REMINISCENCES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 Mr. Editor:—It was my intention when I wrote No. 8 of Reminiscences…
Do you have additional information about these Confederate soldiers? These photographs are located at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Click on the…
THINGS I LEARNED WITH AGE Learned to pick my battles, - “Will this matter one year from now? How about one month: One week? One…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 3 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK! DR.…
My Relatives are leaving me very fast (Civil) war-time letters of James Wright to his nephew. Edited by George L. Mahoney1 James Wright of…
Below is the Coast Guard cutter "Winona" and steamboat "Minnie Lee" transporting people from Mobile to attend the centennial celebration of the founding of…
GOOD OLD TIPS FROM THE PAST FRUIT STAINS ON HANDS Rinse hands with lemon juice Rinse hands with vinegar Rub stubborn stains with salt…
In Tuscumbia, Alabama there is an unusual cemetery devoted entirely to coon dogs. The cemetery never started out to be a coon dog cemetery.…
The Alabama Cherokee Sequoyah invented the Cherokee alphabet and after 1829, the Cherokee people printed a weekly paper. HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY,…
It was evidently quite uncomfortable for women to be fashionably dressed according to this article from 1875. (Transcribed from The Athens Post – Athens,…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII JOHN KEYES BARTON, JR BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1847-…
[This is the transcription of a letter written in 1885 back to a newspaper in Alabama that tells the location and names of some Alabamians who moved to…
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! 1851 ALABAMA DEATH NOTICES FROM SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST NEWSPAPER (These records were recorded in Marion and Perry…
Excerpt transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 07, No. 03, Fall Issue EARLY HISTORY OF AUBURN By Mrs. Mary Reese Frazer (Through the…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler and writer and was one of the first newspaperwomen. Anne traveled Alabama…
Famous people sometimes leave thought provoking epitaphs about their life like these: “I may be gone but Rock and Roll lives on” John Belushi “Here…
This is the 4th part of seven in the Skyline Farms photographs series. Skyline Farms was a farm resettlement community in Jackson County, Alabama…
In 2007, Hackleburg was named the “Best Small Town in America” by Country Music Television and it is probably for good reason. The citizens…
(Transcribed from The Southern Democrat, Oneonta, Blount County, Alabama September 1, 1898)
CONFEDERATE GENERAL, OFFICERS FROM ALABAMA 1861-1865 (Excerpt transcribed from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume I. pp. 324-327) Sanders, John C.…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII PEACHY RIDGWAY GILMER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1784 -1861)…
COLBERTIANS By R. L. James SECTION III OBITUARIES AND CEMETERY RECORDS To the Readers of the Alabama Historical Quarterly: (The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol.…
Sam Dale, Pioneer, Trail Blazer, Indian Scout, Soldier and Statesman (Part II Continued) By George H. Ethridge, 1 Jackson, Miss.2 (Written in 1945) In…
THE BUFORD EXPEDITION TO KANSASi By Walter Lynwood Fleming, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia Part IV June 26, Buford left the Territory on…
Panama City Beach, Florida has always been a favorite destination to cool off from the summer heat of Alabama. Though they are not Alabama pioneers,…
Have you ever tried this old cleaning tips? Proprietor filling sack with freshly ground cornmeal 1939 By Russell Lee (Library of Congress) To clean…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol. III along with several other Abercrombie families in Alabama.…
CONFEDERATE GENERAL, OFFICERS FROM ALABAMA 1861-1865 (Excerpt transcribed from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume I. pp.324-327) Perry, William F.—Brigadier-General, P.…
These are excerpts of actual correspondence received by the Family History Department of the LDS Church in Utah. So funny! Our 2nd great-grandfather was found dead crossing…
Did you know......? "The world's first Electric Trolley System was introduced in Montgomery in 1886." Below: A busy street in Montgomery in the mid-1880s.…
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