(Transcribed from The Weekly Herald (Wetumpka, Alabama, December 12, 1918) Spanish influenza appeared in many waves across Alabama at the end of WWI and…
Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 04 Winter Issue 1960 (WARNING! This may be offensive to readers today. We have transcribed…
COL. THOMAS WILLIAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1825 – 1903) Virginia, Elmore and Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev.…
(Scroll to the bottom to see a film of Wetumpka from around the 1930s) The county seat of Elmore County, Alabama is Wetumpka. Located…
From the (Florence) Times Daily July 14, 1894 BOWMAN IN TEXAS = He Was Indicted There For Forgery. From the (Florence) Times Daily July…
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! JOHN JAMES HUNTER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1857-aft. 1904) Dallas, Clarke, Elmore and Talladega County, Alabama and Florida John James Hunter, of Sylacauga,…
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NOT ALL THERE IS TO A FIRE by Inez McCollum It was with sadness that I read an article about the Hotel Talisi in…
This Zeigler House1 (depicted in the photographs below) was built ca. 1825 is still standing in Elmore County, Alabama. The Zeigler family arrived in…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer BOLLING HALL, JR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1813-1897) Autauga and Elmore County, Alabama…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Maggie Adams Hatton Biography and Genealogy (1879 - 1939) Elmore…
During the War Between the States, men who volunteered for service from the South had to furnish their own clothing and equipment while in…
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A powerful tornado destroyed the First Baptist Church of Wetumpka in January 2019. The old part of the chapel received "significant" structural damage during…
Did you know that an asteroid which was probably the size of the Auburn University football stadium, traveling at 12 miles per second, hit…
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INFLUENZA SITUATION GRAVE (Transcribed from The Weekly Herald (Wetumpka, Alabama, December 12, 1918) The spread of Influenza in our town and county is becoming…
REV. GEORGE EVANS BREWER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1832-1922) Elmore, Coosa County, Alabama Rev. George Evans Brewer was born near Covington, Newton County, Ga., October…
(Transcribed from The Wetumpka Herald, Wetumpka, Alabama, May 1, 1947) HISTORY OF WETUMPKA DeSoto and his followers were the first white men of whom…
Legal notices about estates from The Elmore Standard, Wetumpka, Alabama May 8, 1867 (Transcribed from The Elmore Standard, Wetumpka, Alabama May 8, 1867)…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer COL. WILLIAM GARRETT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (May 6, 1809 - 1910) Tennessee,…
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SAMUEL S. BEMAN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (March 11, 1822 – May 9, 1882) New York, Minnesota, Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa…
GERRARD HANSFORD, BARBER Gerrard Hansford, a free colored person, well remembered in Montgomery, was married on the 15th of December, 1825, by William Maxey,…
Update: Next Fort Toulouse - Fort Jackson frontier days are on November 7, 2018 - Mark your calendar. Elmore County created 1866 Elmore County…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! THOMAS PINCKNEY JOHNSTON BIOGRAHPY and GENEALOGY (1869-1926) Coosa, Elmore and Talladega County, Alabama Thomas Pinckney Johnston was a popular mayor of the…
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