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PATRON + MONDAY MUSINGS: Mules were valuable to many Alabama farmers – here is why

October 19, 2020 July 7, 2020by Donna R Causey

ON THE USE OF MULES (From an old newspaper abstract) Mules, on a general average, live more than twice as long as horses. They…

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Anne Newport Royall – reports in a letter from 1821 of snakes that fly apart and plants that close their leaves

July 17, 2020 May 31, 2020by Donna R Causey

In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her…

Days Gone By - stories from the past

Have you ever eaten Bitterweed Butter?

January 8, 2020 November 12, 2019by Dorothy Graham Gast

This is a cute story that many who lived on a farm can relate to. Bitterweed Butter by Dorothy Graham Gast When I was…

Days Gone By - stories from the past

Just reading about this makes me tired – tobacco farming was hard work!

April 11, 2018 September 13, 2019by Sam Perkins

Tobacco farming was hard work by Sam Perkins My father grew burley tobacco in Middle Tennessee for forty continuous years. I was a participant…

Days Gone By - stories from the past

The Wayside Cottage – what life was like for a sharecropper in Lowndes Co. in 1935

August 14, 2017 July 19, 2017by Donna R Causey

This unedited story has been transcribed from WPA (Works Project Administration) stories on Lowndes County from 1935. THE WAYSIDE COTTAGE Mr. & Mrs. C.…