PATRON – Do you know the name of the college in Alabama (still exists) that was once the leading college in the South?...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON – Do you know the name of the college in Alabama (still exists) that was once the leading college in the South? Posted by Donna R Causey on 30 January, 2022 Today, LaGrange College is a private, four-year liberal arts and sciences college, affiliated with the Methodist Church in LaGrange, Georgia. LaGrange College actually opened its doors as a female college in 1831. But another college named LaGrange, also affiliated with the United Methodist Church, opened it’s doors in Alabama in 1830 and is still in […] Read more → FORGOTTEN PHOTOS: Lyric Theatre in Birmingham, Alabama – a treasure that is now saved Posted by Donna R Causey on 30 January, 2022 The old Lyric theatre in Birmingham, Alabama has an interesting history. Located on the corner of Third Avenue and Eighteenth Street, it was originally built and operated as a vaudeville theatre and was the last theatre in Birmingham built exclusively for live professional performances. Lyric Theatre under construction in 1912 (photograph by Oscar V. Hunt […] Read more → PATRON + Reflections about the city of Birmingham in 1874 Posted by Donna R Causey on 30 January, 2022 In 1874, Birmingham, Alabama was a new city, only three years old. and when Thanksgiving drew near, the Birmingham Iron Age, published an article about the fledgling community which has been transcribed below: BIRMINGHAM Our little city is now approaching the end of the third year of its municipal existence, and it becomes us to […] Read more → AUTHOR SUNDAY – "To supplement his GI Bill income he had tutored Bear Bryant's football boys – china was too expensive" Posted by Joyce Ray Wheeler on 30 January, 2022 Cute story reveals a little about life in the 1950s….. China Teardrops by Joyce Ray Wheeler It was September of the year 1953. A very young mathematics professor had just moved with his young wife and two very young sons to the city of Birmingham, Alabama. They had rented a very small house on 7th […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Did you know that the success of Coca-Cola in Birmingham is owed to a mule?...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Did you know that the success of Coca-Cola in Birmingham is owed to a mule? Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 January, 2022 Beginning with one employee, a mule, and a foot-powered bottling machine, Crawford Johnson Sr. purchased the exclusive franchise rights, in 1902, to bottle and distribute Coca-Cola in Birmingham, Alabama. Success is owed to a mule Today, Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. produces and distributes over 400 Coca-Cola products across six states. The company employs nearly […] Read more → PATRON + The University of Alabama football team was represented by the Alabama cadets in 1892 [vintage pictures] Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 January, 2022 The 1892 Alabama Cadets football team represented the University of Alabama in the 1892 college football season. The team was led by head coach E. B. Beaumont and played their home games at Lakeview Park in Birmingham, Alabama. In what was the inaugural season of Alabama football, the team finished with a record of two […] Read more → Jeremiah Austill (b. 1794) tells where he settled in Alabama and of relationship with the Native Americans Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 January, 2022 Jeremiah Austill ((1793- 1881) was one of the participants of the famous Canoe Fight that took place in Alabama in 1813. We hear his actual words in this autobiography from him. The autobiography was published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly in 1944 and the fourth part of the article is transcribed here which tells about the relationship with […] Read more → PATRON + BIOGRAPHY: Hugh M. Warren born ca. 1800 Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 January, 2022 This biography is included in the Book First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I HUGH M. WARREN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. ca. 1800) Lawrence County, Alabama  The third sheriff of Lawrence County resided first in Madison and was sheriff of that county. His first wife was Miss Hart and they settled near Leighton. Since […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

PATRON + The Masonic Apron – a true story – this happened frequently during the Civil War...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON + The Masonic Apron – a true story – this happened frequently during the Civil War Posted by Vicky Clemmons on 27 January, 2022 The Masonic Apron by Vicky Clemmons My deep love and devotion for the older generations have always been evident by the company I keep, most of my nursing career was devoted to taking care of geriatric patients, my best friends are twice my age, and I never miss an opportunity to sit and listen to […] Read more → PATRON + Gee's Bend – vintage pictures of residents and the new health clinic in 1939 Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 January, 2022 In 1937, the Van de Graaff family sold their land in Wilcox County, Alabama to the federal government, and the Farm Security Administration (FSA) established Gee’s Bend Farms Inc., a pilot project of a cooperative-based program designed to sustain the inhabitants. A health center and cooperative store and cotton gin were built, along with a […] Read more → Native Americans fought on both sides of the Civil War – here is part of their story Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 January, 2022 (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 05, No. 01, Spring Issue 1943 – please remember that the vocabulary used is from a different era than today) THE PART INDIANS PLAYED IN THE CONFEDERACY By Mrs. Elliott M. Buchanan, Chattanooga, Tennessee (This article was one of a number on the subject written by members of […] Read more → PATRON – BIOGRAPHY: Col. Jonathan Newton Smith (1814 – 1885) Bibb County, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 January, 2022 This biography of Col. Jonathan Newton Smith is in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers Volume I COLONEL JONATHAN NEWTON SMITH Biography and Genealogy (1814-1885) Bibb County, Alabama Colonel Jonathan Newton Smith was an early pioneer in Bibb County, Alabama. He was a native of Sparta, Georgia and moved with his father […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

PATRON + Centreville in Bibb County, Alabama moved from west side of the Cahaba River to east [video & pics]...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON + Centreville in Bibb County, Alabama moved from west side of the Cahaba River to east [video & pics] Posted by Donna R Causey on 26 January, 2022 [The Cahaba River has been an integral part of the growth of Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama.] Originally located on the west side In 1828, Centreville was located on the west side of the Cahaba River, on the grounds later occupied by the residence of Judge Pratt and the Bibb County High School. The town was […] Read more → PATRON + RECIPE WEDNESDAY – Green Corn Fritters – 1886 recipe Posted by Donna R Causey on 26 January, 2022 SCROLL DOWN TO SEE RECIPE GREEN CORN FRITTERS 1886 RECIPE Cut through the centre of each row of kernels, then press out the centre pulp with the back of the knife. Beat two eggs thoroughly, and add to them a heaping saltspoonful (teaspoonful?) of salt, a pinch of cayenne, one pint of corn pulp and […] Read more → January 26 – a historic day in Alabama for football Posted by Donna R Causey on 26 January, 2022 Alabamians are shocked and saddened when retired University of Alabama footballcoach Paul "Bear" Bryant dies suddenly from a heart attack. Bryant began coaching at Alabama in 1958 and went on to win six national championships with the team. In 1981 he became football’s "winningest" coach with 315 victories. TAPESTRY OF LOVE REVIEWS The exhilarating action […] Read more → PATRON – BIOGRAPHY: Walter Washington Pearson was born January 26, 1862 Posted by Donna R Causey on 26 January, 2022 This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 4 WALTER WASHINGTON PEARSON (1862 – aft. 1907) BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA Some years before the Revolutionary war the father of Allen Pearson moved from Manchester, England, to Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Allen Pearson spent much of his early […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe