Tuscaloosa had three other names before finally being called Tuscaloosa. Falls of the Black Warrior In the first and oldest deed book in the…
(News story from January 29, 1847 reveals William Tannehill's death.) DEATH ON A RIVERBOAT Mobile to Tuscaloosa, Alabama On January 29th, 1847 William Tannehill…
Happy Birthday! GENERAL GEORGE WHITFIELD CRABB BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1804-1846) Tuscaloosa, Alabama Gen. George W. Crabb was born to Ralph and Mary (Thomas) Crabb…
SAM DALEY'S SCHOOL Have you ever heard of Sam Daley's school in Tuscaloosa? I found two articles about it in a 1910 paper and…
The tornado that hit Tuscaloosa in 2011 is nothing new to the area. Violent tornadoes have hit the city of Tuscaloosa in the past. The…
Patron member story - Click …/ to see how to Become a Patron and unlock this story now. February 11, 1930 From The Tuscaloosa News, Tuscaloosa,…
The beautiful Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is filled with mysteries such as a door that leads nowhere, deep underground tunnels, 2-foot…
REV. WILLIAM C. BRADFORD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1862 - aft. 1896) Bullock, Montgomery, & Tuscaloosa Counties, Alabama Rev. William C. Bradford, pastor of the First Colored…
Happy Birthday! SAMUEL FITTS ALSTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1859-1922) Dallas and Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Samuel Fitts Alston was born January 6, 1859, in Selma…
Happy Birthday! STELLA HOUGHTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (December 29, 1802 – April 25, 1844) Tuscaloosa/Tuskaloosa County, Alabama Miss Stella Houghton, who was born in…
Happy Birthday DAVID MARSHALL SCOTT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (December 23, 1847 - Tuscaloosa and Dallas County, Alabama David Marshall Scott, merchant and postmaster, was…
Patron+ member story The Mary Frances last trip down the Warrior ended in disaster (Transcription from a history of Tuscaloosa written by an older…
Patron+ member story The bite of the Black Widow Story in Tuscaloosa made nationwide news (Transcription from a history of Tuscaloosa written by an…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! JOHN G. AIKEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1803 -1865) Tuscaloosa and Baldwin County, Alabama John Gaston Aiken, lawyer, was born November 29, 1803,…
A Certain Straw Hat Stories to Tell By Jean Butterworth As I reflected on the Alabama stories that Clarke Stallworth told in a recent…
Patron+ member story – Click …/ Join our Alabama Patron community to unlock this story and support the creation of a living and true history of Alabama! Excerpt…
The information and illustrations below are excerpts from a book written in 1887 as a prospectus for future investors in Tuscaloosa. The Tuskaloosa Coal,…
The Roads Home by Randal Champion The Bear Creek Clubhouse was about two miles from my home in Tuscaloosa County. Deer season started in…
BIOGRAPHY & GENEALOGY from obituary of CHARLIE M. BALL DIES, AGED 71 Rites for Retired Officer Set Thursday (from The Tuscaloosa News July 7,…
CAPTAIN JOHN G. BARR CHAPTER XXXV (from FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA printed in the Tuscaloosa Gazette August 12, 1886) by Hon. E. A.…
Happy Birthday! CHRISTOPHER C. NESMITH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1873-1931) Lamar, Marion, Winston, Walker, Jefferson & Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Christopher C. Nesmith, of Birmingham, achieved…
Photographs of women attending college at the beginning of the 20th century in Alabama usually reveal them dressed prim and proper in long dresses.…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! WILLIAM E. W. YERBY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1864-1940) HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA William E. W. Yerby was born Oct. 10, 1864, at Greensboro,…
Front Porch Dentistry by Shannon Hollon I remember my grandmother(Pauline Campbell Bearden) telling me a story once when they were staying with her grandparents(…
BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY Revolutionary War Soldier (1743 Virginia d. 1839 Alabama) Tuscaloosa, Alabama John Webster was born in Caroline county, Virginia., in 1743. Early…
REVIEW: Some ancestors I haven't found elsewhere. By Valerie J. R. Atkinson The Aldrich family of Alabama can trace their family tree back to the early…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! REVEREND ROBERT CUNNINGHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. Sept. 10, 1760…
SUNDAY SOLILOQUY: Romulus School - Only the oldest residents remember the old wooden school by the apple orchard ROMULUS SCHOOL by Dorothy Graham Gast…
Patron+ member story Click …/ to see how to Become a Patron and unlock this story now. COLUMBIAN INSTITUTE By Levin Vinson Rosser1 of Carrollton (Transcribed…
THE NIGHT I WENT TO THE YACHT CLUB IN A TABLECLOTH by Dorothy Graham Gast I was just ending my Blue Birds reading group…
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