WARNING: This story was transcribed exactly as written in the 1930s. It may include some offensive language. PLEAS AND THE SNAKE FOLKLORE BY WPA WRITER LILLIAN FINNELL TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA 1930s A little Negro boy who had been reared on a lady’s place, near Tuscaloosa, was her chore boy after he grew older. One winter morning, […]
THE WALKERS (Transcribed from Short Sketches of Jackson County, W. P. A. story from Alabama Department of Archives and History,) Edgar Walker, Landowner Dorans Cove, Alabama Jackson County September 30, 1938 J. S. W. The Walker farm is located about four miles north of Bridgeport in Doran’s Cove. The place contains 148 acres of land, […]
SOME MEMBERS OF FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS OF GREENSBORO, ALABAMA1 (published in 1908) ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER Phoenix Royal Arch Chapter No. 11, under dispensation, was organized April 16, 1838, at Greensboro, Ala., with the following members: Charles Whelan, H. P.; J. B. McVinoy, King; John Fife, Scribe; Henry Webb, C. of H.; R. Haygood, P. S.; W. […]
In the 1930s and 1940s, bus travel was the common way to travel to school, around town and to other parts of the country. Advertisements and the streamlined design of buses in the 40s added to the appeal. Bus riding hit its peak during World War II when car production nearly ceased and gasoline was […]
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