The Pettway family held the land of Gee’s Bend until 1895 when they sold to it Adrian Sebastian Van de Graaff, an attorney from Tuscaloosa. But Van de Graaff never ran the cotton plantation there; a family relative was the overseer. During the 1930s, Gee’s Bend saw a considerable shift in their community. A merchant […]
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 Appendix continued THE JUDSON FEMALE INSTITUTE To the reputation our town has acquired, as a seat of learning, the Judson Institute has certainly contributed no inferior share. […]
(Transcribed Extract from The Atmore Record Atmore, Escambia County, Alabama, September 18, 1903) LOCAL SPECS. Mr. W. M. Carney spent Tuesday in Mobile. Dr. D. C. Burson spent Wednesday in Montgomery. Mr. H. W. Currie made a flying trip to Bay Minette Wednesday. Joe Talt, Jr.,"the only Joe," is visiting relatives at Molino, Fla. Brooks […]
Excerpt from 1946 canning cookbook What is Flat Sour? Three vegetables, most generally canned, are tomatoes, corn and peas. Classified by length of processing time, the difficult vegetables are corn, peas and lima beans. These three, with one or two others, such as beets and string beans, often develop “flat sour.” This is experienced more […]
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