Hayes Family Crosses the Alabama-Tennessee Line (Posted in Public Pages of Ancestry.com by Sharon Hayes December 20, 2009) It was 1861, the outset of…
A parking deck at 1st Avenue and 19th street now stands on the site of where the magnificent Morris Hotel stood. The Morris Hotel…
The Order of Knights of Pythias aim was to heal the wounds between the North and South and promote friendship among men and relieve suffering.…
(Excerpt transcribed from The Daily Huntsville Confederate, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, Feb. 19, 1862) ELECTION NOTICE There will be an election held on the…
Phil Campbell located in Franklin County, Alabama, twelve miles south of Russellville, was founded in 1857. Disgraceful way the iron horse arrived In the…
SOME INTERESTING OLD PHOTOGRAPHS 1926 Bevelle Junior High School Basket Ball team, which won the county Championship in the tournament held at Dadeville on…
[This beautiful mansion in Marengo County has a long history that includes visitors and residents who were vital to the beginning days of Alabama.…
Did you know that Mardi Gras started on Massacre Island? This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten…
Alabama tried to annex and purchase West Florida many times. Here is what happened when they tried. The land to West Florida, located under…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI WILLIAM EVERETTE BERRY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1847- aft. 1904)…
(It's amazing how far this historic house was moved and still remained intact!) Historic Molette Plantation house, Dallas County The historic Molette Plantation house…
In the 2010 census, this city had a population of almost 5,000. At a very early day, the area was referred to Coonsboro. Situated…
Daphne State Normal College ca. 1900 - main building Normal School established to educate teachers Daphne State Normal School was a "Class B" Normal…
SPRING HILL COLLEGE Mobile, Alabama Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama is the oldest Catholic college in the Southeast is also the third oldest…
Fountain Heights is one of Birmingham's historic neighborhoods, and was home to some of Birmingham's most prominent and wealthy business leaders, but today the…
UPDATE: on the historic Webber building in Montgomery, Alabama. I'm glad they are reclaiming much of the building.Demolition of Historic Webber Building Is Underway…
Judson College is the fifth oldest women's college in the United States. It was founded by members of Siloam Baptist Church in 1838 in…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI ELI FORREST DENSON, M. D. (b. 1853 - d.…
The tornado that hit Tuscaloosa in 2011 is nothing new to the area. Violent tornadoes have hit the city of Tuscaloosa in the past. The…
An Act established by the Legislature in 1819 made it unlawful to cut down or kill trees without written permission of the commissioners in Old Cahawba,…
ELYTON LAND COMPANY The city of Birmingham was conceived in the mind of engineer, John T. Milner who had surveyed the route of the…
[Birmingham, Alabama had a movie production company in 1928 and they made at least two films. This Birmingham News article from July 14, 1929,…
BATTLE OF CALEBEEi 1813 During the Creek Indian War, that had begun August 30, 1813, with the Indian attack on Fort Mims, an engagement…
We ran across this amazing old film and could not find out more about it. The pilot's name appears to be Blaine and it…
On Fat Tuesday, February 13, 1866, Confederate veteran Joe Cain paraded through the streets of federal-occupied Mobile dressed as a Chickasaw Indian chief he…
(Transcribed from Advertiser and Register, Mobile, Alabama, March 13, 1840) COMMITTALS Committed to the Jail of Mobile County, on the 14th day of December…
Bangor Cave, Blount County, Alabama Bangor Cave in Blount County, Alabama was once labeled “the only underground nightclub in America." The night club only…
The information and illustrations below are excerpts from a book written in 1887 as a prospectus for future investors in Tuscaloosa. The Tuskaloosa Coal,…
Many people left Alabama for greener pastures during this financial panic. (continued below) FLUSH TIMES IN ALABAMA (transcribed from History of Alabama and Dictionary…
SAM DALEY'S SCHOOL Have you ever heard of Sam Daley's school in Tuscaloosa? I found two articles about it in a 1910 paper and…
![PATRON + This is what once stood at 1st Avenue and 19th street in Birmingham [vintage pictures & film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Morris_Hotel-2-220x189.jpg)
![PATRON – Knights of Pythias was established in 1864 to promote friendship between north and south [old photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/OBriens_Opera_House2-220x152.jpg)
![PATRON – Did you know these things about the town of Phil Campbell, Alabama? [film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dismals-canyon-220x144.jpg)
![PATRON + Dallas county, Alabama Plantation House moved – [film and photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Molette-Plantation-House-Orrville-e1431022164310-220x155.jpg)
![PATRON – Daphne State Normal College – [see film] was a college specifically for teachers](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dapne-state-normal-college-220x80.jpg)
![PATRON + The oldest college in Alabama and oldest Catholic College in Southeast [film & pics]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/interior-of-St.-Josephs-chapel-spring-hill-college-220x146.jpg)
![PATRON + Fountain Heights [film, photographs] – a historic connection to Birmingham’s past – can it be saved?](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/U_S_Weather_Bureau_Station_Alta_Avenue_and_Lawn_Street-ca.-19081-220x138.jpg)
![PATRON + Intense Indian Battle at Calebee Creek – Who won? [photographs & map]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Map-of-Creek-country-220x182.jpg)
![PATRON + This is what Tuscaloosa, Alabama looked like around 1887 [vintage prints]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/TUSCALOOSA-WHARF-220x140.jpg)
