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The Territory of Alabama was created by a division of Mississippi Territory in 1817, with St. Stephens as its capital city. The first and…
BROOKLYN, CONECUH COUNTY, ALABAMA Brooklyn is a town that was large enough to have a post office and in 2010 was one of only 2…
People were suffering from LaGrippe around Boaz, Alabama in 1915 (Transcribed from The Boaz Leader, Boaz, Alabama, January 6, 1916) ROUTE 7 Health of…
BEEF SALAD Recipe from Hotel Roosevelt, New York, NY 1934 Put two cups of minced boiled beef one-half cup minced onions, one pimento, cut…
First Capital of Colonial French Louisiana "On January 20, 1702, French colonists, led by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, establish Fort Louis de la Mobile on a…
First highways in Alabama were only beaten trails and sometimes travelers became entangled in vegetation as the two men did. Conecuh County was initially…
Health was bad in surrounding communities of Boaz in 1915 (Transcribed from The Boaz Leader, Boaz, Alabama, January 6, 1916) LIBERTY NEWS Health of…
JOYNER CEMETERY Written in Stone by Sherry S. Johnston Researching the Joyner Cemetery located between Owassa and Wilcox communities recently made me aware once…
Deaths, Injuries, and Illness of citizens in Boaz, January 6, 1915 (Transcribed from The Boaz Leader, Boaz, Alabama, January 6, 1916) Cuts Hand of…
Quick facts about Alabama's state parks: In 2014, the Alabama State Parks system celebrated 75 years of service. The legislature passed the State…
(Transcribed from Anniston Hot Blast, Anniston, Alabama, October 20, 1883) HOW IT WORKS Mr. Jno G. Brady, of Tuscaloosa, is in the city. He…
Steward’s 10 Cent Store A Childhood Memory By Thelma Ann Smelser I was riding through Piedmont, Alabama, a while back when something caught my…
Narrative of Former Slave Charlie Aarons, Oak Grove, Mobile, Alabama. Written August 6, 1937 (Born in Slavery, Library of Congress) This is the copy…
Yellow fever epidemics were particularly difficult in Montgomery and Mobile, Alabama during 1853 and 1870s. Recently, a mass burial site was uncovered in Montgomery,…
Woman's mourning bonnet in hard crape, c.1880 (Wikipedia) Click to learn how to Become a Patron! Crape/Crepe is a silk, wool, or synthetic fiber…
CEMETERY NEAR LAKE LORRAINE AND ROBERTSON CEMETERY IN NORTHPORT, ALABAMA (Transcribed from - The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No. 04, Winter Issue 1942)…
News excerpts from neighboring towns (Transcribed from Choctaw Advocate, Butler, Alabama, June 11, 1890) FROM OVER THE COUNTY WOMACK HILL Crops look well. Fine…
Jefferson county was created by an act of the legislature December 13, 1819. The territory from which this county was formed was taken from…
After Gen. LaFayette visit. There were many details to follow up with in Alabama, including payment for services rendered as indicated by these letters. His…
LOCAL ALABAMA NEWS IN 1890 (Transcribed from Choctaw Advocate, Butler, Alabama, June 11, 1890) A large pipe works will be built at Thomas, Ala.,…
Stringing Needles for Mother My mother's sight has failed so that threading a needle is a task almost beyond her. After an absence from…
The New Deal initiated by Franklin D. Roosevelt included employment programs for jobless white-collar workers to collect narratives and life histories of former slaves.…
News excerpts from neighboring towns of Butler, Alabama - 1890 (Transcribed from Choctaw Advocate, Butler, Alabama, June 11, 1890) PELHAM As the ADVOCATE is…
Barbecue Spareribs Recipe from the 1940s You can get around the cooking time for the spare ribs by precooking them in the kitchen oven…
Interesting newspaper article from Rome News Tribune January 13, 1976, Rome, Georgia Elba, Alabama - Charlie Porter, born a slave 121 years ago and…
The Lost Mills of Alabama Rikard’s Mill Near Beatrice, Alabama, one can find a beautiful and truly historic site: the old Rikard’s Mill. The…
LOCAL PEOPLE AND ITEMS (Transcribed from Brewton Banner, Brewton, Alabama, June 2, 1883) S. J. Foshee, of north Escambia, was the first cash subscriber…
A delicate paper revealed the truth by Lawanna McLeod Walthall Throughout our McLeod family history, we were told that our Grandfather that came from…
ALABAMA INTERNAL REVENUE Federal taxes have been collected a long time, dating back to the Civil War but Alabama did not come under the…
(Click to read more about what happened to Bellefonte) (Transcribed extract from Bellefonte Courier and Jackson County Republican, April 11, 1839) By virtue of…
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