Cemeteries are places crowded with fascinating stories, and the Pelham City Cemetery just off U.S. 31 at the corner of Industrial Park Road ...

This 1921 photo by O.V. Hunt from the Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections    shows 3rd Avenue North and 18th Street. The Lyr...

This 1939 photo from the Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections    shows the corner of 19th Street North and 2nd Avenue North...

Over the years several medical journals have been published in the state. One of those was the Alabama Medical and Surgical Age which in May...

Being a librarian with an interest in history, I guess I notice these kind of things. We seem to have an "interest in history gene...

In May 1985 my wife Dianne, son Amos and I moved to Pelham, then a small suburban town south of Birmingham. The town was just beginning to g...

The past can be a scary place, no scarrier than when you are looking at yourself. Exhibits A and B: these two photos from my days at Davis...