AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF JOEL MURPHREE OF TROY, ALABAMA 1864-1865 Introduction “by H. E. STERKX (Dr. Sterkx was a member of the history faculty, Troy State Teachers College) Part II JOEL DYER MURPHREE TO URSULA A. MURPHREE, Camp 57th Ala. Regt, Montevallo, Ala., April 28, 1864 Dear Ursula There is quite a religious […]
RECOLLECTIONS OF WILLIAM L. YANCEY By Joel Barnett (The letter reproduced here was originally printed in the Montgomery Advertiser, July 18, 1914. Mr. Barnett, long since dead, was acquainted with all the public men of his times and knew Mr. Yancey in an intimate way. This letter is reproduced at this time in view of […]
(News clippings from The Centreville Press, April 5, 1900) ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3) ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers includes the following stories The Yazoo land fraud Daily life as an Alabama pioneer The capture and arrest of Vice-president Aaron Burr The early life of William Barrett Travis, hero of the Alamo Description […]
Bug extermination was the responsibility of all households in 1874 BUG EXTERMINATORS Hot alum water is a recent suggestion as an insecticide. It will destroy red and black ants, cockroaches, spiders, chintz bugs, and all the crawling pest which infest our houses. Take two-pounds of alum and dissolve it in three or four quarts of […]
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