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BELLS LANDING by Sherry S. Johnston Several weeks ago, I took a tour of Vredenburg, Hybart, Franklin, Bells Landing communities in Monroe County, AL.…
Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama shipped cotton goods to China in 1883 (Transcribed from Anniston Hot Blast, Anniston, Alabama, October 20, 1883) ANNISTON AND CHINA…
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…
The Mary Frances last trip down the Warrior ended in disaster (Transcription from a history of Tuscaloosa written by an older resident, Ben A.…
The lands in Madison County were the first surveyed and sold in North Alabama. Prior to the sales in 1809 lands in and around…
The old Lyric theatre in Birmingham, Alabama has an interesting history. Located on the corner of Third Avenue and Eighteenth Street, it was originally…
The 1892 Alabama Cadets football team represented the University of Alabama in the 1892 college football season. The team was led by head coach…
TWO DESSERT RECIPES FROM 1870S (Transcribed from The Times-Argus, Selma, Alabama January 27, 1870 – Originally published in the American Agriculturist) GRAHAM BREAD Take…
Gee's Bend in Wilcox County, Alabama was originally a Plantation. "The plantation was started by Joseph Gee and passed to his nephews Sterling and Charles…
When Leland Barton and Mamie Cork were married in the little Wesley Chapel Church in 1897, the father of the groom presented the bride…
The Mobile National Cemetery was established as a cemetery in 1865 after the Port of Mobile fell into Union hands under the assault of…
Scroll below to see video about the Old Dennis Hotel. On June 30, 1837, Dadeville, Alabama was incorporated with an intendant and five counselors,…
There was a split in the Baptist Church of Alabama in the early days - this is why EARLY BAPTIST HISTORY of ALABAMAi Baptists…
GLENNVILLE, ALABAMA (Transcribed From Smartt, Eugenia Persons..History of Eufaula, Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: Roberts & Son, printers, 1930, c1933. - Some of the homes mentioned…
JUST LIKE MINE By Joyce Ray Wheeler We were so young in 1953 when my husband became a mathematics professor at Howard College…
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Thanksgiving Menu from November 25, 1931 (Transcribed from Times Daily, Florence, Alabama) Clear Tomato Soup Cheese Crackers Assorted Relishes Roast Turkey Bread Stuffing Cranberry…
This biography is included in the Book First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I DAVID HUBBARD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1792-1874) Lawrence County, Alabama…
A Collection of PERRY COUNTY ALABAMA PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES & GENEALOGIES VOLUME II includes genealogical information from Brush Creek area of Perry County, Alabama. Books make great gifts! Marion, Perry…
There is nothing more traditional in the South than serving a cold glass of sweet ice tea on a hot sultry day. Even poems have been…
MEXICAN WAR and ALABAMA MILITARY The war between Mexico and the United States, 1846-1848, brought on by a series of attacks on American citizens,…
Originally, I’m from Tuscaloosa by Jean Butterworth Early Tuscaloosa Memories 1935-1942 How many times in conversation with strangers or friends do I say, “Originally…
(This great story by a contributing author was quite an experience and one to reflect on for a long time. It's amazing he survived.)…
These are excerpts of actual correspondence received by the Family History Department of the LDS Church in Utah. So funny! Our 2nd great-grandfather was found dead crossing…
The CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy at Birkenhead, England by John Laird Sons and Company.…
MEMORIES OF ENSLEY by Caroline I was born in Ensley, I believe on a corner of Prince Street. There were streets like 'Ave. I'--'G'…
Today, we just grab a can and make them but have you ever thought about what our ancestors had to do to make baked beans? Here…
GRANNY'S HOUSE See More Family Stories from Dorothy Graham Gast My maternal grandparents were Mary Florence (Mamie) Cork and John Leland Barton, both born…
The people of Gordo were shocked when their new water tank containing 68,000-gallons crashed to the earth on April 23rd, 1935 as the following…
The Little Boy Cook by Joe Baxter Davis In the 1940's we lived in Birmingham. Daddy worked as an auto body man and painter,…
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