NOTE: The 1932 film includes a graphic scene of recovering a body so please do not view it if you are sensitive to such scenes. The March 21, 1932, tornado outbreak which took place in the Southern States was the worse in history for Alabama. At least 36 tornadoes—including 27 killers and several long-lived tornado families […]
HISTORIC TORNADO OUTBREAK ALABAMA March 21-22, 1932 (FROM: DARKEST HOURS by Jay Robert Nash) On March 21, 1932, Marion, Alabama was the first town struck in one of the most destructive series of tornadoes to wreak havoc across seven states. From this point at least a dozen vicious twisters ravaged the tornado belt, as they […]
Noccalula Falls near Gadsden ca. 1930s (Continued – from Alabama Folklore Part I) Unemployed authors were employed through the Works Project Administration WPA to record the life and culture of Americans during the Great Depression era. Many were employed in Alabama. In 1937, this excerpt was part of an essay written about Alabama Folklore. The […]
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume X Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents of the book CIGAR FACTORIES IN ALABAMA List of Cigar Factories, District of Alabama. Estimated annual production, 1917: Read, Gilbert H., Factory 71, Ensley Ala • 50,000 cigars. Thompson, Wm., Factory […]
Evidently, there was a problem with personal clothing and garments being lost in the 1890s just as there is today. They seem to have trouble with ‘the missing sock’ like we have today. The following comment was found in an 1890s book. Marking Clothes System Mark all your own personal wardrobe which has to be […]
Forgive me from varying from the focus of this website this morning but it is was hard to search and write about Alabama history with the world in so much chaos. I woke up with the same feeling of dread I’ve been experiencing for two weeks. It Isn’t a Night-mare! Life, as I knew it […]
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