In the spring of 1798, the Congress of the United States formed into a territory a part of what had been West Florida. By…
Summerfield had many grand houses and a beautiful college in pre-Civil War, Alabama. Denominational college for boys and girls in pre-Civil War, Alabama The…
Alva Woods (1794 – 1887) was the first president of the University of Alabama. He was a conservative Baptist minister, who had been educated…
SAYRE STREET SCHOOL Chilton College and the Sayre Street School Site The present building that originally housed Sayre Street School only dates back to…
During the 1930s Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life history could…
CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA REMINISCENCES OF ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT By Rev. J. D. Anthony Part VI A clipping from the Gadsden Times (Transcribed from The…
Evidently, there were trees being cut down and building items taken at the site where it was being built to invoke this Act. Steps…
Greensboro Public School1 Published in 1908 In 1858, Miles Hassell Yerby, a graduate of the State University at Tuscaloosa, came to Greensboro and taught…
These news abstracts and more are available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume 1 or THE FREE SCHOOL (Transcribed from the Birmingham Iron…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XXX The religious and social life of the people in 1866 began to…
{I've often wondered why people seemed to be so serious and not smiling in old photographs, then one day I realized that it may…
Evergreen, Alabama had a meeting in 1839 to start an Academy for their children. Here are the names of some of those who attended…
JOHN MURRAY FORBES'S HORSEBACK TRIP TO ALABAMA IN 1831. By Thomas Semmes Forbes, Birmingham Originally written ca 1904 (Transcribed from Transactions of the Alabama…
(Transcribed from the Tuscaloosa News May 26, 1937) U. OF A. DEGREES AWARDED 468 IN FINAL EXERCISES 328 Men and 140 Women Are In…
This letter from Professor Connerly to the editors of the Birmingham Iron Age newspaper has been transcribed from the Birmingham Iron Age April 16,…
This is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) First Edition Continued below.... Mississippi Territory Created…
The Florence Synodical Female College was established at Florence in 1852, by Rev. Dr. Wm. H. Mitchell. It was established in Florence, Lauderdale County…
Elyton Alabama, was the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama from 1821 to 1873. It was named Elyton for land agent William Ely, (Ely's town), from Connecticut.…
The first two photographs are labeled morning attendance at a Mill school in Huntsville taken by Lewis Wickes Hine in December 1913. It may…
Elihu Yale, the founder of Yale College, New Haven, Conn., was buried at Wrexham, Wales. His monument bears this inscription: Under this tomb lyes…
THE HISTORY OF MARION SKETCHES OF LIFE in Perry County, Alabama By S. A. Townes "Vive La Bagatelle." MARION, ALABAMA Printed by Dennis Dykom…
Good Family Research Tip Have you searched colleges and universities for genealogy information? They maintain historical archives and some contain faculty and student records and admission…
Politics grew heated in 1892 during the election for governor. Reuben F. Kolb was a candidate for a coalition of Jeffersonian Democrats, against…
EXCERPT FROM REFLECTIONS OF AN ALABAMA TEACHER, 1875-1950 by Julia L. Willard (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol 38, No. 04, Winter…
MUSIC OF THE BANDS by Jean Butterworth Here comes the Million Dollar Band! This was music to my ears in late 1950’s as I…
Old Auburn photographs found at Alabama Department of Archives and History. . . Photographs made by Bill Wood. of the 1956 Wreck Tech Pajama…
Words By Heart According to family lore, my first public speaking experience was in our little one-room church in Kentucky when I was three…
When I travel around the state, many people share wonderful stories with me that I'd love to include on this website, but I simply…
Brigadier Gen. James Deshler (1833-1863) Deshler Female Institute was an educational institution, incorporated as declared in its charter, "for the sole purpose of the…
The photographs below were made between 1890- 1910 and are probably of young women attending the Alabama Girls' Industrial School in Montevallo, Alabama which is…
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