Friday, December 25, 2020

A Christmas present was given to the University of Alabama on Dec. 25, 1824...

 
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A Christmas present was given to the University of Alabama on Dec. 25, 1824

Evidently, there were trees being cut down and building items taken at the site where it was being built to invoke this Act. Steps to establishing the University of Alabama In 1818, the federal government authorized  the Alabama Territory to set aside a township for the establishment of a “seminary of learning.”  Alabama was officially admitted […]

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PATRON + Trials of members were held at the oldest Baptist Church in Pickens County, Alabama

BIG CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH Organized in 1823 Oldest in Pickens County By Marion Johnson written in 1940   The First Baptist church to be organized in Pickens County was in 1823 at the Garden, and it was called Enon. This organization was later moved to Aliceville, where it has been in continuous operation and will […]

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PATRON – Is your relative listed in these 1850 Alabama Death Notices?

SOME ALABAMA DEATH NOTICES FROM SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST NEWSPAPER 8-21-50 Died in Marion on Tuesday, July 30th AUGUSTUS R, infant son of E. A. BLUNT age five months, six days. Died in Milledgeville, Georgia on the 24th ult. In the fifty-fifth year of his age, JUDGE ALFRED M. HORTON, formerly of Hancock County but for many […]

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PATRON + FUNNY FRIDAY – From 1886 newspaper – Still funny after all these years

SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . . . The opinions now held by physicians that "raw cow’s milk is better for children than boiled" is very gratifying, as a raw cow gives much more milk than a boiled one. NEXT TO MAN Teacher: Yes, man comes highest in the scale. What comes next to man? Small […]

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