Did you know that an asteroid which was probably the size of the Auburn University football stadium, traveling at 12 miles per second, hit…
INFLUENZA SITUATION GRAVE (Transcribed from The Weekly Herald (Wetumpka, Alabama, December 12, 1918) The spread of Influenza in our town and county is becoming…
(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 Wetumpka Herald, Wetumpka, Alabama, May 1, 1947) HISTORY OF WETUMPKA DeSoto and his followers were the first white men of whom…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer COL. WILLIAM GARRETT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (May 6, 1809 - 1910) Tennessee,…
Legal notices about estates from The Elmore Standard, Wetumpka, Alabama May 8, 1867 (Transcribed from The Elmore Standard, Wetumpka, Alabama May 8, 1867)…
GERRARD HANSFORD, BARBER Gerrard Hansford, a free colored person, well remembered in Montgomery, was married on the 15th of December, 1825, by William Maxey,…
Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 04 Winter Issue 1960 (WARNING! This may be offensive to readers today. We have transcribed…
Happy Birthday! GENERAL JOHN ARCHER ELMORE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1762-1834) Autauga County, Alabama General John Archer Elmore was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia…
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…
Native American Revenge in Alabama By Raymond E. Hall As you drive by what must be the highest building in Elmore County, Alabama, as…
(Scroll to the bottom to see a film of Wetumpka from around the 1930s) The county seat of Elmore County, Alabama is Wetumpka. Located…
Happy Birthday! EDWIN VALDINA CALDWELL BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1845-1016) Shelby County, Alabama Edwin Valdina Caldwell was a leading citizen of Shelby county, Alabama. He…
COL. THOMAS WILLIAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1825 – 1903) Virginia, Elmore and Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev.…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM ALFRED ALTMAN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1846 -1923) Elmore and Sumter Counties, Alabama William Alfred Altman, a planter and merchant, was…
Happy Birthday! CAPTAIN LEANDER J. BRYAN. JR BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1843 Autauga Co., AL d. 1907) Autauga, Elmore and Montgomery County, Alabama Captain…
Happy Birthday! BOLLING HALL BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1767-1836) Autauga and Elmore County, Alabama Bolling HALL was born on 25th of January 1767 in Dinwiddle…
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF WETUMPKA The original part of the building was built in 1846. The Church was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks…
Update: Next Fort Toulouse - Fort Jackson frontier days are on November 7, 2018 - Mark your calendar. Elmore County created 1866 Elmore County…
From the (Florence) Times Daily July 14, 1894 BOWMAN IN TEXAS = He Was Indicted There For Forgery. From the (Florence) Times Daily July…
NOT ALL THERE IS TO A FIRE by Inez McCollum It was with sadness that I read an article about the Hotel Talisi in…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! REV. GEORGE EVANS BREWER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1832-1922) Elmore, Coosa County, Alabama Rev. George Evans Brewer was born near Covington, Newton County,…
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,…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer SAMUEL S. BEMAN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (March 11, 1822 –…
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…
This Zeigler House1 (depicted in the photographs below) was built ca. 1825 is still standing in Elmore County, Alabama. The Zeigler family arrived in…
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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