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These photographs from the past found at the Alabama Department of Archives and History were made by John E. Scott, a photographer who took them…
[This transcription is from a book written ca. 1870 and includes many places of "Indian towns in Coosa County" and names of people who…
A senator from Alabama was instrumental in enacting the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916, which became the first federal highway funding legislation. The cross-country…
Buccaneers attacked the first white settlers of Cherokee County, Alabama HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Part V Mr. Hugh Cardon wrote the…
RECOLLECTIONS OF CAROLINE LEADINGHAM (Written June 8, 1895) Our home and the place of my birth was near Mooresville, Limestone county, Ala. In the…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES description of Creek Indian ballgame (Transcription includes misspellings from original) By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER IX INDIAN OCCUPANCY…
Sometimes our grandmother's cooked main dishes without meat - like this meat substitute loaf Meat-Substitute Loaf 1 cupful of cooked salted rice 1 cupful…
This biography is included in the Book First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I THE HODGES PIONEERS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY COL. FLEMING HODGES,…
(Margaret Eades was the wife of Jeremiah Austill of the Legendary Canoe Fight. She, like her husband was an early pioneers of Alabama. In…
The Mobile National Cemetery was established as a cemetery in 1865 after the Port of Mobile fell into Union hands under the assault of…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable & Some Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol VII in EBook, Paperback & Hard cover format…
Excerpts from the History of Coosa County, Alabama Chapter One By Rev. George E. Brewer (transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No.…
Scroll below to see video about the Old Dennis Hotel. On June 30, 1837, Dadeville, Alabama was incorporated with an intendant and five counselors,…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER IV The first volume of the minutes of the commissioners' court, Talladega county,…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII GEORGE WILLOUGHBY HAILS, JR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1847-aft.…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II JOHN GRAHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1792 -…
The highest natural point in the State of Alabama, Cheaha Mountain, lies within the bounds of Cleburne County. Cleburne County was created by the…
A FREE gift for ALL Patron members! Hooray! The New Year, 2022, has finally arrived. The previous years with Covid-19, news, weather, politics, etc.…
There are many photographs of the Confederate military at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Here are a few with direct links back…
Churches were important in Early Alabama. Many different religions were established as citizens moved to the state. (Excerpts below were transcribed precisely (with spelling errors…
The Screech Owl by Roger Brothers I remember sittin on the front porch in the dark with my Daddy when I was four or…
- This article and more abstracts are also available in the ebook ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume II DUNAWAY FAMILY of Perry, Marengo, Dallas…
This biography is included in the Book First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I BENJAMIN SYKES BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b.ca. 1745) Lawrence County,…
Read more about the Slick Law in Alabama in ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Immigrants: Lost & Forgotten Stories CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA REMINISCENCES OF ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT By…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER I The beginning of the year eighteen hundred found Alabama an Indian country.…
FORGOTTEN PHOTOS: Vintage photographs of soldiers in the Confederacy with links to the source of photographs found at the ADAH Do you have additional…
(This is a transcription of a letter from Gen. Thomas Simpson Woodward to editor J. J. Hooper, Esq. in 1858 about Alabama Indians) WINN…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II Now in paperback and hardcover! WILLIAM AUGUSTUS BOWLES…
This is an interesting news article from July 26, 1923, Moulton Advertiser about transporting hogs! It turns out they don't like strangers. See more…
Early Representatives of Walker County, Alabama (from FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA printed in the Tuscaloosa Gazette August 12, 1886) by Hon. E. A.…
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