Tag: MACON COUNTY

Many children had no parents left after the War Between the States ended

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Many children had no parents left after the War Between the States ended

February 8, 2018 February 8, 2018by Donna R Causey

There were many orphans in Alabama after the War Between the States and this is one of the Homes set up to provide them…

Judge L. B. Strange had an Indian store at Fort Decatur in Macon County, Alabama

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Judge L. B. Strange had an Indian store at Fort Decatur in Macon County, Alabama

May 12, 2017 October 10, 2019by Donna R Causey

HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MACON COUNTY By H. M. King Written in 1881 NUMBER X Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…

Did you know that Shorter, Alabama was once called LaPlace?

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Did you know that Shorter, Alabama was once called LaPlace?

April 22, 2017 April 23, 2017by Donna R Causey

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LaPLACE METHODIST CHURCH*1 By Mary DeBardeleben Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02, Summer Issue 1956 (Mary…