Interesting photographs from the 1940s – 1950s – 1960s at the Alabama Department of Archives and History Employees at La Bella Beauty Salon at 2200 Madison Avenue in Montgomery, Alabama. Left to Right Faye Rhodes, Louise McKinney (owner of the shop) Charlotte Jordan (receptionist) Carla Rhodes, and Kay Turner. (The man and the African American […]
Revolutionary War Soldiers received considerable bounty land in Alabama but many never lived on it. After the Revolutionary War, free bounty land was offered by the federal government to citizens and soldiers for their service. Some of this land was in the newly created territory of Mississippi which included the future state of Alabama. Genealogy […]
Warshing Clothes (I know washing is misspelled but that is the way you say it in some parts of the south) Never thought of a "warsher" in this light before…what a blessing! "Warshing Clothes Recipe" – imagine having a recipe for this! Years ago, an Alabama grandmother gave the new bride the following recipe exactly […]
This biography is included in the Book First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I JAMES H. McDONALD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1826-1884) Lawrence County, Alabama James H. McDonald was the son of the second Probate Judge of Lawrence County, Alabama Crockett McDonald. James was elected as the fifth Probate Judge in 1866 and served over […]
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