Alabama Yesterdays

Alabama Yesterdays: Random wanderings through Alabama history

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Alabama Tourism Promotion in 1940

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Earlier this year I wrote an item about Alabama's only welcome center not located on an Interstate highway. In this post I'm contin...
Monday, October 6, 2025

A Family Visit to Vulcan Park & Museum

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This past March our daughter Becca, her son Ezra and stepson Zach visited us in Pelham. She came to help us pack for the upcoming move and t...
Monday, September 29, 2025

Youth Hockey in Birmingham, 1975-2001

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In his middle and high school years our son Amos played youth hockey in the Birmingham area. Three different organizations have supported th...
Monday, September 22, 2025

"Any Day Now" in Birmingham

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Back in 2014 I wrote a piece on films and tv shows set in Birmingham. One of the titles I included was Any Day Now. As I said at the time,...
Thursday, September 11, 2025

Doctor Kills His Wife in Bessemer in 1943--or Did He?

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I'm still making my way through the World War II issues of the Gadsden Times saved by paternal grandmother Rosa Mae Wright. Here's a...
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