Early Immigrants Brought Their Past With Them There were many different lifestyles in the Mississippi Territory which ranged from the gentility of the plantation mansion to the crudeness of the roughest log cabin. Whatever their prior circumstances, immigrants from all walks of life, made their way to the Mississippi Territory to search for the great […]
SCROLL DOWN TO READ STORY (Excerpts transcribed from The Valley Daily Times-News, Lanett, Alabama, February 17, 1916) The Sunday’s Montgomery Advertiser carried the following humorous news story. Oneonta, Ala., Feb. 12, — Some Smiths went to Utah and turned Mormon. Still more Smiths turned out to be senators, congressmen, governors, proof-readers, printers, reporters, counter-jumpers and […]
SCROLL DOWN TO READ STORY (Excerpts transcribed from The Valley Daily Times-News, Lanett, Alabama, February 17, 1916) LANETT LOCAL NEWS Mr. W. F. Sims and family are expected to visit relatives in Columbus Sunday. Miss Neve Johnson, of Langdale, spent Monday with Miss Ora May East Mrs. R. N. Holstein is sick this week. Mrs. […]
(WARNING! This WPA interviewer made an attempt in this interview to capture the dialect of this former slave and may be offensive to readers today. We have transcribed the words exactly as written. Please consider the time and culture of the day and do not read if you are offended.) W.P.A. Alabama Writers Project Life […]
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