AUTHOR SUNDAY – The Last Panther in Alabama – or was he?

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward AUTHOR SUNDAY – The Last Panther in Alabama – or was he? Posted by Dorothy Clark on 15 January, 2023 The Last Panther In Alabama (Written exactly as told) from Gibbons Family News Letter submitted by Dorothy Clark Way back, sometime around 1902 -1908, the last known panther was killed in Alabama near the Jimmy Gibbons farm. A neighbor was coming up through Jimmy’s corn field when he saw some enormous tracks. He ran to […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Alabama immigrants from Maryland’s Eastern Shore probably fought with ancestor of President Washington...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Alabama immigrants from Maryland's Eastern Shore probably fought with ancestor of President Washington Posted by Donna R Causey on 12 January, 2023 Inspired by true events, Col. John Washington (ancestor of President George Washington), Randall Revell, Tom Cottingham, and Edmund Beauchamp ward off Indian attacks and conquer the wilds of Maryland’s Eastern shore in 17th century colonial America in this historical novel, FreeHearts. This is the third book in the Tapestry of Love Series by Donna R. Causey. […] Read more → PATRON+ RECIPE WEDNESDAY: Old-fashioned, Southern Banana Pudding Posted by Donna R Causey on 12 January, 2023 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

AUTHOR SUNDAY – Claim on land brought a serendipitous balance against losses for Baker family....

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward AUTHOR SUNDAY – Claim on land brought a serendipitous balance against losses for Baker family. Posted by Patricia Ross Parker on 10 January, 2023 Submitted by Patricia Ross Parker I had always known that my grandmother’s maiden name was Baker and that she had lived as a child in Fort Worth, but I knew nothing more about her family. After I retired, three generations of my family ended up living in Dallas, Texas. Together, we went looking for a […] Read more → The first female football player, a forgotten story from Atmore, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 10 January, 2023 Traditionally, football has always been considered a boy’s sport, but a young girl at Escambia High in Atmore, Escambia County, Alabama challenged this practice when she became the first female to score in an American football game in 1939 and in 1940. Luverne Wise Albert "Luverne “Toad” Wise became the kicker for the Atmore (now […] Read more → The State of Alabama has many lost and forgotten stories Posted by Donna R Causey on 10 January, 2023 Patron members receive rewards for their support Read more → PATRON+ Amazing story of courage of some early settlers of Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 10 January, 2023 This content is available exclusively to members of Alabama Pioneers Patrons's Patreon at the time of posting. Become a patron at $2%%currency_sign_fbehind%% or more to get exclusive content like this in the future. - Click "Read more" to unlock this content at the source Read more → PATRON + TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Wives sometimes had some curious epitaphs on their tombstone Posted by Donna R Causey on 10 January, 2023 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 → Many of these men were early pioneers of Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 10 January, 2023 The biographies of the Alabamians in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol. IV  come from many sources. A good deal of the information comes from source books written when the subjects were still living. Additional information and/or documentation on any of the subjects has been included at the end of each biography This is […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Who do you think really won this battle on January 24th, Gen. Jackson or the Indians?...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Who do you think really won this battle on January 24th, Gen. Jackson or the Indians? Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 January, 2023 Portrait of William McIntosh (Alabama State Archives) Note: This has been transcribed from an article written around 1921. Please consider the time-frame of the language used.  Both claimed victory, but who actually won? The battle of Enitaohopco was a battle fought by Gen. Andrew Jackson with the Creek Indians at the Creek village of Anatichapko, […] Read more → John Wilkes Booth was in the first play held at the Old Montgomery Theatre Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 January, 2023 John Wilkes Booth was in the first play held at the Old Montgomery Theatre The old Montgomery Theatre described here became the Webber Department Store and recently a renovation was taking place to restore the building when it partially collapsed. See story Montgomery Theatre partially collapses. I do not know it’s status at this time.  PASSING […] Read more → PATRON + Reverend Daniel S. Burtrick's 1838 Journal Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 January, 2023 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

Do you remember having to learn words by heart in school?...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Do you remember having to learn words by heart in school? Posted by Joyce Ray Wheeler on 6 January, 2023 Words By Heart According to family lore, my first public speaking experience was in our little one-room church in Kentucky when I was three years old.  My dad lifted me up onto that little podium, and I had three words to say: "God is love."  And I did say three words:  "God rubs me." A […] Read more → PATRON + Cherokees regarded as less than human Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 January, 2023 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 – Names of students in Etowah County, Alabama 1932 Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 January, 2023 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 → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe