Are you having difficulty identifying people in photographs? Here are some tips to help… Unidentified Men at Camp Council Meeting, May 1939, Farmersville, CA by Dorothea Lange (Library of Congress) In the 19th century, it was a normal practice to list negatives of photographs in ledger books that also described the subject and date the […]
HISTORY OF BLOUNT COUNTY, ALABAMA (Written in 1921) Blount County, Alabama was created by the Territorial Legislature, February 7, 1818. Its original territory was of vast extent, and included the present county of Jefferson, and that part of Walker east of the Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior. It was almost wholly in the Creek […]
(Excerpts transcribed from Goodwater Enterprise (Goodwater, Coosa County, Alabama October 13, 1905) LOCALS Mrs. S. H. Pope spent Saturday in Alex City. Fletcher Brown has returned from Columbus. Will Bridges of Dadeville, was here Wednesday. J. A. McKay of Stanley, was in our city Saturday. Dr. Pope spent a day or two last week in […]
BUCKWHEAT CAKES (Transcribed from The Times-Argus, Selma, Alabama January 27, 1870) Dissolve half of yeast in a little warm water, and mix with a quart of buck-wheat and a tablespoonful of meal, stir in lukewarm water, till a stiff batter is formed; add a little salt and put in a warm place to rise. When […]
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