(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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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