Great book for genealogists as a reference book as well—from Alabama’s first historian! Pickett’s History of Alabama: And Incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi from the Earliest Period This is a must-read for any student of Alabama history and was the first real history book written in the state by Albert J. Pickett, a man who knew […]
The Roads Home by Randal Champion The Bear Creek Clubhouse was about two miles from my home in Tuscaloosa County. Deer season started in mid November and closed January 31st. The limit was one buck per day. Our hunting area was eight miles south. Drive on down Bear Creek Road and turn right into the […]
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) traveler and author, was one of the first newspaperwomen in America. She married Captain William Royall, a gentleman farmer who served in the American Revolution. When he died in 1813, she traveled Alabama for the next four years and wrote letters to her friends about the […]
During my research for my historical fiction novel in this series, I was excited to discover a photograph (below) of a Cottingham house built ca. 1707 in Worcester County, Maryland. This Cottingham family is related to my Cottingham family of Bibb County, Alabama. I am not sure the house still exists as the photograph was […]
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