The people of Bullock County, Alabama were very creative when it came to survival as this invention to bring water down from the mountain shows.…
(Transcribed from The Clarke County Democrat, Grove Hill, Alabama, January 31, 1856) A LIST OF LETTERS Remaining in the Postoffice at Grove Hill, Clarke…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! LOUIS WEISS WYETH BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1812-1889) By…
Bear, Panther, And Wolf Were Common Once Alabama became a territory, in the words of Pickett, "the flood-gates of Virginia, the two Carolinas, Tennessee,…
(Transcribed from The Clarke County Democrat, Grove Hill, Alabama, January 31, 1856) HYMENEAL Married, on the 1st of December, 1855, by J. S. Coate,…
Patron+ Member story I don't think I'd try the one for dandruff. Especially, since it seems to cause dizziness. STRANGE CURES FROM APRIL 1,…
Leroy the Rooster Made his escape in Talladega by Johnny Ponder Back in the late '50s we lived on South Street in Talladega. Momma…
(Transcribed from The Clarke County Democrat, Grove Hill, Alabama, January 31, 1856) MASONIC RESOLUTION The following resolution was passed by the Grand Lodge of…
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her husband…
(Transcribed from The Clarke County Democrat, Grove Hill, Alabama, January 31, 1856) DEMOCRATIC ELECTORAL TICKET FOR THE STATE AT LARGE WILLIAM L. YANCEY, of…
Mossy Grove Schoolhouse by Amanda Gallatin The Mossy Grove School House Restaurant in Troy is a popular dinner spot with a long history. Locals…
The first organized weather service were made by weather observations in the State were made by voluntary reporters to the agricultural journals of the…
JOURNEY TO TEXAS, 1854: THE DIARY OF ROBERT SEABORN JEMISON OF TALLADEGAi by Hugh D. Reagan In the two decades prior to the Civil…
I have heard my grandfather(Big Daddy) Sidney Bearden b.1918 say they were so poor growing up" that they had cracks in the floors and…
PRIMITIVE AMERICAN COOKING (Transcribed from The Gazette-Appeal, Guin, Alabama, April 2, 1897) "You can talk about your chefs at Delmonico's or Sherry's or anywhere…
JOAB LAWLER BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1796 – 1838) North Carolina and Madison, Shelby, Bibb, Coosa, Talladega Counties, Alabama Joab Lawler, public official and a…
Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama was once state of the art The Baptist Church, the most elegant structure of its kind in Tuskaloosa, was…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! ROBERT A. MORRIS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1867…
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Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! MORGAN HOWARD SUBMITTED BY JACQUE OTTS (1821 NC-1850…
Reminiscences of Old St. Stephens PART V - Lover's leap (continued) PART V (Read at the Centennial Celebration, May 6, 1899. It was published…
Today, June 7th, Vulcan, the largest cast iron statue in the world located in Birmingham, Alabama, is having a birthday. He is the centerpiece of…
“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…
Cooking hints from old cookbook.... “To avoid heating up the kitchen to brown meringue, heat a heavy iron skillet and turn upside down over…
GIRLS' PATRIOTIC LEAGUE ALABAMA The Junior branch of the National League for Woman's Service, Montgomery, the Girls' Patriotic League, was active during 1917-19, organized…
ALABAMA DIVISION OF UNITED STATES DAUGHTERS OF 1812 The United States Daughters of 1812 is a patriotic society founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1892,…
ENTERING EARLY WEST ALABAMA CHAPTER XX (from FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA printed in the Tuscaloosa Gazette August 12, 1886) by Hon. E. A.…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! CARROLL HENDERSON FLOREY, A. B. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY…
Selma in Dallas County, Alabama is well-known for it's history as a center for civil-rights struggles, but Dallas County also plays an integral part…
DR. OTTO MOEBES LED GERMAN GROUP TO MORGAN COUNTY Submitted by Mrs. Donald H. Petersen 1614 Banbury Ln., Carrollton, TX 75006 [email protected] Progenitor of…
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