This story and more can be found in ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Statehood During the first session of the General Assembly in 1819, General Jackson came to Huntsville with his horses to take part in some racing. The visit by the famous general could not be passed over in silence and the legislature took the opportunity to […]
Some unidentified photographs from the Alabama Department of Archives and History Four unidentified women, wearing suits and hats. The woman on the extreme right may be Sydney Tresslar. The back of the photograph is stamped, “Tresslar’s, Montgomery, Alabama.” ca. 1915 Q105536 David Scott King of Mount Pleasant, Alabama on horseback as a young boy. ca. […]
ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume III As I conducted research for interesting stories to publish and/or post on my www.alabamapioneers.com website, I continually found buried genealogy information, such as marriages, deaths, etc. that I knew would be of great benefit to family researchers, but it was hidden so well that most search engines would not find […]
Firsts in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama1 Ribbon Cane The first genuine ribbon (or sugar) cane ever successfully planted in Hale county was cultivated seven miles Northeast of Greensboro by Rev. A. R. Ramey. In 1873 he brought fifty stalks from Citronelle, Ala., and planted it. The next year he had a quantity of stalks to sell to […]
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