Monday, October 27, 2014

Somerville's Historic Courthouse

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On a recent trip from Huntsville back home to Pelham, I stopped at the old courthouse building just off state highway 36 in Somerville. That...
Thursday, October 23, 2014

Did Alabama Still Have Slaves in 1883?

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The following item was posted to the USGenWeb genealogy site in 2008. The original article supposedly appeared in the New York Tribune  and...
Monday, October 20, 2014

Alabama Library History: A Call for Traveling Libraries in 1898

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In September 2014 I posted an item on bookmobiles , one of a series I'm doing on library history in Alabama. Today's post is a late...
Thursday, October 16, 2014

Some History in Tuscaloosa, Alberta & Northport

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In late August my wife Dianne, daughter Becca Leon and I spent a morning taking in some historic places in Tuscaloosa, Alberta and Northport...
Monday, October 13, 2014

Old Alabama Stuff (2): Alabama's Own in France

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In April 1917 Alabama National Guard units returned from duty in Mexico; since October 1916 they had been involved in the U.S. effort to pu...
Thursday, October 9, 2014

Vulcan Spotted in Lafayette, Louisiana

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Well, yes and no.  Dianne and I recently made a trip to Lafayette, Louisiana, to visit our son Amos . While there he told me about these m...
Monday, October 6, 2014

Old Alabama Stuff (1): An 1888 Pamphlet

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I'm going to begin a series featuring books, pamphlets, articles, and whatever from the past that relate to Alabama in some way. These p...