Click to see how too Become a Patron and read all the Alabama Pioneers stories While transcribing records from old newspapers, I frequently run…
The Adventures (or MISadventures) of Lily by Becki McAnnally Another chapter in the (mis)adventures of my grandmother, Lily. This story involves a “Yankee” visitor…
The Big Fishing Trip by Joe Baxter Davis In about 1944, we lived in Equality, Coosa County, Alabama. Our friend Jack told us about…
“Ice Cream” Sunday By Ben White It was Sunday morning; the sun was just beginning to come over the horizon, the sky was clear…
YES, I Remember Those Perms by Dorothy Graham Gast An aunt who was a beautician was prevailed upon during a visit to my grandmother's…
In the 1930s and 1940s, bus travel was the common way to travel to school, around town and to other parts of the country.…
The Last Panther In Alabama (Written exactly as told) from Gibbons Family News Letter submitted by Dorothy Clark Way back, sometime around 1902 -1908,…
Submitted by Patricia Ross Parker I had always known that my grandmother's maiden name was Baker and that she had lived as a child…
(Memorial Day seems a good time to remember what life was like in 1942) I Remember December 7th by Dorothy Graham Gast "Pearl Harbor…
Grandma and Grandpa Graham by Dorothy Graham Gast We were blessed to grow up next door to Grandpa and Grandma in Romulus, Alabama. The…
He was born September 17, 1923, in Mount Olive, Butler County, Alabama and was regarded as one of the most significant and influential musicians of…
The Bountiful Bearden's... A family's journey in the American South by Shannon Hollon Our first Bearden in America was Jacob Bearden b.1660 in England…
We've had some very cold days in the southeast the past few years, but I wonder if any can match some of these storms. In…
"On January 30, 1966, Alabama experienced its coldest ever recorded temperature of -27°F at New Market in Madison County. The average low temperature during…
SAND MOUNTAIN MEMORIES How we got there by Raymond Elliott My father did not always own a car during my childhood. Then there…
PEAS, PLEASE by Dorothy Graham Gast Peas, corn, okra, tomatoes, squash, and sweet potatoes are as nutritious as they are tasty. Mainstays of southern…
Eight Party Line Back Then When I was in high school we had one rotary black dial telephone that was an eight party line. …
[Many people in the Sylacauga area around the time of WWII can probably relate to this story.] As told to Donna R. Causey by Pearl…
A Toilet by Any Other Names by Inez McCollum The toilet has been the butt of many jokes and has quite a variety of…
Patron+ member story Household tips from the past - some can still be used today For Removing Oil – Chloroform will remove machine oil from…
RICKWOOD FIELD – THE OLDEST STANDING BASEBALL STADIUM IN THE NATION HAS A BIRTHDAY ON AUGUST 18TH Thanks to A. H. "Rick" Woodward, Birmingham,…
MY LIFE VALLIE MAY HARRIS (BICKNER) (born 9/25/1912) 3rd daughter of Oscar Lloyd Harris and Miriam Vivalvie Atkinson (Harris) To all of my family,…
WE ARE THE STORYTELLERS (AUTHOR UNKNOWN) submitted by Jesse Suttles of Arkansas We are the chosen. In each family there is one who seems…
A Certain Straw Hat Stories to Tell By Jean Butterworth As I reflected on the Alabama stories that Clarke Stallworth told in a recent…
Leroy the Rooster Made his escape in Talladega by Johnny Ponder Back in the late '50s we lived on South Street in Talladega. Momma…
Cats playing with their tails means that bad weather isn't far off See a cardinal, made a wish, and pinch someone to make it…
(This true story is hard to think about today, but it probably happened many times--particularly during epidemics.) Make sure she's dead by Peg Crum My…
Scrapbooks the Old Fashioned Way by Jean Butterworth Cleaning out drawers is always a tiresome chore, but here is what I discovered after many…
Remember Those Cold Winters? by Dorothy Graham Gast I agree that winters are not as cold as they were in the 40s and 50s.…
My Childhood Part in Social Security Carolyn Kracke Beyer One day, when I was in the first grade in 1946, Daddy said, “If you’ll…
![AUTHOR SUNDAY: Ice Cream Sunday – Life Was So Much Simpler Back Then [film and photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1950s-Church-clothes-2-220x218.jpg)
![AUTHOR SUNDAY: Yes, I remember those home perms – do you? [film & pictures]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Toni1-e1396925338891-220x95.jpg)
![AUTHOR SUNDAY – Life during WWII was very different from today – [vintage film & pictures]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Shipbuilding-wwii-ms-220x174.jpg)
![UPDATED WITH PODCAST [see films, story, pics] On the 1st day of January 1953, Hank Williams died at the young age of twenty-nine](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Hank_Williams_with_a_guitar_on_a_sidewalk_in_Montgomery_Alabama-220x300.jpg)
![Remember those cold days in Alabama with no central heat and Vicks Vapo rub [see vintage film] was the remedy for a cold?](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/snow-and-trees-220x82.jpg)
![My first job at Sylacauga cotton Mill – with [rare film footage of Avondale Mills in 50’s]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/syla-220x106.jpg)
