(Transcribed from Cleburne New Era, Heflin, Alabama, March 26, 1891) PERSONALS Mrs. J. H. Spivey has moved in --- the house with her Jesse,…
COTTAGE CHEESE 1924 Setting -Place clean sweet milk in pan or bucket and let stand until it is good firm clabber, temperature 75 degrees…
This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) and ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Volume I -…
There were evidently some disagreements about historical events and people between Gen. Woodward and Col. Pickett as can be seen in the letter below. …
DR. OTTO MOEBES LED GERMAN GROUP TO MORGAN COUNTY Submitted by Mrs. Donald H. Petersen 1614 Banbury Ln., Carrollton, TX 75006 [email protected] Progenitor of…
A Certain Straw Hat Stories to Tell By Jean Butterworth As I reflected on the Alabama stories that Clarke Stallworth told in a recent…
Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part VI 1 John Martin Crook Calhoun County John Martin Crook was born about 1810…
This is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) First Edition AND and ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Volume…
Creamed Oysters Recipe from 1897 Drain 50 oysters: wash by pouring gradually over them a pitcher of cold water; put them in a saucepan…
"OLD CLAY BANK CHURCH" Emmie Martin Hunt Ozark, Alabama One of the most interesting spots in Dale County is, "Old Clay Bank Church." More…
[T.S. Woodward settled was in Alabama at a very early date. In this letter to a newspaper editor in Alabama written in 1858, he…
The Marvel City Bessemer, Alabama was founded in the spring of 1887 as an important industrial center, popularly known as the "Marvel City." It…
Are you shopping for Father's Day? Take a trip back in time to 1940 in Anniston, Alabama before WWII and see what was available…
Dr. John R. Drish House, also known simply as the Drish House, is a historic plantation house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It is considered by…
Here is a newspaper account from The Tuscaloosa News, August 2, 1937 about the suit of an Alabama woman A Suit Comes To An…
In 1844, there was a disagreement about the center of Cherokee County [see film] HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY ALABAMA1 Part VII In…
One-room schoolhouses were common in rural communities before the 1940s, but they often meant that more advanced courses were not offered to many students.…
The hyphen is a little sign used in the English language. It unites or joins two or more words, and their respective meanings to…
Gen. Bedford Forrest was involved with the railroad in Greensboro, Alabama after the Civil War RAILROADS1 There has been but one railroad in Greensboro…
(Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev. George Evans Brewer, 1887) Campbell, Lovelady, and Downing were appointed commissioners for Coosa County, Alabama…
During the 1930s, in the Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people and write stories about life in the United States.…
(Excerpt from The Cullman Tribune, Cullman, Alabama, January 11, 1884) TRAGEDY IN WALKER A Murder and a Lynching on the Same Spot Mr. L.…
Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part IX 1 J. G. Hawkins Washington County No information for sketch is available. Jeremiah…
Roosters for sale and names of Boza citizens sick from Flu epidemic (Transcribed from The Boaz Leader, Boaz, Alabama, January 6, 1916) Death rates…
Leroy the Rooster Made his escape in Talladega by Johnny Ponder Back in the late '50s we lived on South Street in Talladega. Momma…
Jefferson County, Alabama was once a part of Blount County...here are some early citizens UPDATED! The following description of early Jefferson County, Alabama, written…
(Transcribed from The Guntersville Advertiser, Guntersville, Alabama June 9, 1914) PERSONAL NEWS Mrs. Arthur Rains spent a day in Gadsden last week. Miss Berta…
Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part VIII1 Henry Mitchell Gay Randolph County A son of Gilbert Gay, he was born…
(Transcribed from The Guntersville Advertiser, Guntersville, Alabama June 9, 1914) PERSONAL NEWS Mr. Allan Todd went to Huntsville today. Prof. Creel of the High…
(Transcribed from The Guntersville Advertiser, Guntersville, Alabama June 9, 1914) Mr. J. W. Hunnicut, merchant, capitalist, banker and farmer, proposes to experiment in the…
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