(This has been transcribed from Chapter Two - Jefferson County and Birmingham History 1887 by Teeple & Smith Publishers) Great excitement in Jefferson County…
(Thankfully this beautiful old home has been saved and fully restored. It is now the residence of Tuskegee University's President.) (continued below) VARNER-ALEXANDER HOUSE ALSO…
This story and more can be found in ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories One thing that is always fun in genealogy is the…
General Samuel "Sam" Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American politician and soldier, best known for his role in bringing…
(Many schools throughout the state of Alabama were built by the Alabama Freemasons. This was one of them) Dallas academy, an educational institution, was…
WHEN I WAS LITTLE (Please note - this was written many years ago about Civil War days - Many parts may be offensive today readers…
The beautiful plantation mansions of Glennville, Alabama have a connection with Auburn University. Glennville was named for Rev. James E. Glenn who came to…
Hayes Family Crosses the Alabama-Tennessee Line (Posted in Public Pages of Ancestry.com by Sharon Hayes December 20, 2009) It was 1861, the outset of…
A parking deck at 1st Avenue and 19th street now stands on the site of where the magnificent Morris Hotel stood. The Morris Hotel…
The Order of Knights of Pythias aim was to heal the wounds between the North and South and promote friendship among men and relieve suffering.…
(Excerpt transcribed from The Daily Huntsville Confederate, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, Feb. 19, 1862) ELECTION NOTICE There will be an election held on the…
Phil Campbell located in Franklin County, Alabama, twelve miles south of Russellville, was founded in 1857. Disgraceful way the iron horse arrived In the…
SOME INTERESTING OLD PHOTOGRAPHS 1926 Bevelle Junior High School Basket Ball team, which won the county Championship in the tournament held at Dadeville on…
[This beautiful mansion in Marengo County has a long history that includes visitors and residents who were vital to the beginning days of Alabama.…
Did you know that Mardi Gras started on Massacre Island? This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten…
Alabama tried to annex and purchase West Florida many times. Here is what happened when they tried. The land to West Florida, located under…
Some of our contributing authors on www.alabamapioneers.com and our sister site www.daysgoneby.me have some great books available on Amazon.com and they would make wonderful…
(It's amazing how far this historic house was moved and still remained intact!) Historic Molette Plantation house, Dallas County The historic Molette Plantation house…
In the 2010 census, this city had a population of almost 5,000. At a very early day, the area was referred to Coonsboro. Situated…
Daphne State Normal College ca. 1900 - main building Normal School established to educate teachers Daphne State Normal School was a "Class B" Normal…
SPRING HILL COLLEGE Mobile, Alabama Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama is the oldest Catholic college in the Southeast is also the third oldest…
Fountain Heights is one of Birmingham's historic neighborhoods, and was home to some of Birmingham's most prominent and wealthy business leaders, but today the…
UPDATE: on the historic Webber building in Montgomery, Alabama. I'm glad they are reclaiming much of the building.Demolition of Historic Webber Building Is Underway…
Judson College is the fifth oldest women's college in the United States. It was founded by members of Siloam Baptist Church in 1838 in…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI ELI FORREST DENSON, M. D. (b. 1853 - d.…
An Act established by the Legislature in 1819 made it unlawful to cut down or kill trees without written permission of the commissioners in Old Cahawba,…
ELYTON LAND COMPANY The city of Birmingham was conceived in the mind of engineer, John T. Milner who had surveyed the route of the…
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…
On Fat Tuesday, February 13, 1866, Confederate veteran Joe Cain paraded through the streets of federal-occupied Mobile dressed as a Chickasaw Indian chief he…
(Transcribed from Advertiser and Register, Mobile, Alabama, March 13, 1840) COMMITTALS Committed to the Jail of Mobile County, on the 14th day of December…
![PATRON – Varner-Alexander House [old photographs] – built by pioneer William Varner still remains in Tuskegee](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Grey_Columns_Tuskegee_Alabama-220x165.jpg)
![PATRON – Selma High School in Alabama originated in a building erected by Freemasons! [photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Dallas-Academy-Selma-220x139.jpg)
![PATRON – There is a connection between this old pla film] ntation mansion and Auburn University. [old photographs film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Two-men-and-two-women-holding-tennis-racquets-and-standing-on-a-court-in-Glennville-Alabama-ca.-1917-state-archives-220x194.jpg)
![PATRON + This is what once stood at 1st Avenue and 19th street in Birmingham [vintage pictures & film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Morris_Hotel-2-220x189.jpg)
![PATRON – Knights of Pythias was established in 1864 to promote friendship between north and south [old photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/OBriens_Opera_House2-220x152.jpg)
![PATRON – Did you know these things about the town of Phil Campbell, Alabama? [film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dismals-canyon-220x144.jpg)
![PATRON + Dallas county, Alabama Plantation House moved – [film and photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Molette-Plantation-House-Orrville-e1431022164310-220x155.jpg)
![PATRON – Daphne State Normal College – [see film] was a college specifically for teachers](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dapne-state-normal-college-220x80.jpg)
![PATRON + The oldest college in Alabama and oldest Catholic College in Southeast [film & pics]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/interior-of-St.-Josephs-chapel-spring-hill-college-220x146.jpg)
![PATRON + Fountain Heights [film, photographs] – a historic connection to Birmingham’s past – can it be saved?](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/U_S_Weather_Bureau_Station_Alta_Avenue_and_Lawn_Street-ca.-19081-220x138.jpg)
