(Transcribed from December 27, 1923, The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama) MRS. GRIDER AND SISTERS ENTERTAIN AT JANUARY TEA Mrs. Frank Grider and her sisters,…
(Transcribed from December 27, 1923, The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama) MORGAN KIWANIANS TO HOLD ELECTION ALBANY-DECATUR, Ala., Dec. 27 – Special - The regular…
(Transcribed from December 27, 1923, The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama) FAMILY REUNION AT ANNISTON ENJOYED ANNISTON, Ala., Dec. 27 – Special - Mr. and…
(Transcribed from December 27, 1923, The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama) HELENA PIONEER DIES HELENA, ALA., Dec. 17 – Special - Funeral services over the…
Mary Anderson was born in Greene County, Alabama in 1866. She moved with her widowed mother and sister to the booming town of Birmingham, Alabama…
CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH Oldest Church in Jefferson County By Bess Stout Lambert [Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 02, No. 04, Winter Issue…
PERSONAL Note: Some of the Personal mentions were omitted because the newspaper was too faded and they were unreadable. (Transcribed extracts from the Herald-Journal…
(Transcribed extracts from The Silent Eye, Avondale, Jefferson County, Alabama December 14, 1901) MONTEVALLO MURDER Walter S. Cary, attorney, was shot and killed Friday…
SAMUEL DAVIES WEAKLEY (1860 – 1921) Jefferson County, Alabama BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY SAMUEL DAVIES WEAKLEY, of the Birmingham bar, has gained an eminence in…
History of Camp Ground Bethlehem Church, Graham Alabama by Mrs. W. M. Caskey Mississippi of Calif. in 1979 The Old Brockville Camp Ground Bethlehem…
I grew up in Alabama and on hot summer days we had to find ways to entertain ourselves and endure the heat without air-conditioning.…
Community Sing and Whist Players passed the time in Birmingham, Alabama March 20, 1920 (Transcribed from The Voice of the People, Birmingham, Alabama, March…
To Grandmother's house we go by Ben White Many fall weekends, our family, Dad, Mother and three children, would catch the Trailways bus and…
Arlington in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama is a wonderful example of Greek Revival architecture which dates back to the 1840s. It is located on…
Incidents of the early settlement of Jones Valley, Alabama --- written in 1854 by about Davy Crockett's cousin Williamson Hawkins who settled in Alabama…
A funny story—I bet he would be shocked at the world today. Do you know what the name of the store could have been on…
Paid in full, this is hard to do nowadays by Joyce Ray Wheeler When we moved to Birmingham in 1953 we rented an old…
(Transcribed from The Centreville Press, April 5, 1900) Killed His Sister A son of Mr. Patten Morrow, living in Mautua beat, Greene County, shot…
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The new bustling business district of the city of Birmingham, Alabama was almost destroyed by fire in 1905- Here are some actual…
A tragedy took place on December 4, 1888, in East Lake in Birmingham, Alabama THE HAWES RIOT by Chas. D. Franklin Editorial Department (WPA…
"In the early 1800's, Andrew Jackson's soldiers became the area's first settlers after their victory at Horseshoe Bend. In 1861, residents from the community…
[The Lou Wooster Public Health Award at the University of Alabama in Birmingham School of Public Health is presented annually by the University of…
Birmingham, the Chicago of the South? Excerpts From The Iron Age Birmingham, Alabama April 19, 1883 The Moon Boys Discharged The Moon boys, who…
Did you know? Names suggested for Birmingham, Alabama were Powellton after Colonel Powell of Elyton Land Company, Milnerville, or Morrisville afterh Josiah Morris…
When Americans think about cities historically known for automotive industry, places like Detroit are usually the first to come up, but did you know…
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Stories and ghostly tales from the 1930s of how Shades Valley in Jefferson County, Alabama was named (WPA Alabama Writer's Project) There are at…
