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PATRON – Cherokee County – a site where the ‘Trail of Tears’ Indians were placed in a stockade [film & photographs]
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PATRON + Coosa County Baptists had a major split because of differing beliefs in early Alabama
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PATRON + GOOD OLE DAYS: Children’s clothing has really changed as can be seen in these vintage photographs of some Alabama children
Children’s clothing has really changed as can be seen in these vintage photographs of some Alabama children
AUTHOR SUNDAY – The Catawba Indians, though a war-like nation – forgotten friends of the white settlers
In the story Native Americans fought on both sides of the Civil War , only the five Native American tribes were mentioned. The Catawba Indians have often been left out of historical accounts. A reader graciously shared this information about the Catawbas and their participation in the Civil War. The The Catawba Nation is the only federally recognized tribe […]
UPDATED WITH PODCAST – Alabama threw parties for Lafayette [photographs] and Selma played a prank on the citizens of their town
General Lafayette General Lafayette, on his visit to America in 1824-25, spent the early days of April, 1825, in what is the State of Alabama. He entered the Creek Nation, at Fort Mitchell, on the Chattahoochee, in Russell County, traversed the Old Federal Road as far as Mount Meigs, detoured to include the village of […]
Have you ever attended the fall festival in Jackson, Alabama?
Jackson, Clarke County, Alabama The town of Jackson in Clarke County, Alabama is holds an annual fall festival. See Fall Festival for more information Home of first Agricultural College in the State of Alabama On the eastern bank of the Tombigbee River just north of the mouth of Bassetts Creek in Clarke County, Alabama, is located […]
Baldwin County Has Been The Theatre Of The Most Striking Events In Alabama’s History
Historical events in that have occurred in Baldwin County include the following: In 1560, across its northern border marched the Tristan de Luna expedition from Mobile Bay on its way to found the short-lived colony of Nanipacna, located most probably on Boykins’ Ridge in Wilcox County. About a century and a half later the soldiers of […]
Happy Birthday Rickwood! – the oldest standing baseball stadium in the nation
RICKWOOD FIELD – THE OLDEST STANDING BASEBALL STADIUM IN THE NATION HAS A BIRTHDAY ON AUGUST 18TH Thanks to A. H. “Rick” Woodward, Birmingham, Alabama has the oldest standing baseball stadium anywhere. Woodward, a Birmingham industrialist, bought the controlling interest in the city’s professional baseball team, the Coal Barons. With the help of Connie Mack, […]
PATRON + Fox hunting in Alabama – very different from colonial America [ vintage photographs]
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Village of Washington in 1886 – names of people – first county seat of Autauga County, Alabama
[Great descriptions of people and where they lived in early Autauga county, Alabama before 1886!] VILLAGE OF WASHINGTON, AUTAUGA COUNTY, ALABAMA (from history of Autauga County, Alabama written around 1886 by Shadrack Mims) (The first county seat of Autauga County, Alabama was at Jackson’s Mill but the court only met there long enough to select […]
PATRON – Castleberry, and the Legend of gold in Shipp’s Pond, Conecuh County, Alabama
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Over time, it seems barns develop a personality and become beautiful
Alabama barns over the years take on a character of their own. These photos by Carol Highsmith bring back memories of olden days. The barn below, near Gadsden, Alabama, has seen better days but is still defiantly standing The lean-to on the side looks sturdy but I’m not so sure about the rest I love the red […]
AUTHOR SUNDAY – Are you documenting your memories? This is how we use to do it…
Scrapbooks the Old Fashioned Way by Jean Butterworth Cleaning out drawers is always a tiresome chore, but here is what I discovered after many years of staying hidden in a drawer…… my baby book and a scrapbook. Now, the modern ways of keeping scrapbooks are called “Scrapbooking” or create your memories. I have a friend […]
“Today, this old cotton mill village in Huntsville has” been revitalized [vintage pictures]
In 1898 the Merrimack Manufacturing Company, based in Lowell, Massachusetts, began to look for a location to build a cotton spinning mill in the Southern United States. Tracy W. Pratt, a Huntsville businessman who owned the West Huntsville Cotton Mill convinced the company to choose a site southwest of Huntsville. (continued below ) Mill on […]
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) or the hyperlink of the image. Four children in the yard of a house in Montevallo, Alabama ca. 1890 Q40174 One of the children is seated in a toy stroller Group […]
PATRON + Time to celebrate! [1937 photographs of people from Jackson County, Alabama] This is what they did for fun at Skyline Farms – Part 6 –
1937 photographs of citizens from Jackson County, Alabama
PATRON + Did you know that “Pat Garrett” who killed “Billy the Kid” was born in Chambers County, Alabama in 1850
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PATRON + Dallas county, Alabama Plantation House moved – [film and photographs]
(It’s amazing how far this historic house was moved and still remained intact!) Historic Molette Plantation house, Dallas County The historic Molette Plantation house which has been in one family for seven generations still remains in the family after it was moved several miles, renovated and converted into a model of 21st century energy efficiency. […]
PATRON + Circular orb above her head in the photograph – Is it James Taylor Ross?
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Do you remember the animated Christmas decorations in store windows?
CHRISTMAS WITH THREE GROWING BOYS by Inez McCollum Christmas time was so special when our three sons were small. I was a stay-at-home Mom, so money was tight. However, I would not trade that time with those little boys! We had several traditions which we looked forward to each year. Activities at church were numerous, […]
PATRON + Beautiful Alabama State Capitol burned [see story and photographs]
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PARTON +Did you know that Auburn University [old photographs] was almost located in Greensboro, Alabama?
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PATRON + Have you ever observed a ghost at this former Dallas Mill area in Huntsville at night? {vintage pics}
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PATRON + Could this be the University of Alabama’s highest-scoring game?
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PATRON + Amazing video! PATRON + Actual words of survivors. Could you live through these days?
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PATRON + Did you know that Foley, Alabama has a secret tunnel under the city – watch the [video] and see old photographs of Foley
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PATRON + Only photo of 1836 Chambers County Courthouse was found in the cornerstone when opened in 2003
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PATRON + Films, pictures and story of the 1920s and 1930s, and memories of Perry and Dallas County, Alabama
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PATRON + Did you know Greenville, Alabama was first named Buttsville? [see vintage photographs]
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