NOTE: Dexter Roberts was one of three Alabama finalists of American Idol for 2014. He is from the town of Fayette which is the county seat of Fayette County, Alabama. Fayette is about an hour’s drive from Jasper, the home C. J. Harris, another of the three Alabama finalists in the top nine. Both Fayette and […]
(The following has been transcribed from Chapter Two of Jefferson County and Birmingham History 1887 by Teeple & Smith Publishers) JEFFERSON COUNTY AS IT WAS IN BY-GONE DAYS. B. E. GRACE The territory which constitutes the county of Jefferson is a part of what was formerly known as the county of Blount. Under the territorial government […]
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This transcription of an editorial from the Birmingham Iron Age of September 15, 1881 could have been written today. The city of Birmingham, Alabama was still in its infancy when this article was written. The article reveals the public spirit of our founding forefathers throughout the United States. PUBLIC SPIRIT Every man owes a duty […]
"Neither rain, nor snow, nor … texting" by Steve A. Maze Arab, Alabama For the most part, today's modern post office consists of nice buildings, a counter full of computers, digital scales … and a long line of customers. The post office can overnight their customers' letters and packages by plane, and we can track the […]
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