HOLY GROUND CAMPAIGN AND BATTLE The principal campaign and engagement between the Creeks and the whites in South Alabama, continuing for several weeks and concluding with the battle of the Holy Ground, December 23, 1813. The Holy Ground, or Ikanatchaka, was an Indian town of controlling influence among the Indians, during the Creek Indian War […]
Did you know…….? “On April 12, 1887, Henry DeBardeleben and his partners sold the first lots for the new city of Bessemer, Alabama located twelve miles southwest of Birmingham and named after Henry Bessemer, the British inventor of the Bessemer steel process. Within a year Bessemer had a population of 3500.” “On April 13, 1813, […]
Two men were walking home after a party and decided to take a shortcut through the cemetery just for laughs. Right in the middle of the cemetery they were startled by a tap-tap-tapping noise coming from the misty shadows. Trembling with fear, they found an old man with a hammer and chisel, chipping away at one of the headstones. […]
Dale County, Alabama was originally inhabited by members of the Creek Indian nation, who occupied all of southeastern Alabama during this period. Between the years of 1764 and 1783, this region fell under the jurisdiction of the colony of British West Florida. Created in 1824 Dale County, Alabama was created by the Legislature, December 22, 1824. Its […]
Suggestion from a member of the Alabama Pioneers community: I want to add some helpful hints to researching our English ancestors: IF (and I did know in the case of my great-grandmother’s family) you know what part of England your ancestors came from — or even if you suspect a particular origin — our busy British cousins have done MARVELOUS […]
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