Recently, I asked readers to send in their personal serendipity moment to Alabama Pioneers. This is William W. McCollum’s moment. Donna Serendipity Moment told the whole story by William W. McCollum My McCollum ancestors descend from a Scottish exile who arrived in the colony of East Jersey in 1685. His descendants made their way south […]
In 1898, Birmingham was growing rapidly and an idea of “having a club to show off prize horses and shiny rigs expanded to include a tennis court, golf links, baseball diamond, ten-pin, bowling alley, and a bicycle course.” The 77 original men signed incorporation papers for the Birmingham Country Club and 12 prominent Birmingham businessmen […]
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! (Extract Transcribed from THE SHELBY NEWS, Calera, Alabama, January 16, 1890) AN ELEGANT SUPPER One of the most delightful entertainments it has been our pleasure to attend during the holiday season was a ‘possum and turkey supper given by our esteemed and popular townsman, Mr. W. N. […]
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