UPDATED WITH PODCAST - Sheffield, Alabama has a historic village laid out in the form of the Liberty Bell [films & pics] WWI need…
(Transcribed and unedited (with misspelled, capitals and grammatical errors) excerpt from a story written by WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer Annie L. Bowman, Escambia…
In 1940, Aliceville in Pickens County, Alabama was an isolated, rural small town with a population of around 2,000 located in West Central Alabama.…
(Transcribed and unedited (with misspelled, capitals and grammatical errors) excerpt from a story written by WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer Annie L. Bowman, Escambia…
In 1949, a Man from Clanton, Chilton County, Alabama helped push the law to will bodies to lawful science and surgery. The following newspaper…
A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF LAFAYETTE, ALABAMA By Anne Elizabeth Newman Written in LaFayette, Alabama, 1942 A first-time visitor to LaFayette, passing down streets overhung…
The amazing photographs in this film reveal the trucking industry in Montgomery, Alabama in 1943. The drivers had very different roads to traverse compared to…
(4-H centers were once a central part of many schools. Many young people learned valuable skills for life in 4-H) 4-H Clubs are still…
December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japan and the United States was brought into WWII. Cities all over the country were turned…
I don't remember feasting at Thanksgiving by Sharon Dean Agte I don't remember feasting at Thanksgiving. It was a staid, quiet dinner. We would…
On January 9, 1965 "the battleship USS Alabama was dedicated in Mobile as a World War II memorial. Commissioned in August 1942, the Alabama served primarily…
THE CAJANS OF SOUTH ALABAMA Occupying the pine and oak woods of Mobile County in southern Alabama are a group of people of mixed…
Excerpt from a 1946 Canning cookbook Corn is one of the largest packs put up by the commercial canners. It is canned cream style,…
July 7, 1943– What do you think? Was their censorship or simply shortages which caused rationing of newsprint in WWII? Share your answers and…
To Grandmother's house we go by Ben White Many fall weekends, our family, Dad, Mother and three children, would catch the Trailways bus and…
A murder trial and personals from June 13, 1940 (Transcribed from The Anniston Star, Thursday, June 13, 1940) PERSONALS DANCES WILL BE GIVEN FOR…
SPRING IN THE COUNTRY by Becki McAnnally Being raised in the country in Helena, Alabama during the forties was in many ways an idyllic…
"In the early 1800's, Andrew Jackson's soldiers became the area's first settlers after their victory at Horseshoe Bend. In 1861, residents from the community…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume III- Scroll to see Table of Contents of book These…
Good Old Days' in Anniston - How many stores still exist? Advertisements from the Anniston Star, Anniston, Alabama 1940 Would you like to know Thomas…
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…
During WWII, several Alabama small towns manufactured high explosives for the War. Here is a news article from June, 1941 that reveals where the…
Below are some Genealogy Queries published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol 2, No. 3, Fall Issue 1940 that may be of interest to…
These news abstracts and more are also available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume V GENEALOGY QUERIES published in 1940 Below are…
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We Needed those jobs by Shannon Hollon My GGrandfather Dunbar Campbell was born 12/1/1899 in Scottsville Ala. (Bibb County).He was the son of Dr.…
Betty Jane Rase, was a teenager from Phillips High School in Birmingham, Alabama, then she became Miss Birmingham, Miss Alabama and was suddenly propelled onto the…
The Spring Street Recreational Center was a busy place during WWII. It was the home of the USO Club in Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama. Couple…
One-room schoolhouses were common in rural communities before the 1940s, but they often meant that more advanced courses were not offered to many students.…
Alabama barns over the years take on a character of their own. These photos by Carol Highsmith bring back memories of olden days. The barn below,…
![PATRON + Can you believe Sheffield, Alabama has a historic village laid out in the form of the Liberty Bell? [films & pics]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Liberty-Bell-Shaped-Residential-Section-for-Government-Employees-Muscle-Shoals-Alabama-Department-of-Archives-and-History.jpg)
![On September 30, 1945: Aliceville Camp, a prisoner-of-war camp in Pickens County for members of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s Africa Korps, was deactivated.[pics & film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/German-prisoners-of-war-marching-to-camp-in-Aliceville3-220x141.jpg)
![See original [film, photographs & speech] of the USS Alabama being launched](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/uss-alabama2-220x147.jpg)
