Alabama Power Company's Warrior Reserve Steam in Walker County began operations in 1917 on the Warrior River. Later, it was named Gorgas in honor…
PATRON +The life of a Country Merchant 1939 in Escambia County, Alabama. Transcribed and unedited (with misspelled, capitals, and grammatical errors) written by WPA…
Continued stories from Rev. R. W. Brooks of Escambia, County, Alabama written in 1939 Turning Point in my life “The year 1876 marked the…
On November 8, 1922, the United States War Department redesignated their aviation repair depot in Montgomery, Alabama in honor of Atmore, Alabama native, Second…
The Thomas Jefferson is well known for having a rooftop zeppelin mooring mast. Builders of the hotel created a tower for what was believed to…
Today is the Alabama Theater's birthday! The Alabama Theater opened on the night of Monday, December 26, 1927. Lane Carter, a writer for the Birmingham…
Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald an American novelist and the wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in Alabama. Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald 1921…
(Excerpt from The Central Alabama Independent Advertiser and the Union-Banner, Clanton, Alabama, May 1921) THORSBY NEWS Miss Naemi Turnquist, Reporter "SOME BALL GAME" Friday…
(Excerpt from The Central Alabama Independent Advertiser and the Union-Banner, Clanton, Alabama, May 1921) SOCIETY AND PERSONALS Mrs. R. E. LUCKIE, Editor Part II…
SPOON BREAD Recipe from 1924 1 c. ground corn meal 1 c. boiling water 2 c. milk 1 c. cooked grits or rice 2…
The following advertisements are from the Mountain Eagle, Cordova, Alabama, January 10, 1923 - How many businesses still exist? More interesting and sometimes humorous…
Early on the morning on March 15, 1926, the town of Hartselle in Morgan County, Alabama was held hostage for almost four hours while "thieves…
(Transcribed from the Albany-Decatur Daily, Albany, Alabama, October 9, 1920) Note: Albany, Alabama, also known as New Decatur, Alabama, was a city in Morgan County, Alabama, United…
(Transcribed from the Albany-Decatur Daily, Albany, Alabama, October 9, 1920) Note: Albany, Alabama, also known as New Decatur, Alabama, was a city in Morgan County, Alabama, United…
Personal news from some towns in Sumter County, August 31, 1923 (Transcribed from Sumter County Journal, York, Alabama, August 31, 1923) WARD NEWS Mr.…
Personal news from around Sumter County, August 31, 1923 (Transcribed from Sumter County Journal, York, Alabama, August 31, 1923) Sheriff J. A. Shelby…
SUMTER COUNTY – LOCAL PEOPLE NEWS August 31, 1923 W. W. McDANIEL SELLS CAR WHITE FACE CALVES Mr. W. W. McDaniel of Whitfield…
The game that inspired the University of Alabama fight song, "Yea Alabama," was also Alabama's first national championship. The 1926 Rose Bowl Game held on…
Recipe Wednesday - Great recipe from the past From a Pennsylvania 1920 newspaper: Clam Fritters 1 pint of clams 2 eggs ¼ cupful cornstarch…
Happy Birthday! DR. MILLER REESE HUTCHINSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1876-1944) Mobile, Alabama Dr. Miller Reese Hutchison was born August 6, 1876, in Montrose, Baldwin…
First Toll bridge in Alabama is now a historic landmark The first toll bridge in Alabama to be officially dedicated was the John Turner…
SOME INTERESTING OLD PHOTOGRAPHS 1926 Bevelle Junior High School Basket Ball team, which won the county Championship in the tournament held at Dadeville on…
Founded in 1871, Birmingham was a model city at this time – railroads, blast furnaces and steel mills marked its landscape. It was a…
No Spirituous Drinking or Dancing Parties… by Jean Butterworth “No Venomous Spirituous Drinking or Dancing Parties,” I read as I quickly scanned the papers…
On April 21, 1928 ….. Jesse W. Cornelius, from Birmingham, Alabama, filed a patent for his invention of the of the Open Grate for…
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