Thursday, September 3, 2020

Before The Federal Road – Lorenzo Dow made his way through the wilderness...

 
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Before The Federal Road – Lorenzo Dow made his way through the wilderness

This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2)  French trade from Mobile was principally by the river, but there was a land route to Fort Toulouse, which doubtless joined the one from Pensacola, running through thick forests south of the Alabama to the same place. The […]

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PATRON + Clarke County Salt Works – great description – written in 1913

CLARKE COUNTY SALT WORKS A Discussion of the Salt Mountain Operation By DR. T. J. KROUSE, i Suggsville Prepared for the Clarke County centennial exercises held at Grove Hill, June 19, 1913 (Transcribed excerpt form The Alabama Historical Quarterly Vol. 20, No. 01, Spring Issue 1958) Among the rugged hills of east Clark Co., there […]

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PATRON – Undelivered letters near Huntsville, Alabama in 1818

Click to learn how to Become a Patron! In 1818, undelivered letters in Alabama were listed in the local newspaper before they were considered dead letters. Here is a list of undelivered letters of people that were supposed to have been living in the vicinity of the Huntsville, Alabama Post Office. They may provide some […]

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PATRON + GOOD OLE DAYS -Difficulties of being a pioneer

It is hard to imagine how difficult life was for early settlers in Alabama before it became a state but in the  History of Conecuh County, published in 1881, Rev. B. F. Riley he reveals a little about the life of early settlers with the following: Difficulties of being a pioneer “The year 1816 was […]

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