The “Old Tooth Pullers” by Hylott L. Armstrong, Jr. Sometime in the 1920’s my Grandfather, William Henry (“Bill Henry”) Crawford, moved from Edgewater (a…
During 1937, the Federal Resettlement agency (a part of Roosevelt's New Deal program) purchased the old Pettway plantation and two adjacent farms in the…
Construction of the B. B. Comer bridge was carried out by the Kansas City Bridge Company for the Alabama State Bridge Corporation. Its construction…
The Pettway family held the land of Gee's Bend until 1895 when they sold to it Adrian Sebastian Van de Graaff, an attorney from…
Controversial calls reveal difficulties before instant replay in football Transcribed from The Tuscaloosa News -November 16, 1937 We look upon the Crimson Tide with…
These newspaper abstracts and more are also available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IV Below are some Genealogy Queries published in The…
(Transcribed and unedited (with misspelled and grammar errors) excerpt from a story written by WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer, Annie L. Bowman, Escambia County,…
ALONG THE CORDUROY ROAD The old home place stood among large oak trees at the top of a hill, more of a rise actually,…
News from the Times Daily, Florence, Alabama November 17, 1931 In the midst of the Great Depression, with unemployment everywhere, the hope of…
NOTE: The 1932 film includes a graphic scene of recovering a body so please do not view it if you are sensitive to such…
HISTORIC TORNADO OUTBREAK ALABAMA March 21-22, 1932 (FROM: DARKEST HOURS by Jay Robert Nash) On March 21, 1932, Marion, Alabama was the first…
The Wooleys Located in Northport, Alabama This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VI- Scroll to bottom…
Ghost stories or a part of Alabama's past. Below are three unedited stories from 1939 written by a WPA writer who interviewed three African-Americans…
We ran across this amazing old film and could not find out more about it. The pilot's name appears to be Blaine and it…
[This funny story from 1937 reveals how popular automobiles had become over horse riding] No Riders! (from The Tuscaloosa News - July 2, 1937)…
The Birmingham Airport opened in 1931. At the time of the opening a Birmingham to Los Angeles flight took 19 hours. It was dedicated…
The Great Depression brought migrant workers to Birmingham in 1937 [photographs] Scroll down for this Patron+ member story If this story is locked, click…
Words By Heart According to family lore, my first public speaking experience was in our little one-room church in Kentucky when I was three…
When was the last time you saw one of these? Do you remember when we looked forward to the weekend so we could make…
Christmas Surprise by Clifford Dobyns I was five years old in 1937 and unknown to me was that my parents had decided to get…
This was transcribed from the News for the Times Daily June 9, 1932, Florence, Alabama FIREMEN DISPLAY SKILL IN FITTING TRUCKS WITH LIGHTS The…
A cemetery is a strange place to find a miniature red-brick house complete with windows, fireplace, front porch with a mailbox. There is such…
(Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration) Story continued below THE CAUTHAN HOME Lee County, Alabama by WPA writer Preston Klein…
Scroll down to read story SINGING SCHOOLS (Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration) author from Pike County, Alabama) Written by…
From 1946 Avondale Sun (October – December BPonline) Gingerbread Lollipops 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon ginger 1-2 teaspoon…
I had the wonderful opportunity of interviewing an extraordinary lady who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, attended Ramsey High School, and went on to…
(Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer, Susan Russell ca. 1938) Continued below Haunted Houses Near Tuscumbia written ca. 1938 by…
[NOTE: This old film is long but a true historic treasure that will bring tears to your eyes. It will make you proud to…
Sturdivant Hall By Joe McKnight As a pre-teen growing up in Selma, AL., I once broke into Sturdivant Hall, an ante-bellem mansion which these…
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