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PATRON – BIOGRAPHY: John Dandridge Bibb born March 10, 1788

This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume  2 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK! JOHN…

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PATRON + In 1918, Schools were closed and public meetings or gatherings were prohibited by the Public Health Department

(Transcribed from The Weekly Herald (Wetumpka, Alabama, December 12, 1918) Spanish influenza appeared in many waves across Alabama at the end of WWI and…

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UPDATED WITH PODCAST -Why hasn’t the State of Alabama recognized this wonderful lady for her major accomplishments?

I had the wonderful opportunity of interviewing an extraordinary lady who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, attended Ramsey High School, and went on to…

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PATRON – Early pictures from Bibb County, Alabama includes photograph of courthouse before it was razed in 1890 to build current one

Do you know anything about these photographs? Brown Bros. Saw Mill No 2 near Randolph Ala ca. 1900 Collection of Duke and Weeks families…

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Anne Newport Royall – She was alone in the wilderness with her seven children when she met Andrew Jackson in 1818 – guess what happened next

In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her husband…