Thomas Simpson Woodward - Brig. Gen. of the Alabama Militia - died in 1861 Letter from General Thomas Simpson Woodard to Col. Albert J.…
The following excerpt has been transcribed from Clarke County, Alabama, and Its Surroundings, Timothy Horton Ball, Clarke County Historical Society, 1879 Near Suggsville, Alabama,…
The first governor of Alabama Territory, Gov. William Wyatt Bibb, wrote this message to the Legislature of the Alabama Territory (Transcribed from Natchez Gazette,…
(From The Evening Post New York, New York August 21, 1817) Much valuable information to emigrants and others, is contained in the following letter…
Excerpt from HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA by John Robert Kennamer, Decatur, Al 1935: Condensed by Josephine Lindsay Bass on July 26, 1996. The…
(Transcribed From The Evening Post New York, New York-August 21, 1817) Much valuable information to emigrants and others, is contained in the following letter…
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American woman who worked as a seamstress, boarded a Montgomery City bus to go home…
From the Montgomery Mail, Nov. 24, 1858. LETTER FROM J. K. KLINCK, OF TENNESSEE. Eds. Mail: Having lately read some sketches of the Creek…
PATRON - First permanent settlement in Conecuh County, Alabama identified Conecuh County Early Days by Rev. B. F. Riley In the latter part of…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) traveler and author, was one of the first newspaperwomen in America. When her husband died…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler and writer and was one of the first newspaperwomen. The caustic observations…
CLAYTON, BARBOUR COUNTY, ALABAMA (from History of Barbour County, Alabama. Eufaula, Alabama, 1939 by Mattie Thomas Thompson) Clayton became the county seat of Barbour…
THE RED MAN'S HOME THE WHITE MAN'S EDEN By J. M. K. GUINN1 Number One Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 Alabama was…
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MACON COUNTY.*1 By H. M. King Written in 1881 NUMBER VI. Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…
This biography is also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) JOSEPH GLOVER BALDWIN GENEALOGY and BIOGRAPHY (1815…
Excerpts from the History of Coosa County, Alabama Chapter One By Rev. George E. Brewer (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No.…
(Margaret Eades was the wife of Jeremiah Austill of the Legendary Canoe Fight. She, like her husband was an early pioneers of Alabama. In…
Captain Sam Dale - Alabama Pioneer An episode of the Creek Indian War, November 12, 1813. Following Fort Mims massacre, numerous depredations were made…
The Alabama Territory Through An 1819 Visitor's Eyes Justus Wyman, the author of this description of Alabama, was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, September 16,…
This story can also be found in ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: A Collection of Lost & Forgotten Stories After the opening of roads through the…
(Imagine what it was like traversing Alabama alone when it was a wilderness. You can hear the tension in Richard Breckenridge's words as he…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Confrontation: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 4) Tecumseh Causes Earthquake The Native American Chief Tecumseh arrived in Alabama in 1811…
THE HISTORY OF MARION SKETCHES OF LIFE in Perry County, Alabama By S. A. Townes "Vive La Bagatelle." MARION, ALABAMA Printed by Dennis Dykom…
(The following story is the first section of a news article written in 1817 which is descriptive of Mobile, Blakeley, St. Stephens and Jackson,…
(Continued TOWNS IN THE ALABAMA TERRITORY) (The following story is the second section of a news article written in 1817 which is descriptive of…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler and writer and was one of the first newspaperwomen. She married Captain…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler and writer and was one of the first newspaperwomen. She married Captain…
November 1819 Term of County of Cahawba Minutes This was published in 1st edition of THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL (It has been copied as it…
This was published in 1st edition of THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL (It has been copied as it was written in THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL) Intermediate Court…
This story can also be found in the book Alabama Footprints: Immigrants The War of 1812 confirmed the separate existence of the United States…
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