A tragedy took place on December 4, 1888, in East Lake in Birmingham, Alabama THE HAWES RIOT by Chas. D. Franklin Editorial Department (WPA Alabama Federal Writer’s Project) Written in 1930s The Hawes murders furnished early Birmingham its most sensational crime and also the most bloody deterrent to mob action that ever occurred in this […]
JOSEPH F. ROPER DIARY (Excerpts from 1846 to 1853) Part 2 “I got home on the 27th day of March 1846. Left home with my family on the 4th April, got to Wetumpka on the 5th, embarked on board the Steamer Norma on the 7th and landed at Gainestown Clark Co, on the 8th, […]
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume XI- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents of the book VACCINE INOCULATION (Transcribed from Huntsville Republican, Huntsville, Alabama August 5, 1817, including misspelled words from original ) At a meeting of a number of the Faculty of Madison […]
Almost anything is better served fried in the South! FRIED PEACHES Cut peaches in halves, remove stones but not skins. Fry in butter with cut side down until soft, basting with butter. Turn and fry without breaking skin on the other side. Then turn again and sprinkle with sugar, cooking until sugar melts. Apricots may […]
All the posts entitled PERSONAL THOUGHTS ABOUT CORNAVIRUS will not be about Alabama history so simply skip them if you are not interested. Many people thanked me for sharing my personal thoughts about the Coronavirus a few days ago and like I said in the previous post. . . "I have a choice as to […]
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