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Humor from the past Morris, an 82-year-old man, went to the doctor to get a physical. A few days later the doctor saw Morris…
WATERWORKS OF GREENSBORO, HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA1 (Published in 1908) It is a far cry from “the old oaken bucket that hung in the well”…
FEATURED BOOK - Searching for Nannie B: Connecting Three Generations of Southern Women by Nancy Owen Nelson How would you be affected if your…
There were several plank roads in Alabama before the advent of the railroad. They have disappeared now. Plank roads were short-lived in Alabama A…
EXCERPT FROM JOURNAL OF MRS. GOVERNOR JOHN GAYLE 1 (Mrs. Gayle, wife of John Gayle, Alabama's seventh Governor, left a journal which her descendants…
In the Tuscaloosa News on July 17, 1935 Montgomery, Alabama Governor Bibb Graves today had set in motion the machinery to disburse $500,000 appropriated…
Transcribed from July 22, 1921, The Ashland Progress
MEMORIES OF ENSLEY by Caroline I was born in Ensley, I believe on a corner of Prince Street. There were streets like 'Ave. I'--'G'…
An Excerpt from DALE COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR (Reminiscences of Mary Love (Edwards) Fleming)1 When the Civil War was going…
Our mothers and grandmothers did not have all the kitchen tools we have today. This is how they made Potato Straws. How to Make…
This biography is also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) COL. JONATHAN NEWTON SMITH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b.…
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Too Many McKnights (submitted by Joe McKnight) My Paternal grandfather, William Charles McKnight, was born in Calhoun County, GA. in 1864 and migrated to…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol. III MAJ. MILES WASHINGTON ABERNATHY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1801-1877)…
HOLY GROUND CAMPAIGN AND BATTLE The principal campaign and engagement between the Creeks and the whites in South Alabama, continuing for several weeks and…
Did you know.......? "On April 12, 1887, Henry DeBardeleben and his partners sold the first lots for the new city of Bessemer, Alabama located…
Two men were walking home after a party and decided to take a shortcut through the cemetery just for laughs. Right in the middle of the…
Dale County, Alabama was originally inhabited by members of the Creek Indian nation, who occupied all of southeastern Alabama during this period. Between the years of…
Suggestion from a member of the Alabama Pioneers community: I want to add some helpful hints to researching our English ancestors: IF (and I did…
NOTE: Dexter Roberts was one of three Alabama finalists of American Idol for 2014. He is from the town of Fayette which is the county…
(The following has been transcribed from Chapter Two of Jefferson County and Birmingham History 1887 by Teeple & Smith Publishers) JEFFERSON COUNTY AS IT WAS…
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This transcription of an editorial from the Birmingham Iron Age of September 15, 1881 could have been written today. The city of Birmingham, Alabama…
“Neither rain, nor snow, nor … texting” by Steve A. Maze Arab, Alabama For the most part, today’s modern post office consists of nice…
The "city" of Birmingham was incorporated by the legislature, December 19, 1871. Birmingham was founded in July 1871, through the merger of three pre-existing…
Dogs the Wheeler family has loved have a strange list of names. First was Trigonometry, a math hound; Lady, a black dachshund named for…
Elyton in Jefferson County, Alabama was the location of many early settlers of Jefferson County. This story reveals some of the earliest residents. (Please note…
OLD GREENSBORO FEMALE ACADEMY1 Published 1908 In December, 1839, a meeting was held in the Greensboro Lyceum (in Hale County, Alabama) by the subscribers…
Journalistic Warfare: The Atlanta Constitution, the Birmingham Age-Herald and the Rube Burrow Interview by William Warren Rogers, Jr A sensational headline, "Rube Talks Constitution…
ARRESTED A Probate Judge Arrested Under Requisition from the Governor of Texas, Charged with Stealing a Horse1 (From the Troy Enquirer 1880) Yesterday Mr.…
