EARLY HISTORY OF TUSKEGEE1 Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02, Summer Issue 1956 Messrs. Darby and Price, of Tuskegee, the proprietors of Darby’s Prophylactic Fluid, have published a small pamphlet, or business circular for that flourishing little town, in which are some interesting reminiscences of its early days, a few of […]
When the U.S. officially entered World War II, the need for food for the soldiers increased everywhere. Coffee County farmers supplied food for the Southeastern Air Training Center at Craig Field, Selma, Alabama in 1941. Farmers who had received help from the federal government during and after the Great Depression were encouraged to produce even […]
(Transcribed From Abbeville Advertiser, Abbeville, Alabama, March 17, 1859) NOTICE We are authorized to announce W. M. Wood, of Beat No. 1 as a candidate for Tax Assessor. Election first Monday in August 1859. He will be supported by MANY VOTERS. The friends of JOHN T. MARTIN announce him as a candidate for Tax Collector. […]
Patron+ member story Our ancestors valued colors in clothes and look for ways to keep them from fading when washed, but using turpentine to set colors and sugar of lead to wash calico dresses was dangerous. (Click here to read about the fatal attraction of lead and how sugar of lead was made) How To […]
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