Note: The following has been transcribed from original text written in the late 1800s. Please make allowances for the harsh language used. The Cherokee…
Henry County was first proposed to be named Choctawhatchee for the river in that section of the State, but the name finally given on…
Little Tallassee, four miles above Wetumpka, was later on the farm owned by Howell Rose, and not far from where he built his house.…
(Transcribed from The Gazette-Appeal, Guin, Alabama, April 2, 1897) LOCAL AND PERSONAL Our fellow townsman, J. A. Shaw moved to Hamilton Monday. Rev. D.…
RECIPES FROM 1867 ALABAMA NEWSPAPER COFFEE CAKE – One cup of butter, one of sour cream, one of coffee, five eggs, one cup of…
(Transcribed from The Gazette-Appeal, Guin, Alabama, April 2, 1897) HAMILTON J. W. Howell and his better half, paid a visit to Burleson this week.…
Before 1861, Bear Creek in Marion County, Alabama was known as Allen's Factory. It was named for the first settlers of that name who…
[Have you ever heard of this romantic Indian legend of Cheaha State Park? Scroll down to watch the film below of Cheaha from 1937]…
In early frontier Eufaula, Alabama, there were but few stores in the town, and not many dwellings, all of them were constructed of rough…
Tuscaloosa had three other names before finally being called Tuscaloosa. Falls of the Black Warrior In the first and oldest deed book in the…
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…
PEAR PICKLE Select small, sound ones, remove the blossom end, stick them with a fork, allow to each quart of pears one pint of…
TWIN OAKS PLANTATION "Now called Everhope" (between Clinton and Eutaw on Alabama State Route 14, Greene County, Alabama) Spread over 8 acres, with the…
Continued - The following has been transcribed from Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society: New ser, Volume 4 By Alabama Historical Society 1904 THE…
The extermination of an Alabama Indian Town by De Soto (Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) The People Of…
In the early 1830's the eyes of the country were turned upon the eastern frontier of Alabama where the long occupancy of the Creek…
SOME OLD KITCHEN MEASUREMENTS (Excerpt from The Courtland Enterprise, Courtland, Alabama, February 15, 1894) (continued below) One quart of wheat flour is one pound.…
The Armistead's John [P?] Armistead Grove Hill, Alabama Interview Life History Annie Webb Clarke County (Transcribed from Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, WPA Federal…
Excerpt transcribed from The Etowah Observer, Alabama City, Alabama March 17, 1932 NOTES HAYDEN – New High School building at this place completed and…
Genealogy tip: Do you have an elusive ancestor that may have been mentioned once or twice in a census and then disappears? This can…
Buttermilk is the liquid left behind after churning butter out of cream. "Before cream could be skimmed from whole milk, the milk was left…
(Alabama was a busy place in the early 1800s and a simple horse path through the state turned into a major road for early…
(This is a great story about John Hunt, founder of Huntsville, Alabama. It is sad that his gravesite was ignored for many years.) The…
I'm glad to be living today! I ran across the following article recently and realized the advances women have made in America. This is…
The Jerry D. Young Memorial Field which now serves as the UAB Blazers Baseball Team's home field was once the location of Behrens Park…
DR. SEALE HARRIS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1870-aft. 1904) Bullock County, Alabama Seale Harris was a leading physician of Union Springs, Bullock County, Alabama. He…
This is probably one of the earliest videos of Auburn University. The famous Toomer's Corner, at the intersection of College Street and Magnolia Avenue,…
Stafford Plaza in 2009 stands on old site of first Alabama Female Academy in Tuscaloosa, Alabama ALABAMA FEMALE INSTITUTE (First called Alabama Female Academy…
Carbon Hill is located in the northwestern part of Walker County, Alabama about 15 miles west of Jasper. It was settled in 1886 and…
(Margaret Eades was the wife of Jeremiah Austill of the Legendary Canoe Fight. She, like her husband was an early pioneers of Alabama. In…
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