Humorous Tombstones Catholic Cemetery, La Pointe, Wisconsin: To the Memory of Abraham Beaulieu Born 18 September 1822 Accidentally shot 4th April 1844 As a…
What is more southern than banana pudding. This is an old recipe which pays attention to details. Colored photography of Banana-cart 1902 (Detroit publishing company…
(This article was prepared by the author, Thomas P. Clinton in 1916, followed by a number of other historical studies of the section treated.…
(Transcribed from Short Sketches of Jackson County, W. P. A. story from Alabama Department of Archives and History,) THE HUGHES FAMILY by Jennie Sue…
DR. WILDS SCOTT DuBOSE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1837-aft. 1904) Shelby County, Alabama Dr. Wilds Scott DuBose, was a physician of standing and good practice…
WILLIAM COOPER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY 1802-1887 Colbert County, Alabama William Cooper was a lawyer in Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama. He was born January 11,…
Scald milk and stir in enough cornmeal to make a batter, add salt. (Do this about 3 o'clock in the afternoon in winter and…
Submitted by Patricia Ross Parker I had always known that my grandmother's maiden name was Baker and that she had lived as a child…
Traditionally, football has always been considered a boy's sport, but a young girl at Escambia High in Atmore, Escambia County, Alabama challenged this practice…
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Reconstructed Bastion on Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama Early Alabama “The territory now called Alabama was but sparsely settled in 1792, except by the…
Tombstones on the grave of wives Maria, wife of Timothy Brown Aged eighty years, And died in the confident hope of a better life.…
The biographies of the Alabamians in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol. IV come from many sources. A good deal of the information…
Uncle Sam the Coffee King by Shannon Hollon A few years ago back during the "war" some of us Alabama boys of Navy Cargo…
“Valley Creek Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church in Valley Grande, Alabama, United States. The two-story red brick church building was built in…
THE AUBURN MALE COLLEGE LAYING THE CORNERSTONE ITS ORGANIZATION Auburn, Ala., August 18, 1857 Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…
(Memorial Day seems a good time to remember what life was like in 1942) I Remember December 7th by Dorothy Graham Gast "Pearl Harbor…
[Transcribed from the Baltimore Sun via the TIMES DAILY, Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama August 4, 1894] In a 1894 speech Hon. Jos. Wheeler of…
Grandma and Grandpa Graham by Dorothy Graham Gast We were blessed to grow up next door to Grandpa and Grandma in Romulus, Alabama. The…
Excerpt transcribed from The Etowah Observer, Alabama City, Alabama March 17, 1932. ATTALLA SOCIAL NEWS CHURCH MEETINGS Circle No. 1 on the Women's Missionary…
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE RECIPES Suet Pudding from 1894 Recipe One cup of suet, chopped fine, one-half cup sugar, one-half cup of molasses, one…
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Portrait of William McIntosh (Alabama State Archives) Note: This has been transcribed from an article written around 1921. Please consider the time-frame of the…
John Wilkes Booth was in the first play held at the Old Montgomery Theatre The old Montgomery Theatre described here became the Webber Department…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8)1 Reverend Daniel S. Burtrick was present in 1838 when the Cherokees were confined to the stockades and…
Words By Heart According to family lore, my first public speaking experience was in our little one-room church in Kentucky when I was three…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) To protect the Cherokees from this intrusion (gold miners) the United States stationed…
Excerpt transcribed from The Etowah Observer, Alabama City, Alabama March 17, 1932. ETOWAH SHOWS MORE PERFECT IN ATTENDANCE County High School Has 183 On…
Happy Birthday! SAMUEL FITTS ALSTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1859-1922) Dallas and Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Samuel Fitts Alston was born January 6, 1859, in Selma…
EDWARD PORTER AMERINE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1868-1904) Coffee and Montgomery County, Alabama Edward Porter Amerine, druggist was born in 1868 in Coffee County, son of…
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