Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co., Montgomery, Ala, Printers POINTS OF INTEREST (At the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama in 1898) To the stranger there are many points of interest about the Capitol. The most striking, probably, […]
Early Days and People of Marshall County, Alabama One of the first white men to settle in Madison County was a Scotchman named John Gunter who lived among the Cherokee Indians and married a beautiful Cherokee girl. He had three sons, Edward, Sam, and John Gunter. Edward Gunter served with Andrew Jackson at the Battle […]
Personal news from some towns in Sumter County, August 31, 1923 (Transcribed from Sumter County Journal, York, Alabama, August 31, 1923) WARD NEWS Mr. Ira L. and Dr. W. E. Allen and families left Tuesday for Memphis, Tenn., to spend a week or ten days with relatives there, making the entire trip by automobile. Miss […]
If you are ever invited to a real country noontime dinner in the South, jump at the chance to see what the fuss about soul food is all about. What could be the value of two days extensive labor in addition to the growing and harvesting procedures of the hosts? The day before guests arrive, […]
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