This small community in Barbour County had 400-500 residents and four churches in pioneer days. A local historian, Margaret Clayton Russell, talked about Batesville in the article in the Eufaula Tribune, July 9, 2000. “There were a lot of people with money up in here, and a lot of people from Ft. Browder, where a blockhouse was […]
Governor Israel Pickens appointed General Thomas Farrar to accompany General LaFayette on his visit to Alabama in 1825. General Farrar wrote interesting letters about Lafayette’s trip back to the Governor of Alabama. (On March 30th, 1825, General Farrar addressed a letter to Major General Taylor from Spain’s): Marquis de Lafayette at the time of his […]
NOTICES FOR PUBLICATION (Transcribed extracts from the Herald-Journal (Bessemer, Alabama) Dec. 20, 1888) LAND OFFICE AT MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA November 21st, 1888 Notice is hereby given that the following true settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of claim, and that said proof will be made before the Judge, […]
Old natural remedies for dealing with insects and vermin In the south, we’ve always had to deal with insects. I found the following suggestions in an old book and thought I’d share some of the ways our ancestors dealt with destroying insects and vermin. It isn’t like picking up a spray bottle as we do […]
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