A staple of most any Southern Thanksgiving dinner, cornbread dressing or stuffing, appears to have had its beginnings as a Native American tradition when a ceremony took place at the end of the growing season. At this time corn was ready to store away and thanks was given for food. The ceremony was called gathering […]
Excerpt from DALE COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR From Reminiscences by Mary Love (Edwards) Fleming (1851-1934)1 PART II THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR Some of the Dale County (Alabama) people favored secession and some did not, but the county as a whole voted for it. My Grandfather, Ambrose Edwards, Sr., J. […]
The early days of Birmingham, Alabama Up to the spring of 1873 the town (Birmingham) grew rapidly and had fairly won the title of the Magic City, but about that time the building of houses ceased. (From Marengo News, Demopolis, Alabama May 24, 1873) The carpenters and brick masons who had been kept busy for […]
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