Surveying Alabama Trading Houses Established Excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) Continued below… Surveying Alabama Trading Houses Established In 1797 a ferry was established by Samuel Mims across the Alabama and another by Hollinger, an old resident among the Indians, across the Tombigbee. The route of travel crossed […]
MUSCLE SHOALS COLBERT COUNTY, ALABAMA No one knows the origin of the name Muscle Shoals but there are many theories. One theory is that it relates to piles of mussel shells found along the shoals but another theory relates that it derives its name from the Indians, who attempted to navigate the strong current and […]
(Excerpt from The Central Alabama Independent Advertiser and the Union-Banner, Clanton, Alabama, May 1921) THORSBY NEWS Miss Naemi Turnquist, Reporter “SOME BALL GAME” Friday afternoon a large crowd of people witnessed and enjoyed a thrilling game of baseball which was played between the Chilton County High School and Thorsby Institute. At the end of the […]
Searching through records in dark attics and basements and wandering through old cemeteries for a trace of an elusive ancestor can be challenging. A good laugh now and then always helps. Here are a few of my favorites. Genealogist caught trying to chop down family tree! Genealogists never die they just haunt cemeteries. Genealogists: […]
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