Have you ever heard of the town of Advance in Alabama? The pictures below were taken in July 1936 of some rural grocery…
WATERWORKS OF GREENSBORO, HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA1 (Published in 1908) It is a far cry from “the old oaken bucket that hung in the well”…
OLD GREENSBORO FEMALE ACADEMY1 Published 1908 In December, 1839, a meeting was held in the Greensboro Lyceum (in Hale County, Alabama) by the subscribers…
PATRON + Thanks to the untiring efforts of these men the telegraph and telephone finally came to Greensboro, Alabama Communication with the outside world…
PATRON – Political parties were organized in Greensboro, Alabama in May 1843. Here are some of the people who formed them. (Transcribed from Alabama…
Building of the Courthouse and Jail in Greensboro1 (published 1908) On January 30th, 1867, the Legislature passed an Act creating Hale County. It was…
NEWSPAPERS IN EARLY GREENSBORO, ALABAMA1 (Story Published in 1908) The Halcyon As early as 1824, and presumably earlier, there was a newspaper published in…
Public Halls in Early Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama1 (Published in 1908) Public halls were popular in early Greensboro, Alabama. By public halls is meant a…
DIVISION OF GREENSBORO IN THE EARLY YEARS OF ITS EXISTENCE1 A few years prior to 1830, Greensborough was divided into three imaginary wards, known…
One of the largest artesian well in the world was reported to be on the "Goodrum Place", a plantation that was owned by the…
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…
Did you know that the low places in Greensboro, Alabama were from extensive reed brakes where cattle died? Before white settlers moved into the…
The story of the Killing of Dr. Hellen in Greensboro, Alabama published in 1908. Killing of Dr. Hellen1 (Published in 1908) Up to twenty-five or thirty years…
Old Southern University Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama Old Southern University was built in 1857 by Mullins and Hall of Selma, Alabama. It was owned…
Princely Gambling1 Gambling in the early days was very common and considered quite a respectable occupation, and men of the highest standing, measured by the…
EARLY HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA Hale County, Alabama was created by the Legislature of the State of Alabama on January 30, 1867. The larger part…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer CHARLES S. WHELAN, M. D. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1841-1898) Hale and Jefferson…
THE FIRST HOUSES BUILT IN GREENSBORO AFTER THE WAR (CIVIL)1 (published 1908) It would be superfluous to state that for nearly twenty years after…
Masonic Lodge of Greensboro, Alabama1 Published in 1908 The Masonic Lodge now in existence in Greensboro (in 1908)— known as Lafayette No. 26—dates back…
Back in the early days, when Greensboro, Alabama was going through the formative period, there were quite a number of the rough and lawless…
Old Graves and Graveyards in Greensboro, Alabama There are a number of scattered graves in Greensboro of which the present generation—most of them—know nothing.…
Hung in Effigy in Greensboro, Alabama1 (written in 1908) The cutting down of an oak tree and the filling of a well in 1843 in Greensboro…
ELECTRIC LIGHTS IN GREENSBORO, ALABAMA1 (published 1908) Greensboro, from its foundation up to the year 1883, never knew what it was to have even…
PATRON - Ginning, Cotton, and sports occurred in the Early Days of West Greensboro, Alabama Early Days of West Greensboro, Alabama (Written in 1908)…
PATRON + A true incident from Reconstruction Days in Greensboro, Alabama that reveals the difficulties during that time. An incident from Reconstruction Days in…
According to the article below published in 1908, three men in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama volunteered to be climate observers and weather recorders for…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume III- Scroll to see Table of Contents of book GREENSBORO,…
EARLY GREENSBORO, HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA Settled by the Russell family The locality of Greensboro was settled in 1816 by a large family connection named Russell,…
History of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Greensboro.1 (Published in 1908) The earliest records of this church were lost, and have never been…
Greensboro Public School1 Published in 1908 In 1858, Miles Hassell Yerby, a graduate of the State University at Tuscaloosa, came to Greensboro and taught…
