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 INAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR COLLIER Before the destruction of the Capitol the vote of the State election cast in the preceding month had been counted and it was […]
(Continued – from Alabama Folklore Part IV) 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 author stated this purpose in writing […]
The bite of the Black Widow Story in Tuscaloosa made nationwide news (Transcription from a history of Tuscaloosa written by an older resident, Ben A. Green, in 1931 who was the managing editor of The Tuscaloosa News July 31, 1949) Tuscaloosa developed a nationwide news story in 1932 when young Dr. Allan W. Blair, […]
All the names of the Civil War Soldiers buried in Randolph County can be found in the book Alabama Genealogy Notes Volume XI CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA (Surname starting with H some with links to grave sites) Hathaway, William H. member of the 14th Alabama Infantry Company A, filed for pension in […]
OLD BUILDING’S CHARM by Jean Butterworth I love old buildings. Recently one old building in Tuscaloosa was saved from possible destruction through the efforts of many Tuscaloosa citizens. The building is the old Allen & Jemison Building located on Greensboro Avenue and 7th street. It has had 107 birthdays. From left to right, Brown’s Corner, […]
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