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…
Here is the story from the June 27, 1891 Times Daily newspaper in Florence, Alabama. STARTLING CHANGE Alabama Takes the First Place long held…
RECIPE WEDNESDAY: Unusual Weights and Measures from 1880s and today's equivalents & other tips Household hints from the past: "A delicious whipped cream substitute…
(Men sometimes settled their differences with guns in early Alabama as this story reveals) From The Weekly Iron Age, Birmingham, Alabama 5/21/1885 BY ONE BALL…
President James Abram Garfield was assassinated on July 2, 1881. He lingered for eleven weeks and died on September 19, 1881, at Long Branch,…
The information and illustrations below are excerpts from a book written in 1887 as a prospectus for future investors in Tuscaloosa. Tuskaloosa (Tuscaloosa) is…
Some News From The Weekly Iron Age, Birmingham, Alabama 5/21/1885 Nineteen Oxen Lost Mr. W. J. Morgan, of Walker county, was in the city…
Some State of Alabama News in 1880 (Transcribed from The Bibb Blade (Six Mile, Alabama) April 1, 1880) Florence is to be lit with…
Patron – Personal Notes from the Shelby County Iron Works, Alabama - 1883 (Excerpt from The Shelby Chronicle, Columbiana, Alabama, Nov. 22, 1883) DOTS…
PERSONALS (Excerpt from The Tallapoosa New Era, Dadeville, Alabama, January 6, 1887) Judge J. M. Chilton, of Opelika, was in Dadeville Monday. Messrs. William…
(This was transcribed for the 1st edition of THE CAHABA JOURNAL and it is included here using the same words from as published in…
The Iron Age was a Birmingham newspaper owned and edited by W. C. Garrett and Frank V. Evans in the early days of Birmingham.…
BLOUNT COUNTY SHERIFF & MORTGAGE SALES (Transcribed extracts from Blount County News-Dispatch, Blountsville, Alabama, March 19, 1879) To satisfy a fi-fa in my hands,…
Patron – Some Land for rent, taxes and Probate court and Sheriff's sale in Tallapoosa County January 6, 1887 (Excerpt from The Tallapoosa New…
NOTICES FOR PUBLICATION (Transcribed extracts from the Herald-Journal (Bessemer, Alabama) Dec. 20, 1888) LAND OFFICE AT MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA November 21st, 1888 Notice is…
ABOUT TOWN (Transcribed extracts from the Herald-Journal (Bessemer, Alabama) Dec. 20, 1888) A wrong impression having gone abroad, Dr. S. W. Talley, the dentist,…
PERSONAL Note: Some of the Personal mentions were omitted because the newspaper was too faded and they were unreadable. (Transcribed extracts from the Herald-Journal…
Local news and information from Anniston October 20, 1883 (Transcribed from Anniston Hot Blast, Anniston, Alabama, October 20, 1883) Death of a child The…
News gathered from Selma, Rome, Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta and Birmingham News –October 20, 1883 (Transcribed from Anniston Hot Blast, Anniston, Alabama, October 20, 1883)…
SOME UNFORGOTTEN INCIDENTS AT HAYNEVILLE, IN LOWNDES COUNTY, IN THE YEAR 1886, THE CHARLESTON EARTHQUAKE, AND OTHERS ELSEWHERE by Samuel Walker Catts Written in…
Shelby County, Alabama Electors and Deputy Sheriffs for election in 1884 (Transcribed from The Shelby Chronicle, Shelby County, Alabama October 2, 1884) TO WHOM…
Man's foot is crushed by a train, Emma Porter died, and a train ran over a cow. (Transcribed from The Shelby Chronicle, Shelby County,…
STATE TRIAL DOCKET The following is the order of business on the state trial docket, Fall term 1884 (Transcribed from The Shelby Chronicle, Thursday…
A funny story—I bet he would be shocked at the world today. Do you know what the name of the store could have been on…
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