While World War I was taking place in 1918, a new influenza virus emerged throughout the world. The conditions of World War I helped it spread and it soon became a major public health crisis which caused at least 50 million deaths worldwide. Deaths in the United States were around 675,000. The first outbreaks in […]
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) Tensions between the Creek Indians and white settlers became so strained in May 1836 that a second Creek War broke out. Some refer to this war as more of an uprising than an actual war. “The privations, poverty, persecution of intruders and squatters had […]
Photograph of the face in Courthouse Window, Pickens County (Alabama Department of Archives and History) (Continued – from Alabama Folklore Part V) 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 […]
(This was transcribed for the 1st edition of THE CAHABA JOURNAL and it is included here using the same words from as published in THE CAHABA JOURNAL) DEATH NOTICES FROM THE BIBB BLADE Bibb Blade, January 3, 1884 Died at his residence near Woodstock, in this county, Ala., Mr. J. M. WOOD, on the 24th. […]
Comfort food for those afflicted with the flu often includes Chicken Soup – Here are three recipes from the past for Chicken Soup – Serve it with your favorite Corn Bread recipe Do you have a favorite recipe? Share it in the comments below OLD-FASHIONED CHICKEN SOUP (Transcribed from The Coosa River News, Centre, Alabama […]
Robert Wilson owned a gristmill and the Harrisons were merchant tailors. SOURCE (Clippings from Tuscaloosa Weekly Times, Tuscaloosa, Alabama May 12, 1899) Alabama Footprints Volumes V-VIII: Four Books in One BUY ONE GET ONE FREE! Volumes V – VIII (below) have been combined into one book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Immigrants: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 5) […]
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