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White women were rare in early South Alabama...

 
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White women were rare in early South Alabama

This story is also an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) available at Amazon.com  On Little River, at this time, were living ‘many intelligent and wealthy people,’ who were of mixed blood, Indian and white; who for some years had been raising large herds of cattle. Of the […]

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PATRON + The Alabama Territory Through An 1819 Visitor's Eyes

The Alabama Territory Through An 1819 Visitor’s Eyes Justus Wyman, the author of this description of Alabama, was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, September 16, 1800. The Geographical Sketch of the Alabama Territory is assumed to have been written by him when he was at of Fort Claiborne in the Alabama Territory in 1819. and worked […]

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PATRON – Woman killed by lightning, boy struck by train and other news in Enterprise newspaper 1900

Patron – Woman killed by lightning, boy struck by train and other news in Enterprise newspaper 1900 (Transcribed excerpt from The People’s Ledger, Enterprise, Alabama, August 23, 1900) Keyton church has been blessed with a good revival for the past week, conducted by Rev. J. F. Love. There were many accessions to the church. Prof. […]

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PATRON + TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Humorous Tombstones from England

Humorous Tombstones England "When the great judgment day arrives and Joshua Fenton Newton does not emerge from this hole, you will know that someone made a mistake and buried me in the wrong hole." See best-selling books by Donna R Causey England "Here lies the body of Thomas Vernon The only surviving son of Admiral […]

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