Green Corn dance – Indian Ball play in Wetumpka, Alabama...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Green Corn dance – Indian Ball play in Wetumpka, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 30 August, 2022 Excerpts from the History of Coosa County, Alabama Chapter One By Rev. George E. Brewer (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No. 01, Spring Issue 1942) Indian Ball Play 1833 Mr. William Spigener of Wetumpka (Note by D. Causey – Wetumpka is now in Elmore County, Alabama) has a fragment of what was […] Read more → UPDATED WITH PODCAST -PATRON + Elberta, Alabama is home to pioneer German colonists & Dinosaurs in the Woods Posted by Donna R Causey on 30 August, 2022 The town of Elberta in Baldwin County, Alabama was settled in 1904 by German pioneers. Today, the small town is also known for DINOSAURS IN THE WOODS, a collection of dinosaurs created by Mark Cline. an artist who also created Bamahenge and other sculptures in the area. In 1938 WPA writer wrote about the unique […] Read more → PATRON – Legal notices Stephenson, Cox, & Megginson in Macon, Ala. in 1845 Posted by Donna R Causey on 30 August, 2022 (Transcribed from The Macon Banner, Macon, Clarke County, Alabama April 24, 1845) NOTICE I will sell on the first Monday in May next in front of the Court House door of Clarke county in the usual hours of sale, the following described tracts pieces or parcels of land. to wit: the whole of fractional section […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Down the Alabama River – Day Nine on August 19, 1814...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Down the Alabama River – Day Nine on August 19, 1814 Posted by Donna R Causey on 29 August, 2022 Down the Alabama River in 1814 Day Nine on August 19, 1814 (Continued) An amazing journal helps us visualize this historic journey down the Alabama River on August 19, 1814 Day Nine Scroll down to read story  Over the next few days, we will follow the day by day journey of the first survey of the […] Read more → PATRON – Names of Political Candidates & Obituary of George W. Currin in Macon, AL, in 1845 Posted by Donna R Causey on 29 August, 2022 (Transcribed from The Macon Banner, Macon, Clarke County, Alabama April 24, 1845) CANDIDATES We are authorised to announce DR. ROBERT BURNS, as a candidate for a seat in the State Legislature at the ensuing august election. We are authorised to announce STEPHEN M. GILMORE, as a candidate for Sheriff of Clarke County at the ensuing […] Read more → Now he's the one can tell you about Dictators and Democrats Posted by Donna R Causey on 29 August, 2022 (Works Progress Administration interview from 1938 – transcribed exactly as written – including misspelled words, etc.) JIM HOLBACK Dangerous Democrat Tuscaloosa, Alabama by WPA writer R. D. Lucky October 17, 1938 The thing that seemed to worry Jim Holback most right now was his fifth-grade education. “I wish you’d of happened along by here yesterday”, […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Woods Hall at the University of Alabama is still standing because of an alert student on October 6, 1931 which could have ended in tragedy...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Woods Hall at the University of Alabama is still standing because of an alert student on October 6, 1931 which could have ended in tragedy Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 August, 2022 Following the destruction of the University of Alabama campus during the American Civil War, a new Quad emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries The first building to be built on the campus was Woods Hall, completed in 1868. Woods Hall is located on the Campus of the University of Alabama, near McCorvey Drive and […] Read more → PATRON – Legal notices from Clarke County, Alabama 1845 Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 August, 2022 (Transcribed from The Macon Banner, Macon, Clarke County, Alabama April 24, 1845) NOTICE By virtue of an order of the Honorable the Orphans Court of Clarke County and State of Alabama, to me directed: I shall proceed to sell on the premises, on Saturday the seventh day of June next, the following Lands to wit. […] Read more → PATRON + Captain Slick – Fact Or Fiction story from old Alabama? Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 August, 2022 This excerpt and more can also be found in Alabama Footprints – Immigrants Continued below The area which constituted the future state of Alabama was not heavily populated at first, and there was no organized law enforcement until the laws were extended over Madison County. Isolation of this settlement was not unlike other pioneer settlements […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Down the Alabama River in 1814 – Day Seven on August 17, 1814...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Down the Alabama River in 1814 – Day Seven on August 17, 1814 Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 August, 2022 Down the Alabama River in 1814 Day Seven on August 17, 1814 This amazing journal helps us visualize this historic journey down the Alabama River on August 17, 1814 Day seven (Continued) Scroll down to read story  Over the next few days, we will follow the day by day journey of the first survey of the […] Read more → PATRON – Political Candidates Announcements & mortgage sale in 1908 Crenshaw County, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 August, 2022 (Transcribed from Crenshaw County News, Luverne, Alabama, Jan. 16, 1908) FOR TAX COLLECTOR I hereby announce myself a candidate for Tax Collector of Crenshaw county, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. I will appreciate your vote. Yours very truly, JNO C. ROUTON I hereby announce myself a candidate for Tax Collector of Crenshaw […] Read more → PATRON + SATURDAY SECRETS – Household tips from 1908 – newspapers and bedrooms Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 August, 2022 OLD NEWSPAPERS USED Old newspapers may be made to save a lot of work in the kitchen. They are very convenient, among other things, for peeling vegetables upon. When the work is done the peelings can be rolled up in the paper and put into the fire or the garbage pail. Thus the washing of […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

PATRON+ Holy Ground Campaign And Battle...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON+ Holy Ground Campaign And Battle Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 August, 2022 Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) Holy Ground Campaign And Battle The principal campaign and engagement between the Creeks and the whites in South Alabama, continued for several weeks, and concluded with the battle of the Holy Ground, December 23, 1813. The Holy Ground, (also spelled Econachaca & Ikanatchaka) was an Indian town […] Read more → Down the Alabama River – Day Six on August 16, 1814 Posted by Donna R Causey on 26 August, 2022 Down the Alabama River in 1814 Day six Amazing journal helps us visualize this historic journey down the Alabama River on August 16, 1814 Day six (Continued) Scroll down to read story  Over the next few days, we will follow the day by day journey of the first survey of the Alabama River which started on […] Read more → PATRON + Ex-Alabama slave knew Pres. George Washington and Andrew Jackson Posted by Donna R Causey on 26 August, 2022 (WARNING! During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life history could be recorded 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. SCROLL DOWN TO […] Read more → Patron – News from Dozier and Democratic Meeting members in 1908 Crenshaw County Posted by Donna R Causey on 26 August, 2022 (Transcribed from Crenshaw County News, Luverne, Alabama, Jan. 16, 1908) A little son of T. R. Bryant fell into Moseley’s Mill pond in Beat 4 one day last week and was recovered just before he drowned. PERSONALS FROM DOZIER We are having some cold cloudy weather at this time. The congregation at the Christian church […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe