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JOHN G. AIKEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1803 -1865) Tuscaloosa and Baldwin County, Alabama John Gaston Aiken, lawyer, was born November 29, 1803, in South…
Telephones, party lines and people in old Perote, Bullock County, Alabama REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi (This…
Have you ever lost a purse or billfold? If you have you know the sinking feeling in the bottom of your stomach. Of…
Christmas Memories of Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy by Inez McCollum As I think back to Christmases shared by my parents, brother and I,…
Around the turn of the century, immigrants from many regions of the United States and from other countries began populating Baldwin County: Italians settled…
Reminiscences of Old St. Stephens, Part IV - Masonic Lodge and Indian baths PART IV (Read at the Centennial Celebration, May 6, 1899. It…
Anne Newport Royall - Traveling to Huntsville on horseback in 1817 was not without humor as this letter reports Anne Royall (June 11, 1769…
DAVID ALEN ADERHOLT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1841- 1925) St. Clair County, Alabama David Alen Aderholt, a real estate dealer, was born in Lincolnton, Lincoln…
SECOND APPEAL FOR TOYS MADE BY FIRE CHIEF (Transcribed from 1941 news clipping) Contributions Will Be Given To Poor Families During Christmas Season With…
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Samuel Lowery was believed to have been born around 1760 in Ireland. He married Hanna Jeffers/Peppers in Virginia. She was born 1768 in Virginia…
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Click to Become a Patron and see stories like this Scottsboro is a city in Jackson County, Alabama, uniquely situated about 30 miles from…
Skyline Farms was one of 43 similar projects to assist and relocate farmers devastated by the Great Depression in a new home with a…
It's almost Christmas. I hope life isn't too frantic for you. When I look back on life, there is one thing I will always…
Continued - The following has been transcribed from Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society: New series, Volume 4 By Alabama Historical Society 1904 THE…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI HON. LITTLEBERRY JAMES HALEY, JR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1865-1927)…
RECALLING BIRMINGHAM MEMORIES by Jean Butterworth Most people enjoy sharing their stories. I was in a group of Hoover Historical Society members and guests…
Great book for genealogists as a reference book as well—from Alabama's first historian! Pickett's History of Alabama: And Incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi from the…
WILLIAM DAVID LACEY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1844-1905) Shelby County, Alabama In the county of Shelby, Alabama and in the farming community of Maylene, lived…
The Roads Home by Randal Champion The Bear Creek Clubhouse was about two miles from my home in Tuscaloosa County. Deer season started in…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) traveler and author, was one of the first newspaperwomen in America. She married Captain William…
During my research for my historical fiction novel in this series, I was excited to discover a photograph (below) of a Cottingham house built…
Dueling occurred everywhere in the United States, including Alabama from its earliest history until about 1861, notwithstanding stringent laws against it as a way…
A Collection of Perry County, Alabama Pioneers Volume I - reveals the relationships between the TUBB, MAHAN, FORD, MCCAULEY, OAKES, WATTERS, EDWARDS, BENNETT, RADFORD,…
Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) Tecumseh expected a reward from the King of England It's a long journey from the region…
AUGUSTUS HOLMES ALSTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1847-1918) Barbour County, Alabama Augustus Holmes Alston was a lawyer, and supernumerary circuit judge. He was born in…
BRAISED TURKEY FROM THE 1870s (Transcribed from The Times-Argus, Selma, Alabama January 27, 1870) Lard a deep pan with pork and calves' foot from…
This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) A priest and a fur trader…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was by some accounts the first professional woman journalist in the United States. When her…
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