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Big Al is the University of Alabama's mascot and has been associated with the U of A since the 1930's. Alabama elephants ca. 1950s…
Governor Israel Pickens appointed General Thomas Farrar to accompany General LaFayette on his visit to Alabama in 1825. General Farrar wrote interesting letters about…
(Transcribed from December 27, 1923, The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama) SOCIETY PERSONALS Mrs. A. Worrell and son, James, are spending the holidays in Parish,…
At a recent and well-attended religious service in this city (Troy, Alabama) on a hot evening, a bat varied the interest of the occasion…
On Aug 6, 1879 - 30,000 people from Memphis fled from epidemic - some were put off in the woods rather than allow entrance…
A wonderful memory from the past! AND THEY CALLED IT INDEPENDENT PART II By Marvin Malley Champion submitted by Jean Champion Butterworth We went…
(Transcribed excerpt is from The Monroe Journal, Monroe County Alabama, December 5, 1935) PICTURESQUE PERSONALITIES OF MONROE by Miriam Brewer Richardson, Montgomery Advertiser Monroe…
(Transcribed from December 27, 1923, The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama) MRS. GRIDER AND SISTERS ENTERTAIN AT JANUARY TEA Mrs. Frank Grider and her sisters,…
[Anne Newport Royall was alive to witness the Revolutionary War and recorded her sentiments about the experience in this letter written on President Washington's…
ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS MONTGOMERY HOTEL The subscriber informs the public, that his large and commodious House is now finished and ready for the reception…
Patron - Bellefonte, Jackson County, Alabama – Sheriff Notices for land sales and sale of slave in 1839 (Transcribed extracts from Bellefonte Courier and…
(Transcribed from The Anniston Star, Anniston, Alabama, December 22, 1918) PIONEER CITIZEN RECALLS EARLY DAYS IN ANNISTON WHEN “COMPANY FARM” WAS THE CITY'S PRINCIPAL…
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…
Our ancestors had many ways to plant gardens economically. These gardening tips can still be used today and do not require chemicals. "Turn fruit…
(Parts of this story are from excerpts from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) and ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Volume…
EARLIEST POSTOFFICES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY A table of Postoffices compilation (N.A.RO. all States and Territories Books 1, 2 and 3) shows four Postoffices credited…
Patron - Local news from The American Banner (Bay Minette, Alabama, September 16, 1899) (Transcribed extracts from The American Banner (Bay Minette, Alabama, September…
DR. ANDREW JAY, Jr. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1851-1903) Conecuh County, Alabama Dr. Andrew Jay, Jr. of Evergreen, Alabama was born at Jay Villa, Conecuh…
Madison County, Alabama is considered the birthplace of Alabama, established on December 13, 1808. One of the earliest known cemeteries is Cumberland Presbyterian Campground,…
Construction of the B. B. Comer bridge was carried out by the Kansas City Bridge Company for the Alabama State Bridge Corporation. Its construction…
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her…
(Transcribed exactly as published from the Wilcox Progressive Era, Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, June 2, 1910) The Progressive Era commences this week, the publication…
Last of the Creeks, and brutal murders took place in Alabama during April 1839 THE LAST OF THE CREEKS The following affecting picture of…
One of the first educational institutions in the Alabama was opened in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in the fall of 1830 called the Tuscaloosa Female Academy…
(The following story is the first section of a news article written in 1817 which is descriptive of Mobile, Blakeley, St. Stephens and Jackson,…
Yellow fever epidemics and Free Land Yellow fever epidemics were particularly difficult in Montgomery and Mobile, Alabama during 1853 and 1870's. Recently, a mass…
On July 25, - A Prisoner wore a dress to escape & other news from Birmingham in 1877 Birmingham Iron Age (transcription) July 25,…
AN EXCERPT FROM EARLY HISTORY OF PIKE COUNTY ALABAMA (Covering the period from 1821 to 1900) 1 By MRS. MARGARET PACE FARMER2 Pike County,…
THE CAJANS OF SOUTH ALABAMA Occupying the pine and oak woods of Mobile County in southern Alabama are a group of people of mixed…
(Transcribed excerpt is from The Monroe Journal, Monroe County Alabama, December 5, 1935) PICTURESQUE PERSONALITIES OF MONROE by Miriam Brewer Richardson, Montgomery Advertiser The…
