I doubt you ever heard about these amazing people in your history class. This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) available at Amazon.com Note: this story has been transcribed exactly as written before 1900. Please consider the time period in which it was written. Near […]
THE HISTORY OF MARION SKETCHES OF LIFE in Perry County, Alabama By S. A. Townes “Vive La Bagatelle.” MARION, ALABAMA Printed by Dennis Dykom 1844 Preface and Chapter IV Second family in Marion-Mrs. Smith-She opens a public inn-Mr. West opens a rival-Mr. Robert Smith another rival-First store-by whom established, and what others, and where […]
Local news and information from Anniston October 20, 1883 (Transcribed from Anniston Hot Blast, Anniston, Alabama, October 20, 1883) Death of a child The sympathies of the entire community are with Rev. and Mrs. Carnahan in their affliction in the loss of their little one year old boy Barron. He had been sick for some […]
Did you know….? On May 5, 1799 U.S. Army Lieutenant John McClary took possession of Fort St. Stephens from the Spanish and the United States flag was raised for the first time on soil that would eventually belong to Alabama. Old St. Stephens “Old State Bank in Decatur, now preserved as a museum, was opened […]
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