Patron level story--- Join the growing Alabama Pioneers community - -Click …/ to see how to Become a Patron and unlock this story now. Did you…
(We know that early settlers of Alabama settled in southwest Alabama from historical accounts below and the pictures of this 1800s era boat discovered…
(News story from January 29, 1847 reveals William Tannehill's death.) DEATH ON A RIVERBOAT Mobile to Tuscaloosa, Alabama On January 29th, 1847 William Tannehill…
Many people left Alabama for greener pastures during this financial panic. (continued below) FLUSH TIMES IN ALABAMA (transcribed from History of Alabama and Dictionary…
Patron+ member story (Alabamians have always helped each other in times of crisis - this is one example) The Can't Get Away Club A local relief…
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Patron+ member story (This was transcribed From the Franklin County Times, Alabama many years ago) Editor Franklin County Times: What is there about…
Updated October 18, 2018 Design of Alabama State Capitol building When Alabama's Capital was moved to Montgomery. the building was designed by Architect Stephen…
BATTLE OF CALEBEEi 1813 During the Creek Indian War, that had begun August 30, 1813, with the Indian attack on Fort Mims, an engagement…
Patron+ member story - Click …/ to see how to Become a Patron and unlock this story now. Catoma Creek Falls near old Montgomery, Alabama Wheeling,…
JOHN GUNTER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. ca. 1765 d. 1835) MARSHALL COUNTY, ALABAMA One of the first persons to settle in Marshall County…
I can't believe Sophia McGillivray delivered twins two weeks later. This woman was amazing! Patron+ member story - Click …/ to see how to Become a Patron…
The official residence of the governor of the State, located in the city of Montgomery, at No. 702 South Perry Street was erected in…
Patron+ Member story Reconstructed Bastion on Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama Early Alabama “The territory now called Alabama was but sparsely settled in…
Patron+ member story - Click …/ to see how to Become a Patron and unlock this story now. The Birmingham Airport opened in 1931. At the time…
IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE IN ALABAMA SLOWLY (The following was transcribed as written from: Alabama, Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men: From 1540 to…
Did you know.....? "Old State Bank in Decatur, now preserved as a museum, was opened in 1833 as one of three branches of the…
Patron+ member story Click …/ to see how to Become a Patron and unlock this story now. Some Of The Alabama Pioneers Captured And Ransomed By…
Dallas Cotton Mill, in Huntsville, Alabama burned in the summer of 1991. It operated from 1892 to 1949 and ghost stories about a man…
(Building below is the Supreme Court in Montgomery, Alabama) Met at Cahawba in Central Alabama "The Alabama Supreme Court convened for the first time on…
BIG CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH Organized in 1823 Oldest in Pickens County By Marion Johnson written in 1940 The First Baptist church to be…
First Radio in Alabama The state of Alabama did not have a licensed radio station until 1922. The first Alabama's radio broadcast was made to Thomas…
(Have you ever wondered where the unusual name of some of Andalusia's street names such as Three Notch Street comes from? The name goes back…
Samuel T. B. Morse missed the death of his wife due to a lag in communication and this was the impetus that provided an…
( Here's some quick facts and names of charter members and early members of the Colonial Dames and DAR of Alabama. Most of the facts come…
This special day was set aside for observance each year in the schools, for the purpose of encouraging interest in the bird life of…
Did you know......? "The world's first Electric Trolley System was introduced in Montgomery in 1886." Below: A busy street in Montgomery in the mid-1880s.…
[T.S. Woodward settled was in Alabama at a very early date. In this letter to a newspaper editor in Alabama written in 1858, he…
The Marvel City Bessemer, Alabama was founded in the spring of 1887 as an important industrial center, popularly known as the "Marvel City." It…
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