(Transcribed and unedited excerpt from a story written by WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer, Susan Russell. The Chickasaw Colberts of Colbert County by WPA…
PATRON + The story of the Battle of Burnt Corn in Alabama This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Confrontation: Lost & Forgotten Stories…
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Alexander McGillivray1 A noted descendant of one of these traders having spent most of the winter in the settlement on Little River went to…
This is a transcribed, unedited, handwritten story from a WPA writer. Some of the words used in this article may not be appropriate today,…
This is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) continued below Native Americans Owned Farms…
Counties of Alabama Date of Formation County Court Houses.—By act of December 31, 1822, the sheriffs of the several counties were made the custodians of…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3) First Edition Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron/Patreon and unlock even…
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MACON COUNTY.*1 By H. M. King Written in 1881 NUMBER VI. Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…
Jeremiah Austill ((1793- 1881) was one of the participants of the famous Canoe Fight that took place in Alabama in 1813. We hear his…
Abraham Mordecai was an early settler who lived his last days in Dudleyville, Alabama in a log cabin.Below is a sketch of him written…
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MACON COUNTY By H. M. King Written in 1881 NUMBER X Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…
Diary Of Traveling To Alabama In Early 1800s This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3) First Edition…
Schools and Discovery of an inscription on a stone in Cherokee County, Alabama mound land! CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA REMINISCENCES OF ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT By…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Confrontation: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 4) Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron/Patreon and unlock even more stories!…
JOURNAL OF JAMES A. TAIT FOR THE YEAR 1813.1 (Diary entries from the 25th of August 1813 to the 25th of March 1815). Edited…
Maybe we should adopt this Native American way of settling disputes - we'd have less bloodshed This is an excerpt from the books ALABAMA…
This story is also in the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) Once Christopher Columbus discovered America, other explorers from…
The State of Alabama had many ancient Native American mounds in the early days. Many of these are no longer visible, but in 1901 before…
This story can also be found in the book Alabama Footprints: Immigrants Land Is Ceded For The Mississippi Territory in 1735 From 1735, large…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Confrontation: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 4) Tecumseh Causes Earthquake The Native American Chief Tecumseh arrived in Alabama in 1811…
Last of the Creeks, and brutal murders took place in Alabama during April 1839 THE LAST OF THE CREEKS The following affecting picture of…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler and writer and was one of the first newspaperwomen. She married Captain…
This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) continued below... Benjamin Hawkins grew up…
Excerpt From Early Records of Coosa County, AL 1832 -1860 compiled by Edward F. Hull WILLS PROBATE MINUTES OLD SERIES 1834 - 1842 BOOK…
This letter was not expected to be published, but being casually shown to the writer of this introduction, he solicited and obtained them for…
Portrait of Tecumseh (Continued – from Alabama Folklore Part II) Unemployed authors were employed through the Works Project Administration WPA to record the life…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) The following story is an excerpt from Reminiscences of the Early Days in Chambers County, by E.…
