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…
The Last Panther In Alabama (Written exactly as told) from Gibbons Family News Letter submitted by Dorothy Clark Way back, sometime around 1902…
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…
GRANNY'S HOUSE See More Family Stories from Dorothy Graham Gast My maternal grandparents were Mary Florence (Mamie) Cork and John Leland Barton, both born…
Prayer Warriors by Clifford Dobbyns The dictionary says that prayer is an approach to deity in word or thought: an urgent request. It defines…
Note: This story has been reported in newspapers since the 1930s, and is all over the internet including the History.com but the Alabama Department of…
The Christmas Oranges from the MisAdventures of Lily When my grandmother was small, there wasn’t much money for toys and dolls. The most wonderful…
A Traumatic and Memorable Christmas by Joe McKnight One Christmas in my early childhood stands out as both traumatic and memorable. We lived at…
SAND MOUNTAIN MEMORIES How we got there by Raymond Elliott My father did not always own a car during my childhood. Then there…
JUST LIKE MINE By Joyce Ray Wheeler We were so young in 1953 when my husband became a mathematics professor at Howard College…
Aftermath by Joyce Ray Wheeler My newest dictionary simply defines "aftermath" as "results or consequences" with the idea being that the consequences are not…
Decorating the Tree by Inez McCollum Most of you are in the process of decorating your Christmas Tree. My late husband would get so…
Below are old photographs related to Christmas at the Alabama Department of Archives and History - they should bring back memories. Information with the photographs…
The Day I was Born by Virginia Faye Floyd Peiffer My mom told me about the day I was born. I will never forget.…
A Certain Straw Hat Stories to Tell By Jean Butterworth As I reflected on the Alabama stories that Clarke Stallworth told in a recent…
PEAS, PLEASE by Dorothy Graham Gast Peas, corn, okra, tomatoes, squash, and sweet potatoes are as nutritious as they are tasty. Mainstays of southern…
(There is an orb in the photograph. How can it be explained?) Third great grandfather was James Taylor Ross Ross Bridge, in Hoover, Alabama…
A Toilet by Any Other Names by Inez McCollum The toilet has been the butt of many jokes and has quite a variety of…
The Little Boy Cook by Joe Baxter Davis In the 1940's we lived in Birmingham. Daddy worked as an auto body man and painter,…
I have friends from Scotland I met on a cruise from Cyprus to Egypt in 2000. I have visited them in Scotland and they…
Work at a sawmill was hard in the good old days! Can you imagine the strength it took to do this? MEMORIES OF WALKER…
The Way We Were by Joyce Ray Wheeler Edmonson County in rural Kentucky where I grew up was known as the poorest county in…
BIRMINGHAM MEMORIES 40's, 50's, and 60's by Milo J. "Jerry" Heis I REMEMBER: East Lake Park when there were still remnants of the Fair…
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…
My Dad was a member of a church in a rural area of Alabama. The church and others throughout the state would have singings…
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