THE GREAT OR BROAD SEAL of the THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA A BRIEF. HISTORY1 Presented by Field and Fireside, Inc. Twenty-six Thirteenth Street, Columbus, Georgia For many years there has been considerable mystery regarding the existence and history of the Great Seal of the Confederate States of America, Much has been written and many […]
The brother of a girl who made a living by selling eggs thus pays loving tribute to her memory and advertises his own business: Here lies the body of Mary McGrayn Who was so very pure within She broke the outward shell of sin, And hatched herself a cherubim. N. B. Her brother made of […]
Did you know that for less than the cost of a cup of coffee once a month you can help Alabama Pioneers and earn REWARDS? Through the Alabama Pioneers website, books, Alabama Grist Mill Podcast, and Social Media, we have attempted to capture the true spirit and lives of the State of Alabama’s ancestors in […]
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR Transcribed From Our Mountain Home (Talladega, Alabama) March 21, 1900 Lots of women save all their classic music for other people and love their husbands in rag-time. The average man has an idea that being kind to his wife only means not being unkind to her. Every woman has two or […]
DEDICATION OF THE JOHN T. MILNER BRIDGE December 12, 1929 Address by General R. E. Steiner As a boy, I lived in Greenville, Alabama, where Colonel John T. Milner then lived, and as a boy, I first knew him, and until his death, my admiration and respect continued and increased. When I learned that the […]
This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume I WILLIAM RAIFORD PICKETT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1777-1850) Autauga County, Alabama William Raiford Pickett was born 1777 in Anson County, North Carolina, upon the Peedee river to James Pickett and Martha Terry His parents moved sometime before the Revolutionary war, from Bolling […]
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