Inventor, Samuel F. B. Morse, who invented the Morse code has a connection to the state of Alabama?...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Inventor, Samuel F. B. Morse, who invented the Morse code has a connection to the state of Alabama? Posted by Donna R Causey on 14 January, 2021 Samuel T. B. Morse missed the death of his wife due to a lag in communication and this was the impetus that provided an invention to change the method of communication forever.  (Did you know that Samuel F. B. Morse was a member of a corporation that first operated the telegraph in Alabama? It is hard […] Read more → PATRON + "Where shall I fly to, in God's name?" – story of Indian attack in Alabama [photographs, video] Posted by Donna R Causey on 14 January, 2021 (Margaret Eades was the wife of Jeremiah Austill of the Legendary Canoe Fight. She, like her husband was an early pioneers of Alabama. In this autobiography we hear her actual words of her experiences. The autobiography was published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly in 1944)   LIFE OF MARGARET ERVIN AUSTILL Part II Creek Indians […] Read more → PATRON – The Butler County News – 1914 includes personal news from the community of New Home about visits from relatives. Posted by Donna R Causey on 14 January, 2021 (Excerpts transcribed from The Butler County News, Georgiana, Alabama September 10, 1914) NEW HOME Mr. Ed Tillman, of Opp, visited his aunt, Mrs. J. E. Chapman, last Sunday. Judge S. M. Henderson, of Chapman, is the guest of his son, Rev. J. L. Henderson, this week. Also Mr. Robt. Henderson and family, of Chapman, were […] Read more → PATRON + GOOD OLE DAYS Ice once came down to Mobile, Alabama all the way from Kennebec, Maine Posted by Donna R Causey on 14 January, 2021 RECALLS DAYS WHEN ICE CAME DOWN FROM MAINE BY SHIPS Captain John Dorgan has Wealth of Memories after 55 Years Spent on “Old Man River and Mobile Bay” By Benjamin D. Baker Federal Writers’ Project Council Chamber, City Hall Mobile, Alabama November 6, 1939 Fifty-five years of tugging and towing on “Ole Man River” and […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

A Christmas present was given to the University of Alabama on Dec. 25, 1824...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward A Christmas present was given to the University of Alabama on Dec. 25, 1824 Posted by Donna R Causey on 25 December, 2020 Evidently, there were trees being cut down and building items taken at the site where it was being built to invoke this Act. Steps to establishing the University of Alabama In 1818, the federal government authorized  the Alabama Territory to set aside a township for the establishment of a “seminary of learning.”  Alabama was officially admitted […] Read more → PATRON + Trials of members were held at the oldest Baptist Church in Pickens County, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 25 December, 2020 BIG CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH Organized in 1823 Oldest in Pickens County By Marion Johnson written in 1940   The First Baptist church to be organized in Pickens County was in 1823 at the Garden, and it was called Enon. This organization was later moved to Aliceville, where it has been in continuous operation and will […] Read more → PATRON – Is your relative listed in these 1850 Alabama Death Notices? Posted by Donna R Causey on 25 December, 2020 SOME ALABAMA DEATH NOTICES FROM SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST NEWSPAPER 8-21-50 Died in Marion on Tuesday, July 30th AUGUSTUS R, infant son of E. A. BLUNT age five months, six days. Died in Milledgeville, Georgia on the 24th ult. In the fifty-fifth year of his age, JUDGE ALFRED M. HORTON, formerly of Hancock County but for many […] Read more → PATRON + FUNNY FRIDAY – From 1886 newspaper – Still funny after all these years Posted by Donna R Causey on 25 December, 2020 SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . . . The opinions now held by physicians that "raw cow’s milk is better for children than boiled" is very gratifying, as a raw cow gives much more milk than a boiled one. NEXT TO MAN Teacher: Yes, man comes highest in the scale. What comes next to man? Small […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Merry Christmas to all Alabama Pioneers readers – This video should bring back memories...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Merry Christmas to all Alabama Pioneers readers – This video should bring back memories Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 December, 2020 Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope you are having a great one! This video should bring back memories -enjoy!     Check out our latest book over the Holidays! ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories includes the following stories Plan for Indian Removal Started With President Thomas Jefferson Intrigue and Murder After Treaty At Indian Springs […] Read more → Tuscaloosa, Alabama was not united in the War Between the States Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 December, 2020 Tuscaloosa was not united (Partial transcription of a history of Tuscaloosa written by an older resident, Ben A. Green, in 1931 who was the managing editor of The Tuscaloosa News July 31, 1949, about early Tuscaloosa) Rumblings of the Civil War were quite apparent in 1860 and Tuscaloosa with much-divided sentiment and forebodings cast anxious […] Read more → PATRON + The Big Gully and The Ravine threatened Tuscaloosa, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 December, 2020 THE BIG GULLY AND THE RAVINE (Partial transcription of a history of Tuscaloosa written by an older resident, Ben A. Green, in 1931 who was the managing editor of The Tuscaloosa News July 31, 1949) On the night of June 6, 1866, Tuscaloosa was deluged with the heaviest rainfall in the (130 years) history of […] Read more → PATRON – Malaria, pneumonia, and accidents were in the news in Union, Alabama in 1915 Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 December, 2020 UNION CHURCH NEWS (Transcribed from The Grand Bay News, Grand Bay, Alabama, October 1, 1915) Fred Freeland is suffering an attack of marelia (malaria?). This is pretty tough on Fred as he has just gotten over a severe case of pneumonia. C. H. Dees has under construction a large barn capable of housing about forty […] Read more → PATRON + GOOD OLE DAYS – A Breezy Elopement and a Hilarious Grass Widow on June 20, 1890 in Mobile Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 December, 2020 MATRIMONIAL MUSSES AT MOBILE A Breezy Elopement and a Hilarious Grass Widow. (Transcribed from The Montgomery Advertiser June 21, 1890) Mr. Ulmer and Mrs. Hill Leave for New Orleans, Where It Is Supposed They Were Wed on Thursday – Mrs. William’s Husband Leaves and She Celebrates the Event by a Big Spree. Mobile, June 20 […] Read more → BIOGRAPHY: Henry Watkins Collier and the Scotts of Lawrence County, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 December, 2020 HENRY WATKINS COLLIER and SCOTTS of Lawrence County, Alabama The Wyatts and Scotts and Colliers were related to each other in several ways. Cornelius Collier (the grandfather of the distinguished Alabamian, Henry Watkins Collier, who was judge of the Supreme Court and Governor of the State) married Elizabeth Wyatt. He was a wealthy planter of Lunenburg County, […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part XIV...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part XIV Posted by Donna R Causey on 23 December, 2020 Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part XIV 1 Henry C. Sanford Cherokee County A son of Hezekiah P. and Priscilla Sanford, Henry C. was born on May 20, 1808, in Greenville District, South Carolina and died on May 28, 1888, in Cherokee County, Alabama. Attending school only ten months, Sanford was […] Read more → PATRON + A strange duel in Colbert County and the Cooper coffin Posted by Donna R Causey on 23 December, 2020 (Transcribed and unedited excerpt from a story that was written by WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer, Susan Russell. The Cooper coffin and the strange duel from Chief Oo Liska, of the Chickasaws Written ca. 1938 by Susan Russell WPA writer Colbert County, Alabama It was rare for the Chickasaws to make a pale face an […] Read more → PATRON – Socials, and Popular girl contest in Theodore and Wilmer, Alabama in 1915 Posted by Donna R Causey on 23 December, 2020 (Transcribed from The Grand Bay News, Grand Bay, Alabama, October 1, 1915) THEODORE NOTES (By P. W. F.) Theodore, Ala., Sept. 28 (Special Correspondence) – Mrs. J. H. Manuel delightfully entertained a few of the little folks in honor of Mr. Manuel’s four little nieces, Elma, Minnie, Stella and Lillian Sizemore, of Mertz Station. The […] Read more → PATRON + RECIPE WEDNESDAY – Pear Pickle & Spiced Plums recipes from 1880 Posted by Donna R Causey on 23 December, 2020 Here are a few more recipes from an old 1880’s cookbook that appear interesting…. PEAR PICKLE Select small, sound ones, remove the blossom end, stick them with a fork, allow to each quart of pears one pint of cider vinegar and one cup of sugar, put in a teaspoonful allspice, cinnamon and cloves to boil […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe