This is an article and interview from May 21, 1885 with a Well-to-do “Old Residenter”—From The Weekly Iron Age, Birmingham, Alabama He knew what it looked like before 1885 Tuesday a queer looking team was coming down First avenue. The wagon was a roughly made, light, but substantial one-horse affair and hitched to it was a small […]
(Transcribed from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume II, 1921 ) ORGANIZED 1896 The Pratt Coal Co., the oldest of the consolidated companies, was organized in June, 1896, by T. T. Hillman, George B. McCormack, Erskine Ramsay and associates. The company began operations with 14,548 acres of land, which had been bought […]
Patron – A Drowning, Marriage and visitors to Elba, Alabama May 23, 1901 (Transcribed excerpts from The Elba Clipper, Elba, Alabama, May 23, 1901) MARRIED Last Thursday afternoon at the residence of Mr. A. G. Hutchison in West Elba, Mr. W. C. Hutchinson and Miss Annie Belle Crumpler were married, Judge Rushing officiating. May their […]
In colonial days, "preserving meat for the winter or for use during travel was a major concern before canning and usually kept for years, not months. Several ways to preserve meat Food was preserved by drying or parching in several ways. Meats were cut thin and usually salted, then placed over a slow fire for […]
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