Abraham Mordecai was an early settler who lived his last days in Dudleyville, Alabama in a log cabin.Below is a sketch of him written…
(CONTINUED from Part I) (This was transcribed by the Alabama Historical Society and printed in 1901 in their magazine as follows) THE MISSION OF…
Do you love grits and eggs? You can thank the Native Americans for introducing them to our southern diet. An article from the Tuscaloosa…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3) First Edition The Trackless Wilderness Of South Alabama "White settlers…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Confrontation: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 4) Tecumseh Causes Earthquake As Tecumseh continued to speak to the…
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MACON COUNTY By H. M. King Written in 1881 NUMBER X Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…
(This is a transcription of a letter written in 1858 is about Alabama Indians by Gen. Woodward to historian Albert J. Pickett) Wheeling, Winn…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Confrontation: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 4) Tecumseh's Visit It's a long journey from the region round…
Diary Of Traveling To Alabama In Early 1800s This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3) First Edition…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) WARNING: Some of the words in this article may be offensive to readers.…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) The power of the Creek Nation was crushed at the Battle of Horseshoe…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) On the road leading from St. Stephens in Washington County, Alabama, lived the renowned Choctaw Chief Pushmataha.…
Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) Pushmataha Offers Assistance After Fort Mims was destroyed, the Red Sticks were in a high state…
Native Americans Deceived By British This story is also an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) Continued…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Confrontation: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 4) Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron/Patreon and unlock even more stories!…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3) First Edition Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron/Patreon and unlock even…
This is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) continued below There are perhaps few…
This is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) First Edition James Seagrove, born in Ireland, was…
This story is also in the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) Once Christopher Columbus discovered America, other explorers from…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) The last and decisive engagement between the Creek Indians and the United States…
CREEK DIFFICULTIES (Newspaper Transcribed extract from Voice of Sumter (Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama) May 17, 1836 We must speak plain on this question. It…
Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) A Warning Saves Many Lives In 1812, the long-threatened war between the United States and Great…
Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation - Gen. Coffee in Creek Indian War (Story continued below) With the arrival of eight hundred and fifty newly…
This story can also be found in the book Alabama Footprints: Immigrants Land Is Ceded For The Mississippi Territory in 1735 From 1735, large…
In the 1830s many Native-Americans were divided in their opinions about moving west. Some voluntarily moved with the first treaties, and others delayed in…
Millie Francis of the Creek Tribe is often called the Creek Pocahontas. She was the first woman and Native American to be awarded a…
Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) William Weatherford – Red Eagle Among the Native Americans, Tecumseh found a bold, gifted, and eloquent…
Cherokee County, Alabama - DeSoto and Chiaha where DeSoto visited HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Part I Mr. Hugh Cardon wrote the…
MUSCLE SHOALS COLBERT COUNTY, ALABAMA No one knows the origin of the name Muscle Shoals but there are many theories. One theory is that…
(This story was written in 1916. Mr. Clinton was a contributor to the old Alabama Historical Society, reprinted in The Alabama Historical Quarterly 1930) EARLY HISTORY…
