Claiborne is now a ghost town on a bluff above the Alabama River in Monroe County, Alabama but a one time, it was an important town in early Alabama. Situated near the Federal Road, Claiborne began during the Mississippi Territory period with a ferry over the river. Base for an invasion During the Creek War a large stockade fort, […]
The Florence Synodical Female College was established at Florence in 1852, by Rev. Dr. Wm. H. Mitchell. It was established in Florence, Lauderdale County in the location of the former Florence Female Academy. By the early 1850s, the Florence Female Academy was in financial distress and the Board of Trustees met on November 25, 1854, […]
(Extract from Pickens County Herald and West Alabamian (Carrollton, Alabama Jan 3, 1855) DAGUERREOTYPE LIKENESSES M. BRAUNE, Daguerreotype Artist, has lately arrived in Carrollton and fitted up at the OLD REPUBLICAN OFFICE, for the purpose of taking Pictures, and he respectfully requests the ladies and gentlemen of the town and vicinity to call and examine […]
SPOON BREAD Recipe from 1924 1 c. ground corn meal 1 c. boiling water 2 c. milk 1 c. cooked grits or rice 2 eggs, separated 1 tsp. salt 2 tbsp. melted fat 1 ½ tsp. baking powder Scald corn meal in water, add the other ingredients, and fold in beaten whites last. Pour into […]
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