. The drivers had very different roads to traverse compared to…
On May 25, 1910, the first-ever night-time airplane flight was made at Orville Wright's flying school near Montgomery, Alabama. Glinting now and then in the moonlight…
(Updated with a new film and Podcast) Five miles north of Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama was a wonderful example of a temple type mansion,…
THE "GOOD OLD DAYS" IN MARSHALL COUNTY By C. G. FENNELL (Transcribed from summer issue of The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol 1 No 2,…
Francis M. “Franc” Paul established the Chattanooga Daily Rebel in August 1862, after the town’s two newspapers had merged, then suspended publication earlier that year. "The Rebel was…
During the 1930s Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life history could…
The horrible thing also leaped and seated itself behind him During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people and write…
MOBILE STREETS' NAMES DATE FROM IMPORTANT PAGES WORLD'S HISTORY By Benjamin D. Baker Federal Writers' Project Council Chamber, City Hall Mobile, Alabama November 20,…
Did you know.......? "On April 12, 1887, Henry DeBardeleben and his partners sold the first lots for the new city of Bessemer, Alabama located…
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