Tag: 1800’s

Patron Past Stories

Yellow fever epidemics and Free Land

Yellow fever epidemics were particularly difficult in Montgomery and Mobile, Alabama during 1853 and 1870s. Recently, a mass burial site was uncovered in Montgomery,…

Patron Past Stories

Vice President Aaron Burr hid in Dismals Canyon in Franklin County, Alabama after killing political rival Alexander Hamilton [pictures]

Dismals Canyon is located in the town of Phil Campbell in the northwestern part of Franklin County, Alabama. Several outlaws have allegedly hidden in the…