Wednesday, September 9, 2020

The men behind the early furnaces in Jefferson County...

 
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The men behind the early furnaces in Jefferson County

(Transcribed excerpt from BIRMINGHAM & JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA HISTORICAL & BIOGRAPHICAL by (Teeple & Smith Publishers 1887)  About the year 1823, I think it was, that a few gentlemen of means, MCGEE, and some others, being greatly impressed with the immense deposits of brown hematite ore in Roupe Valley, thirty miles southwest of Birmingham, determined […]

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PATRON + Russell County was largely inhabited by Yuchi and Muscogees

EARLY RUSSELL COUNTY, ALABAMA Russell County was created by the legislature, December 18, 1832. It was taken from the last Creek cession. December 15, 1866, a part of its territory, including Opelika, was added to Lee County, and several years later the village and beat of Glenville, in Barbour County. The county bears the name […]

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PATRON – Boys with Pops, Deaths, and Visitors

Click to learn how to Become a Patron! (Extract Transcribed from THE SHELBY NEWS, Calera, Alabama, January 16, 1890) BOYS WHO CARRY “POPS” It would be a good idea for our city marshal to look after the small boys around Calera who carry pistols. A NEWS reporter was amazed a few days ago by seeing […]

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PATRON + RECIPE WEDNESDAY: Creamy Tomato Punch from the 1940s

Girls preparing punch 1936 photographer Harris and Ewing (Library of Congress) CREAMY TOMATO PUNCH From the 1940s 4 cups ice-cold milk 2 -2/3 cups chilled tomato vegetable cocktail 2 teaspoons Worchestershire sauce Salt Chopped chives Mix mild, chilled tomato-vegetable cocktail and Worchestershire sauce, add salt to taste and pour into glasses. Sprinkle a little of […]

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