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Mary worked in the mines in Belgium -PART I

May 16, 2025 May 16, 2025by Donna R Causey

During the Great Depression in America, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was an employment program created by President Roosevelt in 1935. Over its eight…

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AUTHOR – SUNDAY: These men sacrificed to save their jobs in Bibb County, Alabama

March 9, 2024 March 9, 2024by Shannon Hollon

JOIN US Tap here to see how to Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron We Needed those jobs by Shannon Hollon My GGrandfather Dunbar Campbell…

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PATRON + Over one-hundred years ago, a tragedy took place in Bibb County, Alabama

September 29, 2022 September 24, 2022by Donna R Causey

DISASTER AT MARVEL (transcribed from -Blocton Enterprise, Thursday, 26 October 1916 On last Saturday afternoon about 2:42, a terrific explosion occurred at Marvel mines,…

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PATRON – Parrish, Alabama Pulsating with Progress

June 27, 2021 May 29, 2021by Donna R Causey

This well-written news article from 1920, tells of a time when railroad travel was flourishing, but it also paints a beautiful picture of life…