Patron Past Stories

Patriotism saved a man from jail sentence May 23, 1901 in Elba, Alabama

(Transcribed excerpts from The Elba Clipper, Elba, Alabama, May 23, 1901) SOLDIER WAS DISCHARGED Joe Harrison of Coffee County has reason to congratulate himself…

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…