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Mahan boys and their comrades – early pioneers to Bibb and Shelby County...

 
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Mahan boys and their comrades – early pioneers to Bibb and Shelby County

Mahan boys and comrades (Written in 1910) The three Mahan boys and their comrades, following the good fight at New Orleans, split up into small crowds, “and,” writes Kevin Cunningham Mahan for this record, “rather than tackle the job of running boats on the Mississippi up stream, they decided to follow the not any too […]

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PATRON + Pioneer Talladega, Its Minutes and Memories Chapter 13 – Prices paid for Native American land

Photograph Mardis-House-U.S.-Highway-231-Talladega Alex-Bush-Photographer-February-4-1937 (Library of Congress) PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XIII Probably it will be a matter of interest to give a brief glance at the prices paid for land bought from the Indians, and a few of the names of the vendors of notable Tracts. Fos Hatchie […]

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PATRON – Police arrest four in Gibbs' Robbery in Alabama City 1932

Excerpt transcribed from The Etowah Observer, Alabama City, Alabama March 17, 1932 POLICE ARREST FOUR IN GIBBS’ ROBBERY Merritt Williams and Erwin Martin and Two Women Held: Police Work Fast The arm on the law moved fast Wednesday when Alabama City police nabbed Merritt Williams 22, Erwin Martin 25, and Ruby and Lucile Jones as […]

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