During the 1930s, the Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people and write stories about life in the United States. The program was named the U.S. Work Projects Administration, Federal Writers’ Project and it gave employment to historians, teachers, writers, librarians, and other white-collar workers. This is a transcribed, unedited, handwritten story […]
The History of the Confederate Monuments in Greensboro1 (Published in 1908) After several years of agitation and earnest work, the citizens of Greensboro raised a sufficient amount to purchase a modest monument and erected it in the Greensboro cemetery to the memory of the Confederate soldiers. The work was completed in March 1872. and the […]
Continued from Part I (This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) On March 28, 1814, General Jackson buried his dead by sinking them in the river, thereby preventing their mutilation by the Creeks. He had litters made for the transportation of his wounded; then began his return march to Fort Williams, […]
SOCIETY NOTES From the Florence Times October 6, 1905 – Lauderdale County, Alabama Lauderdale County, Alabama Miss Sadie Martin of Nashville arrived in the city last Saturday on a visit of ten days to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jno.H. Martin. The Literary Circle meets on next Monday night with Miss Sarah Martin for the […]
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