Vine And Olive Colony – Fact & Fiction about their lives in Alabama...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Vine And Olive Colony – Fact & Fiction about their lives in Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 October, 2022 This story can also be found in the book Alabama Footprints: Immigrants  Vine And Olive Colony – Fact & Fiction In 1817, a romantic tale involves a group of people who settled at the confluence of the Tombigbee and Black Warrior Rivers in present-day Alabama. The story as related by many Alabama historians states that […] Read more → UPDATED – Berry, Alabama owes its existence to the railroad – Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 October, 2022 Each year the city of Berry, Alabama has a Heritage Festival in the spring when the downtown area is buzzing with fun activities. Berry is a town in the southeastern part of Fayette County, Alabama about 15 miles east of Fayette, the county seat. Robert Berry, Sr. was a Revolutionary War Soldier and many of his sons settled […] Read more → PATRON + Native Americans Were Deceived By British Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 October, 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 → Names from a settlement of German farmers in Washington County, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 October, 2022 Was there ever a settlement of German farmers in Washington County, Alabama? I discovered the following news articles in an 1891 newspaper about a German colony being organized in Washington County, Alabama, but the trail went dead. I wonder if this dream ever materialized. COLONIZING ALABAMA Times Daily September 12, 1891, Florence, Alabama One Thousand […] Read more → PATRON – The Act and Names of Civil War soldiers by County (D – L counties) of residence furnished artificial limbs in 1867 Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 October, 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 → On October 27, 1913, the first newsreel film footage taken in the state of Alabama was possibly made Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 October, 2022 WE FOUND AN AMAZING NEWSREEL! Arguably,  we discovered the first newsreel of film footage taken in the state of Alabama. This long-lost, over 100-year-old, film footage is of President Woodrow Wilson’s visit to Mobile. His speech in Mobile changed history This treasure was made on October 27, 1913, in Mobile, Alabama, and is of great […] Read more → UPDATED WITH PODCAST The Birmingham Zoo & Botanical Gardens sits on top of over 4700 graves Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 October, 2022 The land beneath homes and shopping centers in the community of Mountain Brook in Jefferson County, Alabama includes many historic sites, including a Revolutionary War soldiers farm and 4700 graves. The area has been inhabited since the 1820s. Originally, the area was known as Watkins Branch. After this story was published on Alabama Pioneers WIAT TV News   investigated […] Read more → PATRON: The first speech given in the South by a sitting president which called for racial equality was given in Birmingham, Alabama in 1921. [vintage photographs] Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 October, 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