Below is the Coast Guard cutter "Winona" and steamboat "Minnie Lee" transporting people from Mobile to attend the centennial celebration of the founding of…
In Tuscumbia, Alabama there is an unusual cemetery devoted entirely to coon dogs. The cemetery never started out to be a coon dog cemetery.…
The Alabama Cherokee Sequoyah invented the Cherokee alphabet and after 1829, the Cherokee people printed a weekly paper. HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY,…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII JOHN KEYES BARTON, JR BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1847-…
[This is the transcription of a letter written in 1885 back to a newspaper in Alabama that tells the location and names of some Alabamians who moved to…
COLONEL ALEXANDER HAMILTON WOOD 1796-1860 Worshipful Master Florence Lodge, A.F.& A. M. 1822, Florence, Alabama BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY SKETCH BY HIS GRANDDAUGHTER MRS. Elizabeth…
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! 1851 ALABAMA DEATH NOTICES FROM SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST NEWSPAPER (These records were recorded in Marion and Perry…
Excerpt transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 07, No. 03, Fall Issue EARLY HISTORY OF AUBURN By Mrs. Mary Reese Frazer (Through the…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler and writer and was one of the first newspaperwomen. Anne traveled Alabama…
This is the 4th part of seven in the Skyline Farms photographs series. Skyline Farms was a farm resettlement community in Jackson County, Alabama…
In 2007, Hackleburg was named the “Best Small Town in America” by Country Music Television and it is probably for good reason. The citizens…
CONFEDERATE GENERAL, OFFICERS FROM ALABAMA 1861-1865 (Excerpt transcribed from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume I. pp. 324-327) Sanders, John C.…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII PEACHY RIDGWAY GILMER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1784 -1861)…
COLBERTIANS By R. L. James SECTION III OBITUARIES AND CEMETERY RECORDS To the Readers of the Alabama Historical Quarterly: (The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol.…
Sam Dale, Pioneer, Trail Blazer, Indian Scout, Soldier and Statesman (Part II Continued) By George H. Ethridge, 1 Jackson, Miss.2 (Written in 1945) In…
THE BUFORD EXPEDITION TO KANSASi By Walter Lynwood Fleming, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia Part IV June 26, Buford left the Territory on…
Panama City Beach, Florida has always been a favorite destination to cool off from the summer heat of Alabama. Though they are not Alabama pioneers,…
A Tale of Two Churches By Amanda Gallatin On a rural stretch of Russell County Highway 22, one can find two of the oldest…
CONFEDERATE GENERAL, OFFICERS FROM ALABAMA 1861-1865 (Excerpt transcribed from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume I. pp.324-327) Perry, William F.—Brigadier-General, P.…
Did you know......? "The world's first Electric Trolley System was introduced in Montgomery in 1886." Below: A busy street in Montgomery in the mid-1880s.…
New from Tuscaloosa News August 27, 1911 ENROLLMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY WILL SHOW INCREASE J. C. Persons, bursar-registrar of the University of Alabama returned…
This is an Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation - Gen. Coffee in Creek Indian War With the arrival of eight hundred and fifty newly…
In the 1890s, women were constantly around fires either by cooking or maintaining fires to keep the home warm. Danger from fire was a…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler and writer and was one of the first newspaperwomen. Anne traveled Alabama…
Pioneer, Trail Blazer, Indian Scout, Soldier and Statesman By George H. Ethridge, 1 Jackson, Miss.2 (Written in 1945) In the development of our country…
CONFEDERATE GENERAL, OFFICERS FROM ALABAMA 1861-1865 (Excerpt transcribed from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume I. pp.324-327) Law, Evander M.—Brigadier-General, P.…
This story is an excerpt from A Collection of PERRY COUNTY ALABAMA PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES & GENEALOGIES VOLUME I JOHNSTON M. McCAULEY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY…
Excerpt from REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK (This transcribed excerpt was written before 1958) Sketch of the Methodist Church, Perote, Alabama 1839-1908 by Mrs.…
Tiny houses are nothing new! Imagine living in these houses with a large family even if they were only temporary. This is part of…
From The Florence – Times Daily August 25, 1922 A CRIMINAL NATION It is not exactly agreeable to read, in a report submitted to…
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