Auburn opened doors to girls and challenged the University of Alabama to do the same On June 14, in 1892 the A. & M…
Founded in 1833, on a farm near Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama. The College was first opened in 1833 as a manual labor institution as a…
{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…
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…
Mossy Grove Schoolhouse by Amanda Gallatin The Mossy Grove School House Restaurant in Troy is a popular dinner spot with a long history. Locals…
Education for women abounds in 1887 Tuscaloosa The information and illustrations below are excerpts from a book written in 1887 as a prospectus for…
Teacher in Bagley arrested for assault and battery Patron-member only article School discipline was certainly different in 1874 as can be seen by this…
(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,…
The Old Gray Lady McAdory High School by Shannon Hollon The history and heritage of McAdory High School in McCalla Alabama is a interesting…
Holtville High School, Alabama A school in the National & International spotlight (Continued below) Holtville is 27 miles northwest of Montgomery, Alabama and is…
The Florence Synodical Female College was established at Florence in 1852, by Rev. Dr. Wm. H. Mitchell. It was established in Florence, Lauderdale County…
Patron member story - These news abstracts and more are available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume 1 or- Click …/ to see how to Become…
Stafford Plaza in 2009 stands on old site of first Alabama Female Academy in Tuscaloosa, Alabama ALABAMA FEMALE INSTITUTE (First called Alabama Female Academy…
Cherokee County, Alabama - Turkey Town was where treaties were formed HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Part II Mr. Hugh Cardon wrote…
[I have been unable to find any photographs for this school. Please share with AP if you have one by emailing a copy to…
Patron+ the early history of Marion Female Academy, Marion, Perry County, Alabama Patron+ Member Story THE HISTORY OF MARION SKETCHES OF LIFE in Perry…
Happy Birthday! BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM FLANK PERRY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1823 - 1901) Chambers, Talladega and Macon Counties, Alabama General William Flank Perry was…
(Many schools throughout the state of Alabama were built by the Alabama Freemasons. This was one of them) Dallas academy, an educational institution, was…
Daphne State Normal College ca. 1900 - main building Normal School established to educate teachers Daphne State Normal School was a "Class B" Normal…
SPRING HILL COLLEGE Mobile, Alabama Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama is the oldest Catholic college in the Southeast is also the third oldest…
The first two photographs are labeled morning attendance at a Mill school in Huntsville taken by Lewis Wickes Hine in December 1913. It may…
Happy Birthday! CHARLES WALDRON BUCKLEY BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (b. Feb 18, 1835 d. 1906) Montgomery, Alabama Charles Waldron Buckley was born at Unadilla…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM YANCEY ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1848-1925) Blount County, Alabama William Yancey Adams, a teacher, was born at Gum Springs, Blount County…
Today, LaGrange College is a private, four-year liberal arts and sciences college, affiliated with the Methodist Church in LaGrange, Georgia. LaGrange College actually opened…
Judson College is the fifth oldest women's college in the United States. It was founded by members of Siloam Baptist Church in 1838 in…
Patron+ member story Politics grew heated in 1892 during the election for governor. Reuben F. Kolb was a candidate for a coalition of Jeffersonian…
Patron+ Member Story Evidently, there were trees being cut down and building items taken at the site where it was being built to invoke…
Happy Birthday! RICHARD HOPKINS PRATT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1827 – 1908) BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA On December 17, 1827, Richard Hopkins Pratt was born to…
Updated with her obituary! Happy Birthday! MARY DICKERSON PRATT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1800 – 1882) BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA Mary Dickerson Pratt was a lovely…
![Do you know which school [click to see films & pics] in Alabama still exists after four moves, two fires, the Civil War and a name change?](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/one-room-schoolhouse-220x165.jpg)
![Patron+ Can you believe there were actually tooth brush drills in school in 1919? [see vintage pics]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/White-toothbrush-drills-fairfield-Alabama-220x169.jpg)
![Stafford Hotel in Tuscaloosa sits on land of female college dating back to 1830 [old pics]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/capitol_park-historic-tuscaloosa-220x88.jpg)
![Did you know Selma High School originated in a building erected by Freemasons? [photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Dallas-Academy-Selma-220x139.jpg)
![Daphne State Normal College – [see film] was a college specifically for teachers](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dapne-state-normal-college-220x80.jpg)
![Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama, oldest college in Alabama and oldest Catholic College in Southeast [film & pics]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/interior-of-St.-Josephs-chapel-spring-hill-college-220x146.jpg)
![Patron+ GOOD OLE DAYS: Some cotton mill children went to school, if you can call them schools [old photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/school-under-stairs2-hine-dec.-19131-220x83.jpg)
