(Transcribed and unedited (with misspelled, capitals and grammatical errors) excerpt from a story written by WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer Annie L. Bowman, Escambia…
Public Spirit – This transcription of an editorial from the Birmingham Iron Age of September 15, 1881 could have been written today. The city…
(Transcribed the from the Birmingham Iron Age April 2, 1874) HINTS TO HOUSE-BUILDERS Avoid such lots as will require your house to face North.…
Transcribed and unedited (with misspelled, capitals and grammatical errors) excerpt from a story written by WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer Annie L. Bowman, Escambia…
Hung in Effigy in Greensboro, Alabama1 (written in 1908) The cutting down of an oak tree and the filling of a well in 1843 in Greensboro…
Old Homemade Recipes LIKE GRANDMA USED TO MAKE EGG CUSTARD PIE (1890s) Heat together until very light the yolks of four eggs and four tablespoonfuls…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer MOSES ADLER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1821-ca 1921) Dallas County, Alabama…
JOE'S TALL STORY WRITTEN BY WOODROW HAND1 WPA WORKER 12/21/1938 Maybe I would have disputed Joe Lowery when he told me how he got…
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ELECTRIC LIGHTS IN GREENSBORO, ALABAMA1 (published 1908) Greensboro, from its foundation up to the year 1883, never knew what it was to have even…
(Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer, William P. Burke Towns and Native Americans of Jackson County, Alabama written by…
(Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer, William P. Burke - Truly an Alabama story from the 1930s. COTTONSEED (Short…
$85 dollars worth of Indian blood I can remember growing up and always hearing older family members speak at reunions and gatherings of our…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) traveler and author, was one of the first newspaperwomen in America. When her husband died…
Anderson went after Frierson Lawrence County, Alabama) written ca. 1890s by Col. Edmond Saunders Rufus K. Anderson, Esq., came to Moulton about 1825 from…
(Transcribed and unedited excerpt from a story written by WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer, Susan Russell. The Chickasaw Colberts of Colbert County by WPA…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer ENOCH ALLDREDGE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1807-1879) Blount County, Alabama Enoch…
Strange Coincidences About United States Presidents A Newspaper extract from Voice of Sumter, Livingston, Alabama May 17, 1836 There have been many circumstances related…
(Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer. Demps A. Oden, October 5, 1936) A DUEL ON HORSEBACK Written October 5,…
Oakman Male and Female College The citizens of Oakman in Walker County, Alabama did not let a fire defeat them. In the 1890s, they…
Blood Flows in Big Coon, Alabama submitted by Ethel Crisp Taylor This story was in the “Bean Sentinel”, which is published by Ed…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII THOMAS BARTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1768 – 1826)…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII DANIEL BOONE BOOTH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1839 -1920)…
(Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer FORMER SLAVE J. T. Brown 102 years old BULLOCK COUNTY, ALABAMA Interviewed by…
Summer Camps, Then and Now by Jean Butterworth My summer camp experiences seem like yesterday. Going to church camp was a happy event for…
Did you know that the city of Fort Payne, Alabama had its beginning as a frontier fort that was connected to the Trail of…
The information and illustrations below are excerpts from a book written in 1887 as a prospectus for future investors in Tuscaloosa. Tuskaloosa (Tuscaloosa) is…
(Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer, William P. Burke Note: First county court was held in Sauta Cave JACKSON COUNTY,…
PATRON - News from the Lauderdale County, Alabama Florence Times Daily September 3, 1909 A Great Discovery The news has come that Dr. F.…
Did you know that Francis Scott Key, who wrote America's national anthem arrived in Alabama in the role as peacemaker? Read about his mission…
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