Transcribed stories From the Florence Times October 6, 1905 – Lauderdale County, Alabama NEW MANUFACTURE FOR FLORENCE Railway Supply and Manufacturing Company Organized The…
SOCIETY NOTES From the Florence Times October 6, 1905 – Lauderdale County, Alabama Lauderdale County, Alabama Miss Sadie Martin of Nashville arrived in the…
UPDATED WITH NEWSREEL! William Christopher Handy was born November 16, 1873 in Florence, Alabama to parents Elizabeth Brewer and Charles Barnard Handy. His father…
EARLY LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA (Published in 1921) Lauderdale County was created by an act of the Alabama Territorial legislature, February 6, 1818. The name…
Throw Back Thursday – News from the Lauderdale County, Alabama Florence Times Daily September 3, 1909 A Great Discovery The new has come that…
Oldest Carrier Had 3,000,000 Pieces of Mail (Transcribed from Times Daily, Florence, Alabama December 17, 1929) R. W. Sims, 1223 Wills avenue, North Florence,…
BAD MAN IS FATALLY SHOT Sheriff Hill and Deputies Try to Arrest Much Wanted Man and Shoot Him Sheriff O. B. Hill, accompanied by…
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her…
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her…
Happy Birthday! ANDREW MERRIMAN YOUNG, SR. BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1858 AL – 1935 OK) Lauderdale County, Alabama and Oklahoma "The financial history of Oklahoma…
MR. WILLIAM POWERS DEAD Another of Lauderdale's Oldest and Best Citizens Gone (transcribed from Times Daily July 24, 1890, Florence, Alabama) This well-known citizen…
(Updated with a new film) Five miles north of Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama was a wonderful example of a temple type mansion, popularized by…
Mountain Tom Clark was a notorious outlaw gang leader who terrorized helpless citizens after the Civil War. He confessed to at least nineteen murders.…
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