A snake ate a small fawn in Walker County? CHAPTER TWO by By HON. E. A. POWELL (Written in 1886 – exact transcription) Recurring to the general aspect of the country:—Fayette county at that day embraced nearly all the territory now included in the county, and all the Southern portion of the county of Lamar. […]
{I’ve often wondered why people seemed to be so serious and not smiling in old photographs, then one day I realized that it may have something to do with the fact that they were probably missing teeth. In the past, I imagine when a tooth was decayed the only alternative was to pull it} Tooth-brushing […]
Patron – Reward for escaped prisoner, a death and other events in Enterprise August 23, 1900 (Transcribed excerpt from The People’s Ledger, Enterprise, Alabama, August 23, 1900) The school board met Tuesday and elected Miss Estelle Mosley as assistant teacher. The board fixed the rate of tuition at $1.00 per schollar. Rev. R. H. J. […]
ROASTED EGGS IN ASHES Roasting is a hearty pioneer hearthside method of cooking eggs, probably by the Dutch to these shores. You need two iron frying pans for this, and first heat them both. Then partly fill one of them with hot ashes, being careful not to include any glowing coals. Place the eggs on […]
This story is an excerpt from A Collection of PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES & GENEALOGIES VOLUME I PERRY COUNTY ALABAMA ISAAC OAKES BIOGRAPHY & GENEALOGY 1760 Perry County, Alabama Isaac Oakes was a Revolutionary War Soldier born May 13, 1760 in Louisa, Virginia. He served several tours in the War. He left Virginia and moved first to […]
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