Click here to see the paperback version of Alabama Footprints Confrontation is on sale for $5.49 (List price $12.97) just in time for Christmas…
Personal mentions Transcribed From the Florence Times October 6, 1905 – Lauderdale County, Alabama The Coming and Going of the Citizens at Large Visitor…
Rules anyone new to the South needs to know about snow event. Pay close attention to the TV, you will be alerted to any chance…
Excerpt transcribed from The Etowah Observer, Alabama City, Alabama March 17, 1932 Social News and names from Glencoe, Alabama March 1932 Misses Lois Bottoms…
"By the year 1819, when Alabama was admitted to the Union, there was not a community in the State without its blacksmith shop and…
(Transcribed from The Abbeville Times, Abbeville, Alabama. August 19, 1909) J. C. Holsapple and his sister, Mrs. C. C. Robinson, came very near losing…
The newspaper was the major means of communication between communities in the past. Letters were written to the major newspapers about the state of…
Our ancestors had many homemade ways to clean items in the 1890s, including this one for cleaning jewelry. It may have been good for diamonds,…
While World War I was taking place in 1918, a new influenza virus emerged throughout the world. The conditions of World War I helped…
Excerpt transcribed from The Etowah Observer, Alabama City, Alabama March 17, 1932. ATTALLA SOCIAL NEWS - 1932 Misses Dorothy and Louise Cole entertained with…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) The Removal Act Of 1830 With pressure mounting from white settlers to acquire…
Stories From the Florence Times October 6, 1905 which mention citizens – Lauderdale County, Alabama County Singing Association The Lauderdale County Singing Association met…
This is a cute story that many who lived on a farm can relate to. Bitterweed Butter by Dorothy Graham Gast When I was…
Drawing shows a military camp at the base of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee (Excerpt from HISTORY OF ROANOKE1 The Roanoke Leader, Roanoke, Alabama November 1956-1957,…
Excerpt transcribed from The Etowah Observer, Alabama City, Alabama March 17, 1932. ATTALLA SOCIAL NEWS CHURCH MEETINGS Circle No. 1 on the Women's Missionary…
John Wilkes Booth was in the first play held at the Old Montgomery Theatre The old Montgomery Theatre described here became the Webber Department…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8)1 Reverend Daniel S. Burtrick was present in 1838 when the Cherokees were confined to the stockades and…
GREENWOOD CEMETERY, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA (Transcriptions below are from - The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No. 04, Winter Issue 1942) Greenwood cemetery located in…
Tombstones on the grave of wives Maria, wife of Timothy Brown Aged eighty years, And died in the confident hope of a better life.…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) To protect the Cherokees from this intrusion (gold miners) the United States stationed…
Excerpt transcribed from The Etowah Observer, Alabama City, Alabama March 17, 1932. ETOWAH SHOWS MORE PERFECT IN ATTENDANCE County High School Has 183 On…
When I travel around the state, many people share wonderful stories with me that I'd love to include on this website, but I simply…
This story and others can be found in the Alabama Footprints Series by Donna R. Causey Nobodies became Somebodies in early Alabama From 1798…
Reveals some locations of mounds visible in Alabama in 1884 Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 04 Winter Issue 1960 (WARNING!…
(Transcribed from Advertiser and Register, Mobile, Alabama, March 13, 1840) SHERIFF SALE The Branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama at Mobile…
Grandma and Grandpa Graham by Dorothy Graham Gast We were blessed to grow up next door to Grandpa and Grandma in Romulus, Alabama. The…
(Excerpt from HISTORY OF ROANOKE1 The Roanoke Leader, Roanoke, Alabama November 1956-1957, presented as a Public Service, THE COMMERCIAL BANK) PRISONER There were nine…
(Genealogy information Transcribed from Advertiser and Register, Mobile, Alabama, March 13, 1840) SHERIFF SALES James Hollingsworth, Wm. Cunningham and James Nolan James C. Sutton…
Sewing, mending, and patching clothing was a constant chore for women in the 1890s, especially considering the size of most families. Clothes had to…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) When the Cherokees first started moving to the West, leaving their homeland behind, a strange phenomenon occurred…
(Transcribed from Advertiser and Register, Mobile, AlabamaMarch 13, 1840) MOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY OFFICE No. 66 Commerce St. UP STAIRS The Mobile Marine Railway and…
