Battelle is now a privately owned ghost town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States, but on "Thursday evening, November 25th, 1915, Battelle had on…
The new bustling business district of the city of Birmingham, Alabama was almost destroyed by fire in 1905- Here are some actual news accounts…
{The Downing Industrial School was an early school in Alabama for young ladies - and the life-long passion of one man} Rev. J. M.…
I never know what I'm going to run across when I do research. Sometimes I've found old photographs in strange places and wonder why…
Before 1861, Bear Creek in Marion County, Alabama was known as Allen's Factory. It was named for the first settlers of that name who…
The Decatur Daily is one of only two family-owned daily newspapers remaining in Alabama that is over 100 years old. The Anniston Star is…
Daphne State Normal College ca. 1900 - main building Normal School established to educate teachers Daphne State Normal School was a "Class B" Normal…
Fountain Heights is one of Birmingham's historic neighborhoods, and was home to some of Birmingham's most prominent and wealthy business leaders, but today the…
On Fat Tuesday, February 13, 1866, Confederate veteran Joe Cain paraded through the streets of federal-occupied Mobile dressed as a Chickasaw Indian chief he…
The Dothan Eagle, Houston County, Alabama 1908 Newspaper Abstracts Find your Southeast Alabama ancestor in this great KINDLE Book. Immediate download! Use your SEARCH…
Beginning with one employee, a mule, and a foot-powered bottling machine, Crawford Johnson Sr. purchased the exclusive franchise rights, in 1902, to bottle and…
The official residence of the governor of the State, located in the city of Montgomery, at No. 702 South Perry Street was erected in…
Photographs of women attending college at the beginning of the 20th century in Alabama usually reveal them dressed prim and proper in long dresses.…
This KINDLE book includes all the deaths from World War I, listed by the county where they last resided, over 60 pages of names.…
While doing research for stories, I frequently run across many photographs of people, (identified and unidentified) like the ones below which may be of…
(Transcribed extracts from The Silent Eye, Avondale, Jefferson County, Alabama December 14, 1901) CHRISTMAS SUPERSTITIONS People who are born on Christmas Eve have the…
Borden Springs, east of Piedmont, Alabama was part of Calhoun County until 1866, when it became part of Cleburne County, Alabama. The area is…
Troy is a city in Pike County, Alabama. It was once part of the territory of the Creek Indian lands and was originally known…
Around the turn of the century, immigrants from many regions of the United States and from other countries began populating Baldwin County: Italians settled…
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! Have you tried any of these when cooking? 1. Chewing gum while peeling onions helps to…
The spirit is willing but the creek was cold by Shannon Hollon I remember a few years ago me and my 2 boys(Justin and…
In October 1920, the skies in Birmingham were filled with hot air balloons when the 9th International Balloon Race was held in the city.…
Education was important to early pioneers of Alabama. One-room schoolhouses, log houses in communities, private homes, schoolhouses on large plantations, private academies, and mission schools…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume V- Scroll to bottom to see Table of Contents of…
Dallas Cotton Mill, in Huntsville, Alabama burned in the summer of 1991. It operated from 1892 to 1949 and ghost stories about a man…
A community in Greene County, Alabama was first known as "Mesopotamia." This name is perpetuated in the title of "The Mesopotamia Female Academy." In…
He should have stayed home by Shannon Hollon My maternal GGGrandfather was Charles Monroe Campbell MD (1867-1939) he graduated from the Tennessee Medical College(…
Glider flew in 1893 over Mobile Bay beach The land around Brookley field in Mobile, Alabama has played a part in United States aviation…
COTTON MILLS IN ALABAMA Cotton was king in Alabama for many years and cotton mills sprang up around the state. The manufacture of…
I discovered these old photographs from Auburn University while doing some research. If you have more information about them, click on the link at…
![PATRON – Alabama young man sets a world record, but his name is forgotten and almost unknown [see photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Junius-Hill-Attalla-Alabama-the-boy-who-made-212.5-bushels-of-corn-on-one-acre-of-land-at-a-cost-of-eight-and-six-tenths-cents-per-bushel-220x178.jpg)
![PATRON – Daphne State Normal College – [see film] was a college specifically for teachers](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dapne-state-normal-college-220x80.jpg)
![PATRON + Fountain Heights [film, photographs] – a historic connection to Birmingham’s past – can it be saved?](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/U_S_Weather_Bureau_Station_Alta_Avenue_and_Lawn_Street-ca.-19081-220x138.jpg)
![PATRON -Troy once burned to the ground in 1901 and was rebuilt, now it’s a thriving college town [see vintage pics]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/History-of-Troy-640x453.jpg)
![PATRON + List of Cotton Mills in Alabama with [1910 photographs and film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Barker-cotton-mill-220x85.jpg)
