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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.... During the American Revolution,…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Confrontation: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 4) William Weatherford – Red Eagle Among the Native Americans, Tecumseh…
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MACON COUNTY.*1 By H. M. King Written in 1881 NUMBER VI. Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…
JACKSON CONFRONTING THE MUTINEERS The battle of Enitaohopco was a battle fought by Gen. Andrew Jackson with the Creek Indians at the Creek village…
Jeremiah Austill ((1793- 1881) was one of the participants of the famous Canoe Fight that took place in Alabama in 1813. We hear his…
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…
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…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER VIII INDIAN OCCUPANCY OF TALLADEGA After De Soto had left his trail of…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER VI John Box was appointed the first coroner of the county on Monday,…
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…
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…
JOURNAL OF JAMES A. TAIT FOR THE YEAR 1813.1 (Diary entries from the 25th of August 1813 to the 25th of March 1815). Edited…
This is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) continued below Only few regionsn of…
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…
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…
