Reconstructed Bastion on Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama Early Alabama “The territory now called Alabama was but sparsely settled in 1792, except by the…
Tombstones on the grave of wives Maria, wife of Timothy Brown Aged eighty years, And died in the confident hope of a better life.…
The biographies of the Alabamians in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol. IV come from many sources. A good deal of the information…
Uncle Sam the Coffee King by Shannon Hollon A few years ago back during the "war" some of us Alabama boys of Navy Cargo…
“Valley Creek Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church in Valley Grande, Alabama, United States. The two-story red brick church building was built in…
THE AUBURN MALE COLLEGE LAYING THE CORNERSTONE ITS ORGANIZATION Auburn, Ala., August 18, 1857 Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…
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 transcribed from The Etowah Observer, Alabama City, Alabama March 17, 1932. ATTALLA SOCIAL NEWS CHURCH MEETINGS Circle No. 1 on the Women's Missionary…
Portrait of William McIntosh (Alabama State Archives) Note: This has been transcribed from an article written around 1921. Please consider the time-frame of the…
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…
(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…
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!…
Many visitors names for the Holidays were included in the news 1916 (Transcribed from The Boaz Leader, Boaz, Alabama, January 6, 1916) WHITESVILLE NEWS…
Legal notices and Sheriff's sales of H. T. Fountain, A. H. Bradley, R. E. Marshall, J. M. Brown, Elizabeth Henshaw (Transcribed from The Monroe…
He was born September 17, 1923, in Mount Olive, Butler County, Alabama and was regarded as one of the most significant and influential musicians of…
(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…
Religion, Patriotism, Laws And Civilization This is an excerpt from the books ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) First Edition and…
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, Alabama, March 13, 1840) SHERIFF SALE Planters' & Merchants' Bank of Mobile vs. fi fa Robert Cowan and…
(Transcribed from Advertiser and Register, Mobile, AlabamaMarch 13, 1840) MOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY OFFICE No. 66 Commerce St. UP STAIRS The Mobile Marine Railway and…
From Tuscaloosa News August 2, 1937 Triplets Arrive in Perry County Three girls born to dairy farmer's wife in a Selma hospital All girls…
Photograph Mardis-House-U.S.-Highway-231-Talladega Alex-Bush-Photographer-February-4-1937 (Library of Congress) PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XIII Probably it will be a matter…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) The Removal Act Of 1830 With pressure mounting from white settlers to acquire…
GREENWOOD CEMETERY, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA (Transcriptions below are from - The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No. 04, Winter Issue 1942) Greenwood cemetery located in…
PERRY COUNTY PROBATE NOTICES STATE OF ALABAMA – PERRY COUNTY Probate Court, Regular Term, Dec. 11, 1865 This day came Murrell W. Oliver, administrator…
We've had some very cold days in the southeast the past few years, but I wonder if any can match some of these storms. In…
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