Patron Past Stories

Tragic fire on March 10, 1934, threatened to destroy Birmingham.

People Across the Country Heard the News. As people across the country were tuning up their radio dial for something of interest to listen…

Patron Past Stories

Surnames – Simonton, Steagall, Brown, Smith, Espy, and many others visited during Easter of 1920 around Abbeville

(Transcribed from Abbeville Herald, Abbeville, Alabama April 1, 1920) (Transcribed from Abbeville Herald, Abbeville, Alabama April 1, 1920) (Transcribed from Abbeville Herald, Abbeville, Alabama…

Patron Past Stories

This personal diary of Alabama pioneers from 1816 reveals what life was like in surveying the wilderness of Alabama for a place to settle

(Imagine what it was like traversing Alabama alone when it was a wilderness. You can hear the tension in Richard Breckenridge's words as he…