Dr. John R. Drish House, also known simply as the Drish House, is a historic plantation house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It is considered by…
Here is a newspaper account from The Tuscaloosa News, August 2, 1937 about the suit of an Alabama woman A Suit Comes To An…
In 1844, there was a disagreement about the center of Cherokee County [see film] HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY ALABAMA1 Part VII In…
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.…
The hyphen is a little sign used in the English language. It unites or joins two or more words, and their respective meanings to…
Gen. Bedford Forrest was involved with the railroad in Greensboro, Alabama after the Civil War RAILROADS1 There has been but one railroad in Greensboro…
(Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev. George Evans Brewer, 1887) Campbell, Lovelady, and Downing were appointed commissioners for Coosa County, Alabama…
(Excerpt from The Cullman Tribune, Cullman, Alabama, January 11, 1884) TRAGEDY IN WALKER A Murder and a Lynching on the Same Spot Mr. L.…
Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part IX 1 J. G. Hawkins Washington County No information for sketch is available. Jeremiah…
Roosters for sale and names of Boza citizens sick from Flu epidemic (Transcribed from The Boaz Leader, Boaz, Alabama, January 6, 1916) Death rates…
Leroy the Rooster Made his escape in Talladega by Johnny Ponder Back in the late '50s we lived on South Street in Talladega. Momma…
Jefferson County, Alabama was once a part of Blount County...here are some early citizens UPDATED! The following description of early Jefferson County, Alabama, written…
(Transcribed from The Guntersville Advertiser, Guntersville, Alabama June 9, 1914) PERSONAL NEWS Mrs. Arthur Rains spent a day in Gadsden last week. Miss Berta…
Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part VIII1 Henry Mitchell Gay Randolph County A son of Gilbert Gay, he was born…
(Transcribed from The Guntersville Advertiser, Guntersville, Alabama June 9, 1914) Mr. J. W. Hunnicut, merchant, capitalist, banker and farmer, proposes to experiment in the…
(Transcribed from The Haleyville Journal Alabama June 9, 1914 LOCAL NEWS Mrs. J. C. Johnson was in Birmingham Sunday. Rev. C. N. James was…
THE OLD SOUTH – ITS MEMORIES ARE WANING (WRITTEN IN 1922) by John D. Mell in Baptist Standard, Dallas, Texas1 The Old South has…
Patron+ member story (Transcribed excerpt from HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA by John Robert Kennamer, Decatur, Al 1935: Condensed by Josephine Lindsay Bass on…
Grange and Masonic meetings around Centre, Cherokee County, Alabama June 10, 1875, with names of officers. Organizations and meetings were often included in newspapers…
During the 1930s, the Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people and write stories about life in the United States. The…
Continued from Part I (This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) On March 28, 1814, General Jackson buried his dead…
SOCIETY NOTES From the Florence Times October 6, 1905 – Lauderdale County, Alabama Lauderdale County, Alabama Miss Sadie Martin of Nashville arrived in the…
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,…
Cats playing with their tails means that bad weather isn't far off See a cardinal, made a wish, and pinch someone to make it…
Citizens of Florence mentioned in news abstracts From the Florence Times October 6, 1905 – Lauderdale County, Alabama Chief of police Anderson has been…
Yeildings of Blount County, Alabama Bible of Richard Yeilding Page Ia Richard Yeilding born April the 26th one thousand seventeen hundred & sixty eight…
Childhood Memories of a 1950's Alabama Farmlife by Joan Clark Mann (Photographs submitted by Joan Clark Mann) June, 2011 I know something about mules,…
This story can also be found in the book Alabama Footprints: Immigrants First Wave Of Great Migration to the Mississippi Territory and future Alabama…
THE HISTORY OF THE GREENE COUNTY LIBRARY By Emory Peebles Hildreth (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 05, No. 04, Winter Issue 1943)…
(Transcribed from The Haleyville Journal Alabama June 9, 1914 WINSTON 'SAMMY' WRITES A LETTER Camp Wheeler, Ga. Jun 6th Editor Haleyville Journal Haleyville, Ala.…
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