High price of cotton brought immigrants The high price of cotton during the years following the close of the War of 1812 gave Alabama…
Category: Patron Past Stories
PATRON + Looking backward 125 years in Ozark, Alabama Part I
A tribute to some outstanding citizens in Ozark, Alabama (Transcribed from Southern Star, Newton, Dale County, Alabama August 10, 1921 written in 1921– info…
PATRON + The Dowling family – one of the largest, early pioneer families in Southeast Alabama
Fourth part of a transcribed serial article published in the Southern Star, Ozark, Ala., beginning May 10, 1899. EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA By…
PATRON + Battle between the South Carolinians and Tennesseans in Alabama
In 1815, several worthy citizens left the upper district of South Carolina and moved to the State of Tennessee, and early in 1817, immigrated…
![PATRON + List of Cotton Mills in Alabama with [1910 photographs and film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Barker-cotton-mill-220x85.jpg)
PATRON + List of Cotton Mills in Alabama with [1910 photographs and film]
COTTON MILLS IN ALABAMA Cotton was king in Alabama for many years and cotton mills sprang up around the state. The manufacture of…
PATRON – News clipping 1921 – Local and Personal genealogy news, Clay County, Alabama Part I
News clipping of Local and personal genealogy information from August 5, 1921, The Ashland Progress, Ashland, Clay County, Alabama. Four Volumes combined into ONE!…
PATRON – In 1921, The Birmingham News gave away 1,000 bicycles to children
ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Volume I - IV: Four Volumes in One
PATRON – Biography: Ruel Marshall Earp born August 7, 1828
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 RUEL…
PATRON + SATURDAY SECRETS – Candles last longer if ….
Some great household tips from our ancestors. . . Candles last longer if placed in the refrigerator for a few days before using. They hold…
PATRON – Biography: Rev. John Wesley Starr August 7, 1809
This biography is also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) AND SOME SOUTHERN STARR FAMILIES Compiled Genealogy Records,…
PATRON + Treaties Made and First Counties Established In Alabama
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3) First Edition Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron/Patreon and unlock even…
PATRON – Local & Personal Genealogy News, 1921 from Clay County, PART III
(Newspaper clipping from The Ashland Progress, Ashland, Alabama)
PATRON + FUNNY FRIDAY: In 1937, no one in Bibb County, Alabama wanted to ride wild horses or mules
[This funny story from 1937 reveals how popular automobiles had become over horse riding] No Riders! (from The Tuscaloosa News - July 2, 1937)…
PATRON – Biography: John Crawford Anderson born August 5,1863
Unlock this story. Click to see how to Become a Patron and read thousands of lost and forgotten Alabama stories JOHN CRAWFORD ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY…
PATRON – News clipping from 1921 includes local & Personal Genealogy News, 1921 from Clay County, Part II
(News clipping from August 5, 1921, The Ashland Progress, Ashland, Clay County, Alabama)
PATRON + GOOD OLE DAYS: Do you remember trying to diaper a squirming baby using diaper pins?
I discovered these old photographs from Auburn University while doing some research. If you have more information about them, click on the link at…
PATRON + RECIPE WEDNESDAY: Glazed Louisiana Yams
Glazed Louisiana Yams 1 can yams 7 T. margarine 3 T. lemon juice 3 T. honey or 4 1/2 T. brown sugar 1/ 1/2…
PATRON + RECIPE WEDNESDAY: Lumpy gravy, eggs, pies, cabbage and cake tips
COOKING and KITCHEN HINTS FROM THE PAST Lumpy gravy can be avoided by adding a little salt in the flour before adding the water…
PATRON – Biography: Mastin Hill Hansard born August 4, 1830 – photograph
MASTIN HILL HANSARD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1830-aft. 1904) Talladega county, Alabama Mastin Hill Hansard was one of the leading farmers of Talladega county. He…
PATRON + TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: These people found a way to include their vocations
Some people believed in engraving their trades on their tombstones. Epitaph to blind woodsawyer in Georgia: "While none ever saw him see thousands have…
PATRON + Veterans’ Memorial Bridge 100 years old today, August 3, 1910.
Veterans Memorial, also called Pea River Bridge, is 100 years old! The bridge still stands next to Hwy 231 in Dale County, Alabama. The…
PATRON + MONDAY MUSINGS: Then something fell out of the Bible . . .
Sometimes it is funny seeing life through the eyes of a child. A little boy opened the big and old family Bible with fascination,…
PATRON – Some Local News In Alabama 1877-1879
LOCAL NEWS IN ALABAMA 1877-1879 (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 08, No. 01, Spring Issue 1946 Huntsville jail has been satisfactorily repaired.…
PATRON + Beautiful excerpt from the Journal of the seventh governor of Alabama reveals their courtship in the early 1800s
Beautiful excerpt from Journal of seventh governor of Alabama reveals their courtship in early 1800s 1 (Mrs. Gayle, wife of John Gayle, Alabama's seventh…
PATRON – Biography: Edmond Pierce Anderson (1800 – 1827) Lawrence County, Alabama
This biography is also in the books Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) and FIRST FAMILIES OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, ALABAMA VOLUME…
PATRON + This story about a Presbyterian church in Alabama was published in 1908 (vintage pictures)
GREENSBORO, ALABAMA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH1 (Published 1908) The first sermon ever preached in Greensboro by a Presbyterian minister was some time prior to 1822 when…
PATRON + Did you know that Coosa County, Alabama had a turnpike in the early 1830s?
Cusseta Treaty opened land East of the Coosa In 1819, Alabama had been admitted as one of the States of the Federal Union. That…
PATRON+ SATURDAY SECRETS – Cleaning and painting hints from the past
Household tips for cleaning and painting from the past: If the inside of your linen closet is painted a deep blue, there will be…
PATRON – Matthews family, true pioneers of Dale County, Alabama (1899 news article)
Third part of a transcribed serial article published in the Southern Star, Ozark, Ala., beginning May 10, 1899. EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA By…