Design of Alabama State Capitol building When Alabama's Capital was moved to Montgomery. the building was designed by Architect Stephen Decatur Button of Philadelphia. The…
(Transcribed extracts from The Silent Eye, Avondale, Jefferson County, Alabama December 14, 1901) CHRISTMAS SUPERSTITIONS People who are born on Christmas Eve have the…
EARLY JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA Jackson County, Alabama was created by an act of the legislature December 13, 1819. Its territory was formed from that…
Return to Alabama of Dissatisfied Emigrant to Brazil from the MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA ADVERTISER, Aug. 10, 1867 Scroll down to read this story There arrived…
HONEYBEES AND BEE-KEEPING IN ALABAMA (Transcribed from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume 1 By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen 1921) Bee-keeping is…
CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY Episcopal, Huntsville, Ala (A reprint from the program issued by the Church on its Centennial Anniversary, 1843-1943.) The first officially…
First Toll bridge in Alabama is now a historic landmark The first toll bridge in Alabama to be officially dedicated was the John Turner…
The Peanut Patch by Randal Champion submitted by Jean Butterworth Dad planted peanuts every year on our farm in Tuscaloosa County. When I was…
IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE IN ALABAMA SLOWLY (The following was transcribed as written from: Alabama, Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men: From 1540 to…
I recently had a question about how to purchase my books when you are living in another country and I thought others may have…
Established by members of the Methodist Church East Alabama Male College was an educational institution of high grade, established by members of the Methodist…
I wonder what happened that caused this ban of toy pistols on Christmas Day? TOY PISTOLS WERE BANNED ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA AN ORDINANCE…
Shooting Mistletoe by Shannon Hollon For many Christmas Eve's the Uncles, Aunts and Cousins would gather from miles around at my grandparents house(Big Mama…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was by some accounts the first professional woman journalist in the United States. When her…
The Day I was Born by Virginia Faye Floyd Peiffer My mom told me about the day I was born. I will never forget.…
Have you put up a Christmas Tree? Christmas trees appeared in Germany about 1600 and a few might have been found among German settlers…
JUST LIKE MINE By Joyce Ray Wheeler We were so young in 1953 when my husband became a mathematics professor at Howard College…
Take two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, half a pint of fresh cider, nutmeg, one teaspoonful of salaratua or volatile salts, and…
FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA By HON. E. A. POWELL CHAPTER I To one who has spent more than half a century, as it…
Red Velvet Cake Tradition by Jean Butterworth Many years ago I started making a red velvet cake for my family, especially for my son…
MAJOR CAMPBELL WALLACE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1806-1895) GEORGIA Major Campbell Wallace was born in Sevier County, Tennessee, on December 7, 1806 to Jesse and…
JAMES ROBERT POWELL "DUKE OF BIRMINGHAM" BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1814 -1883) by John Witherspoon DuBose The year 1818, before Alabama had been admitted into…
On July 10, 1820, Alabama’s first governor, William Wyatt Bibb, died as a result of injuries received in a riding accident on his plantation.…
Decorating the Tree by Inez McCollum Most of you are in the process of decorating your Christmas Tree. My late husband would get so…
Jeremiah Austill ((1793- 1881) was one of the participants of the famous Canoe Fight that took place in Alabama in 1813. We hear his…
A Traumatic and Memorable Christmas by Joe McKnight One Christmas in my early childhood stands out as both traumatic and memorable. We lived at…
EARLY HISTORY OF CLEBURNE COUNTY, ALABAMA (Excerpt transcribed from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, 1921) Cleburne County was created by the…
Long involved in state and national efforts to reform child labor laws, Loraine Bedsole (Bush) Tunstall was largely responsible for the establishment of the…
Pass Along Shrubbery - They remind me of old friends Around my yard, there are several shrubs that were passed along to me by…
Christmas Surprise by Clifford Dobyns I was five years old in 1937 and unknown to me was that my parents had decided to get…
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