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PATRON + A remarkable Alabama lady changed a practice in the Miss America contest

Did you know that when Yolande Betbeze, Alabama's first Miss America winner of 1951 refused to pose in a swimsuit throughout her reign. She…

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PATRON – The people in these interesting old photographs from Alabama are unknown. Can you identify them?

While browsing the Alabama State Archives, I have frequently run across some really interesting old photographs of Alabamians with absolutely no information about them.…

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PATRON + UPDATED WITH PODCAST & FILM -Forks of Cypress -1822 mansion in Florence, Alabama, had an air-conditioned basement

(Updated with a new film and Podcast) Five miles north of Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama was a wonderful example of a temple type mansion,…

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PATRON + Gen. LaFayette Letters – A letter from General Thomas Farrar about LaFayette’s written March 15, 1825

Governor Israel Pickens appointed General Thomas Farrar to accompany General LaFayette on his visit to Alabama in 1825. General Farrar wrote interesting letters about…