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Established by members of the Methodist Church East Alabama Male College was an educational institution of high grade, established by members of the Methodist…
I wonder what happened that caused this ban of toy pistols on Christmas Day? TOY PISTOLS WERE BANNED ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA AN ORDINANCE…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was by some accounts the first professional woman journalist in the United States. When her…
Have you put up a Christmas Tree? Christmas trees appeared in Germany about 1600 and a few might have been found among German settlers…
Take two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, half a pint of fresh cider, nutmeg, one teaspoonful of salaratua or volatile salts, and…
FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA By HON. E. A. POWELL CHAPTER I To one who has spent more than half a century, as it…
MAJOR CAMPBELL WALLACE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1806-1895) GEORGIA Major Campbell Wallace was born in Sevier County, Tennessee, on December 7, 1806 to Jesse and…
JAMES ROBERT POWELL "DUKE OF BIRMINGHAM" BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1814 -1883) by John Witherspoon DuBose The year 1818, before Alabama had been admitted into…
On July 10, 1820, Alabama’s first governor, William Wyatt Bibb, died as a result of injuries received in a riding accident on his plantation.…
Jeremiah Austill ((1793- 1881) was one of the participants of the famous Canoe Fight that took place in Alabama in 1813. We hear his…
EARLY HISTORY OF CLEBURNE COUNTY, ALABAMA (Excerpt transcribed from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, 1921) Cleburne County was created by the…
Long involved in state and national efforts to reform child labor laws, Loraine Bedsole (Bush) Tunstall was largely responsible for the establishment of the…
Some interesting people from old Perote, Bullock County, Alabama REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi (This transcribed excerpt…
In every book I have read about the Civil War, the authors referred to the 'Rebel Yell' heard before battle and I have always…
Borden Springs, east of Piedmont, Alabama was part of Calhoun County until 1866, when it became part of Cleburne County, Alabama. The area is…
In a small southern town there was a "Nativity Scene" that showed great skill and talent had gone into creating it. One small feature…
The Good Ole Days of 1921 when.... Lime Cola was made in Montgomery, Alabama in 1921 Phone calls were charged according to distance Touring…
Note: This story has been reported in newspapers since the 1930s, and is all over the internet including the History.com but the Alabama Department of…
GOOD CITIZENSHIP IN A DEMOCRACY by Houston Cole Tuscaloosa News December 1, 1939 It might be said that good citizenship in a democracy, generally…
Troy is a city in Pike County, Alabama. It was once part of the territory of the Creek Indian lands and was originally known…
Below are old photographs related to Christmas at the Alabama Department of Archives and History - they should bring back memories. Information with the photographs…
Transcribed from THE HUMMING BIRD - Personal notes about local people around Gate City - December 1, 1900 Mr. W. M. Lay, one of…
Do you know who the representatives were that voted for secession in Alabama in 1861? Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession…
The Elks Club was originally formed in New York as the Jolly Corks from the theatrical profession. Elks Club house in Mobile ca. 1900…
EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMAi By W. L. Andrews Written 1899 THE SOUTHERN STAR, JUNE 28, 1899 Away up in the state famous…
A great free website is the World War I Gold Star Database - This database is being developed from the Gold Star files of…
Telephones, party lines and people in old Perote, Bullock County, Alabama REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi (This…
Around the turn of the century, immigrants from many regions of the United States and from other countries began populating Baldwin County: Italians settled…
Reminiscences of Old St. Stephens, Part IV - Masonic Lodge and Indian baths PART IV (Read at the Centennial Celebration, May 6, 1899. It…
Anne Newport Royall - Traveling to Huntsville on horseback in 1817 was not without humor as this letter reports Anne Royall (June 11, 1769…
![PARTON +Did you know that Auburn University [old photographs] was almost located in Greensboro, Alabama?](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Auburn-Ala.-U.D.C.-Unveiling-Memorial-Tablet-on-Historic-Scene-ca.-1890.jpg)
![PATRON + GOOD OLE DAYS: [Old Christmas tree prints] and historic facts about Christmas celebrations](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Christmas-tree-Uncle-Sam-and-phillipines-220x337.jpg)
![PATRON + Amazing [vintage film] of real Confederate vets giving the Rebel Yell in Washington D. C.](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/civil-war-veterans-the-rebel-yell-388-220x86.jpg)
![PATRON + Alabama was the first state to recognize Christmas as an official holiday [see parade pictures from the 1950s in Alabama]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Float_in_the_Christmas_parade_in_downtown_Montgomery_Alabama_on_Bainbridge_Street_in_front_of_the_Capitol-220x171.jpg)
![PATRON -Troy once burned to the ground in 1901 and was rebuilt, now it’s a thriving college town [see vintage pics]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/History-of-Troy-640x453.jpg)
