SCROLL DOWN TO SEE STORY (Transcribed from The Leighton News, Leighton, Alabama, Feb. 9, 1894) Personal News from Leighton, Alabama Mr. G. T. McGregor,…
Baldwin County celebrated 100 year Courthouse with Masonic Cornerstone Reenactment in 2001 This is a great film of the tremendous crowd, parade, and events…
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE RECIPE CHICKEN PIE 1886 RECIPE Stew chicken till tender, season with one-quarter of a pound of butter, salt, and pepper;…
The 1892 Alabama Cadets football team represented the University of Alabama in the 1892 college football season. The team was led by head coach…
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE RECIPE GREEN CORN FRITTERS 1886 RECIPE Cut through the centre of each row of kernels, then press out the centre…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) Ortiz, De Soto's Interpreter Respected By The Indians Jean Ortiz was a mere…
TWO DESSERT RECIPES FROM 1870S (Transcribed from The Times-Argus, Selma, Alabama January 27, 1870 – Originally published in the American Agriculturist) GRAHAM BREAD Take…
TWAS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the house, Every creature was hurting -- even the mouse. The…
SOUTHERN BATTER BREAD Scald 1 quart of milk in double boiler and stir in 1 quart of water-ground corn meal, a little at a…
GLENNVILLE, ALABAMA (Transcribed From Smartt, Eugenia Persons..History of Eufaula, Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: Roberts & Son, printers, 1930, c1933. - Some of the homes mentioned…
ALABAMA FRUIT CAKE 1924 recipe from Alabama Extension Service 1 lb. butter ¾ lb. sugar 9 eggs 1 lb. flour 2 tbsp. baking powder…
Take two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, half a pint of fresh cider, nutmeg, one teaspoonful of salaratua or volatile salts, and…
In every book I have read about the Civil War, the authors referred to the 'Rebel Yell' heard before battle and I have always…
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! Have you tried any of these when cooking? 1. Chewing gum while peeling onions helps to…
Good luck from Vicksburg by Shannon Hollon On New Year's Day me my wife and my parents ate lunch at Cracker Barrel, when our…
On July 4, 1850 at a hot July 4th celebration at the Washington Monument, President Zachary Taylor died five days later on July 9,…
Tod Robinson was a very early pioneer in Alabama. He arrived in Alabama even before it was a state with the father of noted…
This was published on July 26, 1923. We have come a long way in Women's Rights since then! July 26, 1923, The Advertiser, Moulton,…
Have you ever wondered how to make Ox Tail Soup? Here is an original recipe from an 1880's cookbook Two ox-tails, two slices of…
This biography is also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) and SOME SOUTHERN STARR FAMILIES Compiled Genealogy Records,…
THE CAMP MEETING by By HON. E. A. POWELL (from FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA printed in the Tuscaloosa Gazette August 12, 1886) The…
Working for the telephone company after college by Clifford Dobyns My first job after college was with a telephone company whose home base was…
Strange Happenings in Genealogy Research by Patricia Westgate Sayko I had been searching for the parents of a man in my lineage and thought…
Excerpt from First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume 1 JAMES GALLAGHER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800- ca. 1843) Lawrence and Mobile County, Alabama…
On the headstone of a noted miser, is the following: Here lies old Father Gripe, who never cried Jamsatis T'would wake him did he…
From an 1881 newspaper: Father's Rules for Governing children: Cultivate a love of giving fair play. Everyone, of course, likes to receive fair play,…
MEXICAN WAR and ALABAMA MILITARY The war between Mexico and the United States, 1846-1848, brought on by a series of attacks on American citizens,…
Have you ever heard of the STAR CHAMBER? Read about how and why it drove many of our founders to America in the “page-turning”,…
These people must have been proud of their trades Epitaph to blind woodsawyer in Georgia: "While none ever saw him see thousands have seen…
When I travel around the state, many people share wonderful stories with me that I'd love to include on this website, but I simply…
![PATRON + The University of Alabama football team was represented by the Alabama cadets in 1892 [vintage pictures]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1892_Alabama_Football_Team-220x170.jpg)
![PATRON + Amazing [vintage film] of real Confederate vets giving the Rebel Yell in Washington D. C.](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/civil-war-veterans-the-rebel-yell-388-220x86.jpg)
