In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her husband died, she was left penniless and she toured Alabama for four years as one of the first newspaperwomen in America. She wrote letters to her friends about Alabama and the […]
Transcribed story from the Birmingham Iron Age which was published on March 19, 1874 reveals what a typical farmers’ life was like in Pickens County, Alabama. It has been transcribed here in its original wording to ensure historical accuracy. Farming Does Pay In Alabama Ellis Gore, a Free-Will Baptist preacher, furnishes the West Alabamian the […]
(Transcribed Extract from The Atmore Record Atmore, Escambia County, Alabama, September 18, 1903) W. M. CARNEY & CO. Mr. W. M. Carney, head of the above firm, is one of the pioneers of Atmore. He has ever been loyal to her interest and commands the respect and esteem of all who have the pleasure of […]
Fairfax, Vt., over the remains of a young man accidentally shot: O fatal gun, why was it him That you should kill so dead? Why did’nt you go off” a little higher And fire above his head? A warning from an ambitious young man from a tombstone in England Reader! I have left a world […]
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