(Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration) Story continued below THE CAUTHEN HOME Lee County, Alabama by WPA writer Preston Klein…
In 1949, a Man from Clanton, Chilton County, Alabama helped push the law to will bodies to lawful science and surgery. The following newspaper…
Dr Jack Shackelford, a pioneer of Alabama, moved to Shelby County, Alabama in 1818 after he served in the War of 1812 on Andrew Jackson's…
Interesting transcription of a story about Birmingham Moonshining From the Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, S.C.– April 9, 1935 by Robert H. Brown, Central Press Writer Birmingham,…
"SCRAPS" RELATING TO THE EARLY HISTORY OF LIMESTONE COUNTY By Thomas Smith Malone The Athens Post, March 7, 1867. Page 2, Column 3. Part…
FRONTIER EVANGELIST THE JOURNAL OF HENRY BRYSON (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 42, Nos. 01 & 02, Spring and Summer 1980) PART…
AN ALABAMA CONTEST The United States presidential election of 1896 was the 28th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1896. It was…
During the War Between the States, men who volunteered for service from the South had to furnish their own clothing and equipment while in…
Several mills were built on the many creeks in Coosa County On Hatchett Creek (in Coosa County) were a number of mills. There was…
Ghost sounds and sightings of apparitions with a general feeling of unease have been reported for years from people visiting the cemetery. Perhaps Revolutionary…
SELWOOD PLANTATION OLD HOMES OF TALLADEGA COUNTY1 (KINGSTON, MT. IDA, SELWOOD, THORNHILL, ALPINE) BY MARY WELCH LEE (MRS. SCEARS LEE) Far off the beaten…
RANDOLPH COUNTY ESTABLISHED By J. M. K. GUINN1 Number One Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 Number Two The General Assembly, in 1832,…
REMINISCENSES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 Part I That portion of East Alabama formerly occupied by the Creek…
LEGEND OF COOSA During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and…
Excerpt transcribed from The Etowah Observer, Alabama City, Alabama March 17, 1932 NON-RESIDENT NOTICE J. H. Stewart, Complainant vs. Ida Stewart, Defendant, Circuit Court…
Old Recipes from 1890's Steamed Potatoes Pare the potatoes, throw them into cold water as they are peeled, then put them in a steamer.…
A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF LAFAYETTE, ALABAMA By Anne Elizabeth Newman Written in LaFayette, Alabama, 1942 A first-time visitor to LaFayette, passing down streets overhung…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3) First Edition Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron/Patreon and unlock even…
Alva Woods (1794 – 1887) was the first president of the University of Alabama. He was a conservative Baptist minister, who had been educated…
Here is an epitaph about a woman who in life was evidently a great gossip: 'Tread softly, reader, lest you wake, The greatest talker that…
CLAYTON, BARBOUR COUNTY, ALABAMA (from History of Barbour County, Alabama. Eufaula, Alabama, 1939 by Mattie Thomas Thompson) Clayton became the county seat of Barbour…
This is a transcribed, unedited, handwritten story from a WPA writer. Some of the words used in this article may not be appropriate today,…
THE RED MAN'S HOME THE WHITE MAN'S EDEN By J. M. K. GUINN1 Number One Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 Alabama was…
Do you collect only names and dates of family ancestry? Then you are missing the most enjoyable part of genealogy. By uncovering facts and…
FIRST COURTHOUSE A LOG CABIN JAIL BUILT IN 1839 By J. M. K. GUINN1 Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 Number Seven Under…
Old Customs in Alabama – Folk Ways During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people and write stories about…
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…
REMINISCENSES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 Part IV and Part V I find that I made a mistake…
First Court at Wedowee, Alabama Held in an Indian Chief's Wigwam RANDOLPH COUNTY SEAT MOVED TO WEDOWEE By J. M. K. GUINN1 Written for…
(Excerpt transcribed from) HISTORY OF COOSA COUNTY by Rev. George E. Brewer (excerpt transcribed from SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES Other Church denominations in Coosa County…
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