This story can also be found in ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: A Collection of Lost & Forgotten Stories After the opening of roads through the wilderness to Tennessee, the return of traders, supercargoes, and boatmen to the northern settlements with the proceeds of their voyage was on foot and on horseback, in parties for mutual protection, […]
(Transcribed exactly as published from the Wilcox Progressive Era, Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, June 2, 1910) The Progressive Era commences this week, the publication of a series of articles written by the pupils of the Camden public school relating to the early history of Camden. These articles at some future time can assist some future […]
Patron – Names and anecdotes about many of the men around Elba, Alabama May 23, 1901 (Transcribed excerpts from The Elba Clipper, Elba, Alabama, May 23, 1901) THEY SAY That Capt. Smith is chuck full of advice for the young men of Elba who have matrimonial inclinations. The Captain is a great advocate of patronizing […]
Interesting epitaphs for three women There is an epitaph of an eccentric character that may be seen on a tombstone at the burying-grounds near Hoosick Falls, New York. It reads: Ruth Sprague, Daughter of Gibson and Elizabeth Sprague. Died June 11, 1846, aged 9 years, 4 months, and 3 days. She was stolen from the grave by […]
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