Tag: 1870’s

Designer of the Alabama flag and the parents of a man in Montgomery went to Abraham Lincoln’s wedding

June 14, 2017 June 13, 2017by Donna R Causey

HISTORIC HOMES By AUGUSTA MARTIN BUTLER (Mrs. Eugene Butler written in 1930) (transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly Volume 1, No. 2, Summer Issue…

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The picturesque, historic town of Cullman, Alabama was hit by EF4 tornado in 2011, but did not let it break them [see photographs]

April 27, 2017 June 22, 2018by Donna R Causey

Cullman is the county seat of Cullman County, in the north-central part of the county, on Brindley Mountain, about 2 miles west of Little…

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Remarkable 1876 letter from Texas to Alabama mentions how former resident Walker K. Baylor died in Texas in 1845

March 23, 2017 March 20, 2017by Donna R Causey

Letter from Tyler, Texas March 2, 1876 printed in the Birmingham Iron Age March 23, 1876 -from Thomas Smith to Frank Grace. This is…

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A major weather system occurred in the south around February 24th, 1875

February 24, 2017 January 26, 2018by Donna R Causey

A major weather system occurred in the south around February 24th, 1875 with severe flooding and tornadoes. Flooding washed out many roads and railroad…