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Hale County, Alabama has 10 historic sites and some ghost towns

The following article is an excerpt from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 08, No. 01, Spring Issue 1946 that describes some historic sites and ghost…

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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?

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…

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PATRON – Morrisette or Morrisett Family of Perry, Hale, Marengo, Montgomery Counties, Alabama & Washington and Enterprise, Arkansas

This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume II- Scroll to bottom to see Table of Contents of…

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PATRON + First ribbon cane molasses, cherted road and cotton mill were started by these men in Greensboro, Alabama

Firsts in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama1 Ribbon Cane The first genuine ribbon (or sugar) cane ever successfully planted in Hale county was cultivated seven miles…

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PATRON – Old Greensboro Female Academy in Alabama had many excellent female graduates, including a popular author

OLD GREENSBORO FEMALE ACADEMY1 Published 1908 In December, 1839, a meeting was held in the Greensboro Lyceum (in Hale County, Alabama) by the subscribers…

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PATRON + Thanks to the untiring efforts of these men the telegraph and telephone finally came to Greensboro, Alabama

PATRON + Thanks to the untiring efforts of these men the telegraph and telephone finally came to Greensboro, Alabama Communication with the outside world…

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PATRON + Did you know that in 1869 there was a dramatic club made up of only men in Greensboro, Alabama?

The Greensboro Dramatic Association1 (This transcribed article was published in 1908) Nearly forty years ago—to be exact, in 1869—there existed in Greensboro an organization known as “The…