Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Where was the exact location of the historic Dennis hotel in present-day Dadeville, Alabama?...

 
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Where was the exact location of the historic Dennis hotel in present-day Dadeville, Alabama?

Scroll below to see video of the Old Dennis Hotel. On June 30, 1837, Dadeville, Alabama was incorporated with an intendant and five counselors, and with the corporate limits including the parcel of land described below. Dadeville is the county seat of Tallapoosa County, in the east-central part of the county, in the SW of […]

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PATRON + There was no such thing as sending to the store to get a sack of flour in the early days of Alabama

FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA CHAPTER EIGHT by By HON. E. A. POWELL (Written before 1886) At the time I first went to Fayette the mill question was one of importance. Many people had to go as far as twenty miles to get their corn ground into meal. If the mill-boy had a turn of wheat […]

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PATRON – Newspaper abstracts from Bibb Blade Jan 14, 1885 – Destructive storm – Immense loss of property

(From the Bibb Blade, Bibb County, Alabama Jan 14, 1885 -transcribed in the Cahaba Journal Vol I) THE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT Immense Loss of Property Houses, Fencing Destroyed Many Farmers Left Without a Panel of Fence From different sources, we gain information of one of the most destructive storms that has ever visited this county. […]

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PATRON + RECIPE WEDNESDAY – Buckwheat Cakes from 1894 recipe

The old-fashioned cakes our grandmother made were the best. Following is the recipe; SCROLL DOWN TO SEE RECIPE To one quart of warm water add a yeast cake and a good heaping teaspoon of salt. Stir in buckwheat flour until you have a stiff batter. Set at night and keep in a warm place. In […]

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