The city of Bay Minette is in Baldwin County, Alabama and it is the County seat. Located in the central part of the county,…
This biography is also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) and FIRST FAMILIES OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, ALABAMA VOLUME…
Robbins Crossroads is located about 23 miles northeast of Birmingham, AL On Highway 78 near the Jefferson and Walker county line. It is one…
MEXICAN WAR and ALABAMA MILITARY The war between Mexico and the United States, 1846-1848, brought on by a series of attacks on American citizens,…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II WILLIAM WYATT BIBB FIRST GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA (1781-1820)…
It doesn't matter if you're a baseball fanatic who has their favorite players scorecard memorized or someone who has only watched a few games…
[When conducting research for my historical fiction series, Tapestry of Love, I sometimes run across historical trivia that is very funny. I thought I'd share this one.]…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V Now in EBook, Paperback and Hardback - Great gift!…
Do you have additional information about these Confederate soldiers? These photographs are located at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Click on the…
(This has been transcribed from Chapter Two of Jefferson County and Birmingham History 1887 by Teeple & Smith Publishers) Our mail facilities in the…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI GRIFFITH RUTHERFORD HARSH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (Sep. 1860 -…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 3 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK! NATHAN…
Do you need a new recipe? How about this one from an old newspaper in 1867 Peterson's Magazine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania March, 1867 MARMALADE PUDDING…
Some funny tombstones from Topeka, Kansas: "Here lies Sheriff Tim McGrew who said he would arrest Bill Hennessy or die... He was right." "Here…
The story of the Thompson family and capture of Mrs.Caffrey in early Alabama is mentioned several times by early Alabama Historians. Here is another…
Where the State of Alabama Began Washington County, Alabama was created June 4, 1800 by proclamation of Governor Winthrop Sargent of the Mississippi Territory.…
This biography is included in the Books Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II and First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I …
Tecumseh FAREWELL TO THE CHEROKEES (transcribed excerpt from Recollections on North Alabama by James Edmounds Saunders (1806-1896) Even when Tecumseh harangued every tribe, with…
These photographs of students and teachers at Skyline Farms in the Resettlement Community at Jackson County, Alabama during the Great Depression, reveal how far we've…
SECOND MT. OLIVET REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi (This transcribed excerpt was written before 1958) First Church…
There has been a rumor that slave tunnels are under a mansion in Tuscaloosa. A news crew investigated the story in a three-part video at…
Ummmmm good baking tips from old recipes TEN BAKING TIPS FROM AN OLD COOKBOOK.... 1. To see whether old yeast is still good, put…
A Monument in Horsley-Down Church, Cumberland, England, bears the following singular and admonitory inscription (1768): Here lie the bodies Of Thomas Bond and Mary…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 3 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK. Books…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI THEODORE ACKLAND/ACKLEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1833 - 1870) Madison…
Do you wonder why your ancestor frequently moved around the State of Alabama? Sometimes our ancestors didn't move – the county did. Photograph of…
I have the Harvey Family Bible, printed in 1833. In the section between the old and new testaments, I have made copies of handwritten…
Continued from Part III (This has been transcribed from The Alabama Historical QuarterlyThe Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 33, Nos. 03 & 04, Fall and…
Here are some interesting recycling tips from the past: "Do not throw away that old popcorn. If you can't make it pop, put it…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 5 ROBERT ELBERT BOWDON (1874 - 1959) BIOGRAPHY…
![PATRON + [film – photos] Did you know that men from the city of Bay Minette, Alabama stole the courthouse records from Daphne, Alabama](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1903-In-the-great-pine-forests-of-the-South-gathering-crude-turpentine-North-Carolina-e1441901933817.jpg)
![PATRON + Hank Aaron’s Childhood Home has Been Turned into a Museum in Mobile, Alabama [film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Hank-aaron-ribbon-cutting-220x148.jpg)
![PATRON + Schools have changed in many ways since these days when life was so much simpler – Notice how the teachers are dressed [old photographs] Skyline Farms – Part 5](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Skyline-farms-1936-school-19-e1432129505216-220x143.jpg)
