(Excerpts transcribed from Tuscaloosa Weekly Times, Tuscaloosa, Alabama May 12, 1899) (Photograph of Engine of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad in front of a…
(Transcribed extracts from The Bangor Broad-Axe, Bangor, Blount County, Alabama, June 2, 1860) LAW NOTICE! All persons who are indebted to me for legal…
Land sales listed in The Bangor Broad-Axe, Bangor, Blount County, Alabama, June 2, 1876 (Transcribed extracts from The Bangor Broad-Axe, Bangor, Blount County, Alabama,…
The three following epitaphs are copied from the tombstones of representative men of of Native American tribes of New England. At Oldtown, Maine, over the…
Excerpt transcribed from The Livingston Journal, Livingston, Alabama -July 15, 1865 Vinegar of the Four Thieves: Recipes & Curious Tips from the Past Have…
Interesting tombstone epitaphs from around the world: Stephen Remnant Here’s a Remnant of life, and a Remnant of death, Taken off both at once…
This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume I GEORGE FOOTE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1784-1825) MADISON and LIMESTONE…
PATRON - First permanent settlement in Conecuh County, Alabama identified Conecuh County Early Days by Rev. B. F. Riley In the latter part of…
Did you know that the low places in Greensboro, Alabama were from extensive reed brakes where cattle died? Before white settlers moved into the…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer HENRY W. HODGES BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. ca. 1780) Madison,…
The composer of the Star-Spangled Banner was sent to Alabama in 1833 to solve a serious problem with Indians. (This was transcribed by the…
PATRON - Jackson County, Alabama boundaries have changed three times. From HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA by John Robert Kennamer, Decatur, Al 1935: Condensed…
AUTHOR SUNDAY - Did his Grandma see a Mermaid in Alabama? Cute story..... My Grandmother by Dennis W Smith My grandmother was born Malissy…
On July 1-3, 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg was fought during the Civil War. Often referred to as the "High Water Mark of the…
The story of the Killing of Dr. Hellen in Greensboro, Alabama published in 1908. Killing of Dr. Hellen1 (Published in 1908) Up to twenty-five or thirty years…
PATRON - The story of Ira Harmon, riverboat Pilot, who piloted boats down the Coosa to the Alabama River during the Civil War -…
PATRON + Read how Daniel Pratt almost lost his life in a freak accident in Prattville, Alabama This excerpt is a transcribed history of…
Recently, I was scheduled to have some minor surgery and the nurse called me on the phone to obtain some medical history. Questions, like…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer DR. WILLIAM THOMAS ABRAHAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1834-1898) Marengo County, and Mobile,…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer THOMAS JEFFERSON MARTIN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1842-aft. 1904) Shelby County, Alabama Thomas…
PATRON+ SATURDAY SECRETS - How to make great tea, morocco, and kid shoes in 1886! HOUSEHOLD HINTS FROM 1886 The lustre of morocco is…
PATRON + FUNNY FRIDAY: This is hilarious! But I imagine it was true. . . A prominent physician of Baltimore tells of an amusing…
PATRON + MONDAY MUSINGS – Did you know that the Confederate States had no Supreme Court? (Excerpt transcribed from The South Alabamian, Jackson, Clarke…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer JAMES HAMILTON EDWARDS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1857-1922) Pike County, Alabama James Hamilton…
Continued stories from Rev. R. W. Brooks of Escambia, County, Alabama written in 1939 - his first and last political speech My first and…
PATRON + Tecumseh's Arrival in Alabama described by a witness This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3)…
PATRON + Could this be the University of Alabama's highest-scoring game? I wonder what the University of Alabama's highest-scoring game has been. I ran…
EUFAULA, ALABAMA Indian Tribes and their Homes -1825 (Transcribed from: History of Eufaula, Alabama: the bluff city of the Chattahoochee By J. A. B. Besson…
Did you know? In Montgomery, Alabama it is considered an offense to open an umbrella on a street, for fear of spooking horses? In Lee…
Old Southern University Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama Old Southern University was built in 1857 by Mullins and Hall of Selma, Alabama. It was owned…
![PATRON + These veterans showed much dignity and respect toward each other as they put the Civil War behind them [vintage pictures & film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/CSA-and-GAR-at-encampment-220x160.jpg)
