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…
DAVID ALEN ADERHOLT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1841- 1925) St. Clair County, Alabama David Alen Aderholt, a real estate dealer, was born in Lincolnton, Lincoln…
SECOND APPEAL FOR TOYS MADE BY FIRE CHIEF (Transcribed from 1941 news clipping) Contributions Will Be Given To Poor Families During Christmas Season With…
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! Have you tried any of these when cooking? 1. Chewing gum while peeling onions helps to…
Click to Become a Patron and see stories like this Scottsboro is a city in Jackson County, Alabama, uniquely situated about 30 miles from…
Skyline Farms was one of 43 similar projects to assist and relocate farmers devastated by the Great Depression in a new home with a…
It's almost Christmas. I hope life isn't too frantic for you. When I look back on life, there is one thing I will always…
Continued - The following has been transcribed from Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society: New series, Volume 4 By Alabama Historical Society 1904 THE…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI HON. LITTLEBERRY JAMES HALEY, JR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1865-1927)…
WILLIAM DAVID LACEY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1844-1905) Shelby County, Alabama In the county of Shelby, Alabama and in the farming community of Maylene, lived…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) traveler and author, was one of the first newspaperwomen in America. She married Captain William…
Dueling occurred everywhere in the United States, including Alabama from its earliest history until about 1861, notwithstanding stringent laws against it as a way…
Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) Tecumseh expected a reward from the King of England It's a long journey from the region…
AUGUSTUS HOLMES ALSTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1847-1918) Barbour County, Alabama Augustus Holmes Alston was a lawyer, and supernumerary circuit judge. He was born in…
BRAISED TURKEY FROM THE 1870s (Transcribed from The Times-Argus, Selma, Alabama January 27, 1870) Lard a deep pan with pork and calves' foot from…
This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) A priest and a fur trader…
![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)
![PATRON + The people of Skyline Farms were seeking a better life in Jackson County [film & old photographs] some people considered it socialism](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wife-of-sharecropper-who-was-resettled-on-Skyline-farms-e1432130311365-220x143.jpg)
