The Adventures (or MISadventures) of Lily by Becki McAnnally Another chapter in the (mis)adventures of my grandmother, Lily. This story involves a “Yankee” visitor…
DR. JOHN WALTER GRIMES BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1868-1914) Tallapoosa and Talladega Alabama Dr. John Walter Grimes, of Talladega Springs, was a son of Thomas…
COLBERTIANS By R. L. James SECTION III OBITUARIES AND CEMETERY RECORDS To the Readers of the Alabama Historical Quarterly: (The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol.…
JAMES CROW NABORS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1858- aft. 1904) Calhoun and Shelby County, Alabama James Crow Nabors was one of the highly respected farmers…
SAM ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1834-1880) Tuscaloosa and Chilton County, Alabama Sam Adams, a planter, and merchant, was born April 17, 1834, at Chester,…
WILLIAM BROCKMAN BANKHEAD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1874 - 1940) Lamar, Madison County, Walker County, Alabama William Brockman Bankhead was born on his family's plantation…
The Big Fishing Trip by Joe Baxter Davis In about 1944, we lived in Equality, Coosa County, Alabama. Our friend Jack told us about…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V CHARLES GIBSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800 – May…
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Hueytown Debate Team April 4, 1939 (from Times Daily, Florence, Alabama April 4, 1939) Members of the Hueytown high school debating team, shown above,…
Note: This story was written in 2015 before Harper Lee passed away. Alabama is proud of our native Alabama lady, Miss Harper Lee who…
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This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V REV. ISAAC WASHINGTON WILKES Biography and Genealogy (1822-1894) Dale,…
Do you remember when all computers looked like this? Early computers looked something like this (Library of Congress) I remember the first IBM Ramac computer installed…
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This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V JOHN ASA ROUNTREE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1867 AL…
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The old-fashioned cakes our grandmother made were the best. Following is the recipe; SCROLL DOWN TO SEE RECIPE To one quart of warm water…
The Fayette County Courthouse burned twice, once in 1866 and again in 1911. There is a traditional story that the first fire was deliberately set…
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THE WALKERS (Transcribed from Short Sketches of Jackson County, W. P. A. story from Alabama Department of Archives and History,) Edgar Walker, Landowner Dorans…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V SAMUEL EARLE GREENE Biography and Genealogy (b. 1853 d.…
[This is quite a story that reveals what travel was like in 1830] THE TRIP by BUD and TERRY ANDERSON Excerpted and paraphrased by…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XI INDIAN OCCUPANCY OF TALLADEGA The battle of Talladega, fought between the hostile…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI JAMES BASS COBBS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1856-1925) Jefferson and…
This man evidently loved food according to his epitaph: On a tombstone from 1690, are these lines: "Here lies the bones Of Joseph Jones,…
