Photo of Rev. J. D. Anthony
Newtown was once set to be larger than Tuscaloosa, Alabama but failed
New Town/West End addition to Tuscaloosa in 1821 A little after this period of time, in 1821, that part of the Tuscaloosa city limits…
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Have you read all these lost and forgotten stories about Alabama?
We have thousands of stories on www.alabamapioneers.com that are only visible to Patron/Patreon members of alabamapioneers.com. Click and join Patron members today and see…
Old photographs to share from Skyline Farms in Jackson County, Alabama- Part 7
The Skyline Farms project, established by the federal government in Jackson County in 1934, was one of the more unique socioeconomic experiments in Alabama…
AUTHOR SUNDAY – “She tried kicking the ice to let the fish have air….see what happened next”
Remember Those Cold Winters? by Dorothy Graham Gast I agree that winters are not as cold as they were in the 40s and 50s.…
Have you ever heard the story about a ghost lady dressed in white on the old Bayview Bridge in Jefferson County?
Did you see her? Most people who have lived in Jefferson County, Alabama for a while have heard the ghost story about the 'lady of…
Did you know the ghost town of Old St. Stephens, Alabama had a Lover’s leap?
Reminiscences of Old St. Stephens PART V - Lover's leap (continued) PART V (Read at the Centennial Celebration, May 6, 1899. It was published…
“Happy Birthday to Joe Louis” – born in LaFayette, Alabama May 13, 1914
Joe Louis, "The Brown Bomber," was born near LaFayette, Alabama on May 13, 1914. His real name is Joe Louis Barrow. Held world heavyweight…
Photographs of wounded World War II veterans in 1945 at Northington Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Photographs of wounded veterans from World War II From time to time we find and publish photographs that might be of interest to families…
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“This was an ingenious way to get water” in Bullock County in the early days – [old photographs]
The people of Bullock County, Alabama were very creative when it came to survival as this invention to bring water down from the mountain shows.…
PATRON + Native American William Weatherford lived with Andrew Jackson after the war
Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation and ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Volume I - IV: Four Volumes in One (Volume 1- Having made peace with…
“The history of colonial Virginia and Maryland comes alive”
Picture of Cottingham family home built 1707 in Maryland - John Cottingham- died in 1723 Inspired by true events, Col. John Washington (ancestor of…
An amazing story and film about the small town of Slapout the hometown of a finalist’s from 2014 American Idol, Jessica Meuse
Holtville High School, Alabama A school in the National & International spotlight (Continued below) Holtville is 27 miles northwest of Montgomery, Alabama and is…
“Many settlers traveled by foot, on wagons, and on flatboats to Alabama”
Some settlers' adventures in the wilderness of the soon-to-be the State of Alabama have been lost to time. Some of them have been found…
Do you know anyone in these unidentified pictures from around the 1890s in Montevallo, Shelby County, Alabama?
Do you have information about these image? Click here to email Alabama Department of Archives and History: mailto:[email protected] and please include file name (located below image)…
PATRON – Excerpts from a diary by Thomas M. Fancher, Bibb County, Alabama – from 1871 – 1889
(This diary excerpt was transcribed for the 1st edition of THE CAHABA JOURNAL (Bibb County, Alabama) THOMAS M. FANCHER DIARY Through the pages of…
AUTHOR SUNDAY – The first Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Birmingham area was located where English Village in Mountain Brook exists today
TUBERCULOSIS SANITARIUMS ARE NO MORE! by JEAN BUTTERWORTH It was announced in the Birmingham News that as of June 1, 2011 that the Public…
{film} Did you know that people were persecuted because of their religious beliefs and some were even killed in the founding days of America?
Read about this sad period of American history in the three-book historical series, Tapestry of Love. Inspired by true events, these three novels take you back…
Andrew Jackson protected friendly Creeks
Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) Jackson Protects Friendly Creeks General Jackson continued to wait for supplies while camped at Fort Strother.…
PATRON + How times have changed! Here is what you had to do when you worked in an office in 1872
Office Rules and Regulations By Geiger, 1872 Office employees will daily sweep the floors, dust the furniture, shelves, and showcases. Each day fill lamps,…
Many of these pioneers to Alabama moved on to Texas at a later date
Bibb County, Alabama was settled around the time that Alabama became a state. The biographies in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol.…
Anne Newport Royall – She was alone in the wilderness with her seven children when she met Andrew Jackson in 1818 – guess what happened next
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her husband…
Archaeologists believe Geneva County, Alabama was inhabited for over 13,000 years
Archaeologists believe that humans have lived in Geneva County, Alabama for at least 13,000 years, perhaps much longer. During the coldest periods of the…
Alexander Grancer Cobb born 1772, SC – died in 1856 Bibb County, Alabama
Don't waste time researching genealogy others have completed. This book is filled with genealogy research, notes and sources of information on Alexander Grancer Cobb's…
“Indian Trails and Early Roads in Alabama” – story written in 1900
Indian Trails and Early Roads written in 1900 by Peter J. Hamilton Scroll down to read story (Unedited Transcription from Publications of the Alabama Historical…
Are any of these men in your ancestral tree?
The biographies of the Alabamians in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol. 2 come from many sources. A good deal of the information comes…
“Politics were never dull” in the early days of Fayette Co., Alabama
(This article has been precisely transcribed (with spelling and grammar mistakes) from FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA which was printed in the Tuscaloosa Gazette August 12,…
Six generations of Isaac Abercrombie of Perry County, Alabama
Isaac Abercrombie was a pioneer of Perry County, Alabama (born 1748 Scotland – died 1825 Alabama) This book is a compilation of six generations…
Are you searching for family members who were in central Alabama prior to 1901? This is a good resource
The University of the State of Alabama was opened on April 18, 1831, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the state's capital at the time, and many…
Many pioneers to Shelby County, Alabama had intertwining relationships
When pioneers moved to new locations, they often traveled in groups and intermarried with those they traveled with on their journey. This was the…