A description of the Surrender of Creek Chief William Weatherford written in 1898...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward A description of the Surrender of Creek Chief William Weatherford written in 1898 Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 September, 2022 SURRENDER OF WEATHERFORD By William Gates Orr,1 of Okolona, Miss. (Transcription from Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Volume 2, 1898) Okolona, Miss., Feby. 22, 1893. Mr. H. S. Halbert, Crawford, Miss. My Dear Sir: March 5th, 1892, you wrote to me asking that I give you a statement of the facts of Weatherford’s surrender to General Jackson, as detailed to […] Read more → PATRON + RECIPE WEDNESDAY – Buttermilk Muffins– 1887 Recipe Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 September, 2022 To view this content, you must be a member of Alabama Pioneers Patrons's Patreon at $2 or more - Click "Read more" to unlock this content at the source Read more → PATRON + Beds doubled duty in early Birmingham, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 September, 2022 To view this content, you must be a member of Alabama Pioneers Patrons's Patreon at $2 or more - Click "Read more" to unlock this content at the source Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

PATRON – News about local people and new businesses in Marion, Perry Co., Ala. in 1865...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON – News about local people and new businesses in Marion, Perry Co., Ala. in 1865 Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 September, 2022 To view this content, you must be a member of Alabama Pioneers Patrons's Patreon - Click "Read more" to unlock this content at the source Read more → PATRON – News from around the State of Alabama and legal notices Scott & Richardson estates Posted by Donna R Causey on 26 September, 2022 To view this content, you must be a member of Alabama Pioneers Patrons's Patreon - Click "Read more" to unlock this content at the source Read more → UPDATED WITH PODCAST – A historic ghost town in Mississippi was once a prospering town in Marion County in Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 26 September, 2022 Artifacts date back to 600 B. C. The ghost town of Cotton Gin Port in Monroe County, Mississippi was once part of Marion County in the Alabama Territory. Located on the east bank of the Tombigbee River, this area was a crossing for many Indian trails since it was apparently an easy place to cross […] Read more → Video of fun times in Walker County, Alabama in the 1950s Posted by Donna R Causey on 26 September, 2022 We found this great video Peggy Wade made from her father’s home movies from 50 years ago of great scenes from Walker County, Alabama on You Tube. It is sure to bring back fond memories of fun times for many. Do you have film from Alabama’s past you’d like to share on Alabama Pioneers. Send […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

UPDATED WITH PODCAST Elizabeth Taylor named the city of Auburn...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward UPDATED WITH PODCAST Elizabeth Taylor named the city of Auburn Posted by Donna R Causey on 25 September, 2022 Excerpt about early days of Auburn, Alabama transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 07, No. 03, Fall Issue EARLY HISTORY OF AUBURN By Mrs. Mary Reese Frazer (Through the courtesy of Miss Mary E. Martin, long while librarian of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, this history of early Auburn has been copied by her from an […] Read more → PATRON + SATURDAY SECRETS– Household tips from 1908 – Cleaning silk Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 September, 2022 To view this content, you must be a member of Alabama Pioneers Patrons's Patreon at $2 or more - Click "Read more" to unlock this content at the source Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

PATRON+ TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Tombstone with life story? Plus tips from gathering information from tombstones...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON+ TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Tombstone with life story? Plus tips from gathering information from tombstones Posted by Donna R Causey on 20 September, 2022 To view this content, you must be a member of Alabama Pioneers Patrons's Patreon at $2 or more - Click "Read more" to unlock this content at the source Read more → PATRON + In early days, Birmingham was called Bad Birmingham Posted by Donna R Causey on 20 September, 2022 To view this content, you must be a member of Alabama Pioneers Patrons's Patreon at $2 or more - Click "Read more" to unlock this content at the source Read more → UPDATED WITH PODCAST -Haunted houses in Tuscumbia, Alabama hold many stories Posted by Donna R Causey on 20 September, 2022 (Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer, Susan Russell ca. 1938) Continued below Haunted Houses Near Tuscumbia written ca. 1938 by WPA writer Susan Russell Colbert County, Alabama One-half mile to the left of Jackson Highway, which connects Sheffield and Tuscumbia, three ivy-covered towers mark the Andrew Jackson House, which is invested […] Read more → UPDATED WITH PODCAST -The Yazoo Land Fraud – a massive problem for the new government Posted by Donna R Causey on 20 September, 2022 This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3) First Edition When peace finally came between the United States and Great Britain, the colonists acquired the territory east of the Mississippi and north of the 31st latitude. Spain disputed the United States claim south of the latitude of 30-28 and […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

My first job at Sylacauga cotton Mill – with [rare film footage of Avondale Mills in 50’s]...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward My first job at Sylacauga cotton Mill – with [rare film footage of Avondale Mills in 50's] Posted by Donna R Causey on 20 September, 2022 [Many people in the Sylacauga area around the time of WWII can probably relate to this story.] As told to Donna R. Causey by  Pearl Mims February, 2014 The first job I every had was at the cotton mill in Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama when I was only seventeen. My sister Evelyn and I got jobs […] Read more → Forty-fourth Alabama Regiment – history written by a member in 1898 Posted by Donna R Causey on 19 September, 2022 History of the 44th Alabama Regiment written by a member of the regiment in 1898. SCROLL DOWN TO READ STORY FORTY-FOURTH ALABAMA REGIMENT By James Jackson Garrett,1 of Birmingham Written in 1898 (Transcription from Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Volume 2, 1898) This regiment was organized at Selma, Ala., in March, 1862. Its field […] Read more → PATRON + Immigrant introduces Japanese camellias from wife's dowry to Mobile in 1917 Posted by Donna R Causey on 19 September, 2022 To view this content, you must be a member of Alabama Pioneers Patrons's Patreon at $2 or more - Click "Read more" to unlock this content at the source Read more → PATRON + Two trains were involved in head-on crash at Vinegar Bend, Alabama in 1908 Posted by Donna R Causey on 19 September, 2022 To view this content, you must be a member of Alabama Pioneers Patrons's Patreon at $2 or more - Click "Read more" to unlock this content at the source Read more → UPDATED WITH PODCAST Marion, Perry County, Alabama was once called Muckle's Ridge Posted by Donna R Causey on 19 September, 2022 Note: The city of Marion was first named Muckle's Ridge, but was renamed in honor of Francis Marion, the “Swamp Fox,” hero of the American Revolution. Sam Houston, later of Texas fame, was married to a local girl in 1840 and Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King, was born in Perry County. She attended the Lincoln Normal School in Marion.  Many […] Read more → UPDATED WITH POD CAST – Brierfield State Park in Alabama was once a Boom Town [old photographs] Posted by Donna R Causey on 19 September, 2022 This is a beautiful State Park south of Birmingham and a wonderful place for a picnic or outing. They have saved and restored many old homes that can now be rented for lodges and camping.  The Boom Town of Brierfield (Brierfield is now a Historic State Park) Brierfield, Alabama was once a booming mining town, on […] Read more → Kenan's Mill, Dallas County, Alabama – Do you believe it is haunted? Posted by Donna R Causey on 19 September, 2022 Zebulon Butler, an early settler of the Valley Creek Community in Selma, Alabama built a mill on the swift-rushing waters of Valley Creek to ground meal, grits and corn. The mill was acquired by the Colonel Thomas Kenan and his wife Mary Rand, in the 1830s. The Kenan family continuously owned by the mill until […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe