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99: Preaching Standing on his Knees

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 01:36:17 +0000

Moving to our state in the early early days of Alabama, described by the pioneers of the day.

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98: Kendall Lewis Tavern

Tue, 24 Dec 2019 17:00:00 +0000

Travelers who passed through the Creek Nation between 1820 and 1830 left some descriptions of the Taverns and Inns. Peter Brannon used notes and statistical data to write a story about them.The Kendall Lewis tavern was on the Federal Road from 1815 to 1828. It as located about 400 yards West and on the left side of the road from Fort Brainbridge.

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97: Pray all day, fight all night

Sat, 21 Dec 2019 01:39:46 +0000

Today's story is about some people who were here before 1819 ---Alabama's first people, the Native Americans. Written history on Alabama's Native Americans is limited because they only had mostly oral history --- handed down for generations.

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96: The suspicious history of Blue Springs

Fri, 22 Nov 2019 20:30:00 +0000

The unique thing about Blue Springs Park is that old-timers will tell you that the spring first appeared north of the highway approximately 300 yards from the present site. They said that the spring suddenly dried up and reappeared just south of the highway at the west end of Choctawhatchee river bridge. The question is why?

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95: History Along Highway 10

Sun, 17 Nov 2019 20:43:18 +0000

A short (approximately 30 minute) drive on Highway 10 in southeast, Alabama from Clio in Barbour County to Abbeville in neighboring Henry County, takes, you through three historic sites; the birthplace of Gov. George Wallace, a famous spring that has moved twice and a childhood home of Rosa Parks. If you travel a little further within Barbour County, you can also visit the birthplace of eight Alabama governors.

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94: The Alabama Indestructible Doll

Wed, 30 Oct 2019 19:26:20 +0000

Entrepreneurship among women must have been strong in early 1900s in Alabama. We had a previous podcast on the Birmingham, Alabama woman who invented the windshield wiper now one who invented the Alabama indestructible doll. ......During its peak, a doll factory in Roanoke, Alabama, operated by a woman, produced ten thousand of her dolls each year. The dolls were known by several names: Alabama Baby, Alabama Indestructible Doll, Roanoke Doll, or Ella Smith Doll

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Elberta, German colony and Dinosaurs

Sat, 12 Oct 2019 00:07:32 +0000

The town of Elberta in Baldwin County, Alabama was settled in 1904 by German pioneers. Today, the small town is also known for DINOSAURS IN THE WOODS, a collection of dinosaurs created by Mark Cline. an artist who also created Bamahenge and other sculptures in the area. In 1938 a WPA writer wrote about the unique history of this historic town.

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92: The Story of Gees Bend

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 22:07:43 +0000

There is a small, remote, community of Gees Bend where hundreds of quilt masterpieces date from the early twentieth century. The quilts of Gee's Bend have been created by the African American women and their ancestors in the community of Gee's Bend along the Alabama River in Wilcox County.

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91: Great Hartselle bank robbery is still an unsolved mystery

Sat, 21 Sep 2019 02:48:14 +0000

Early on the morning on March 15, 1926, the town of Hartselle in Morgan County, Alabama was held hostage for almost four hours while "thieves stripped the bank of all its cash and gold and some silver coins." The robbers were never caught.

Hartselle Depot Days Festival

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Freedmen's Bureau - The First Step to Rebuild

Fri, 06 Sep 2019 22:15:59 +0000

The war had liberated nearly four million slaves and destroyed the region's cities, towns, and plantation-based economy. It left former slaves and many whites dislocated from their homes, facing starvation, and owning only the clothes they wore. The challenge of establishing a new social order, founded on freedom and racial equality, was enormous.

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89: Alabama's First People

Fri, 16 Aug 2019 22:26:18 +0000

Alabama is home to one of the densest concentrations of ancient Native American monumental architecture in all of North America. And there are hundreds of Native American mound sites across Alabama, most of which lie hidden away in forests and fields.

Choccolocco Valley, Alabama – some historic sites destroyed

https://alabamamoundtrail.org/

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Choccolocco Park Facebook page

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88: The Legend of Kin Moony

Thu, 08 Aug 2019 12:00:00 +0000

In the early days of Alabama, it was like the wild west, and one thing that was often explosive was political fever. Many people were vying for positions of governing the State. It was especially controversial between the old Whig and Democratic parties. Political fever was so high that a man would not vote for a personal friend or brother if they had a different political view.

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87: The Married CCC began in Alabama

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 22:00:00 +0000

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families as part of the New Deal. Originally for young men ages 18–23, it was eventually expanded to young men ages 17–28.

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86: The historic village laid out in the form of a liberty bell

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 02:53:36 +0000

Sheffield, city of Senators and home to history has a historic village laid out in the form of a liberty bell, we discuss the history and how it all came about in this episode.

WC Handy Music Festival

Google maps link to see the bell

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85: This is where Alabama began

Fri, 12 Jul 2019 11:00:00 +0000

Old St. Stephens was the capital of the Alabama Territory. The ruins of the former capital now lie across the river above Jackson, yet the city was probably the largest in the state in early days. There are actually two St. Stephens, the Territory's capital called Old St. Stephens and new St. Stephen which are only a few miles apart.

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84: The history of Fountain Heights

Tue, 09 Jul 2019 19:33:13 +0000

Fountain Heights is one of Birmingham's historic neighborhoods and was home to some of Birmingham's most prominent business leaders, the city's first permanent weather station, and the start of WBRC and St. Vincent's Hospital.

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83: Only loose women will vote

Fri, 05 Jul 2019 11:00:00 +0000

The struggle for women's voting rights and being allowed to serve on juries was long lasting for the women of Alabama. The struggle lasted longer than people think.

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82: Geronimo in Alabama?

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 16:17:26 +0000

Did you know that Geronimo was held a prisoner in Mt. Vernon, Alabama?

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81: When the Indian fires were going out

Fri, 28 Jun 2019 11:00:00 +0000

In the 1830s many Native-Americans were divided in their opinions about moving west. Some voluntarily moved with the first treaties, and others delayed in their old homes until forced to remove by the encroachment of white settlers, and the power of the federal government.

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80: The long history of the town of Arley

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 10:00:00 +0000

Arley in Winston County, Alabama, is almost completely surrounded by Lewis Smith Lake. Many people have weekend homes in the area, and 357 call it home. This is the story of Arley.

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79: Ariton, a unique birth to a town

Fri, 21 Jun 2019 13:00:00 +0000

In the year 1861, when America was beginning the struggle over Civil War issues, a little town, named Utopia, was started about three miles northeast of the present site of Ariton in Dale County, Alabama is today. This is a story of how the unique town of Arition was formed.

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78: What is the meaning of "1232" on the Alabama Stone?

Wed, 19 Jun 2019 01:06:33 +0000

Christopher Columbus discovers America in 1492. Some historians are beginning to question this date and a stone found in Alabama in 1817 adds to these doubts.

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77: A Birmingham woman's invention that people almost daily

Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:38:47 +0000

Inventor of something we use in our cars every time it rains – invented by woman from Alabama, only to never profit from it.

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76: A Fateful Conversation

Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:41:45 +0000

A fateful conversation between a white southerner named and a former-slave, named took place in 1880 in the little town of Tuskegee, which was the capital of Macon County in Alabama and it started what became Tuskegee University.

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75: The Angel of Prisons

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 12:00:00 +0000

The lyricist of the Alabama State song, Julia Tutwiler was a woman with progressive ideas who contributed much to the education of women and was influential in reforming the penal system in Alabama.

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74: Early Alabama Roads

Fri, 31 May 2019 11:00:00 +0000

Trails, paths and even roads in Alabama had a historic path. Roads run quietly through the woods of Alabama but are not often recognized for their history.

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73: Fairhope - a single tax town

Wed, 29 May 2019 00:48:51 +0000

Which city of Alabama was one of the properties on the 1910 version of the board game The Landlord's Game, a precursor of Monopoly? It is the city of Fairhope, originally a single tax town and home of the Jubilee.

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72: The Burning of the University of Alabama

Sat, 25 May 2019 17:33:09 +0000

University of Alabama was burned a week before the end of the War between the states – probably because it was a military school at the time. Also discussed the University of Alabama Bottle Corps Band.

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71: Preacher Glenn sparks the foundation of Auburn University

Tue, 21 May 2019 20:31:34 +0000

Many people know that Auburn was once called Alabama Polytechnic College at Auburn but they may not know why so I thought I'd share a little history. The idea of Auburn actually began in the town of Glennville, Russell County, Alabama.

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70: The Rise and Fall of the Ghost Town of Bellefonte

Fri, 17 May 2019 06:00:00 +0000

Bellefonte is a ghost town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States,near the site of the Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station. It is located roughly two miles southeast of Hollywood, Alabama. In ante-bellum days, and in fact up to 1868, Bellefonte was the capital, the pride and glory of Jackson County. It is now a ghost town.

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69: Deliver me to Blocton!

Tue, 14 May 2019 05:30:00 +0000

We all have heard of West Blocton via the cahaba lily but did you know there was once twin towns of Blocton and West Blocton.

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68: The Melting Pot of Birmingham

Sat, 11 May 2019 03:49:38 +0000

The Jerry D. Young Memorial Field which now serves as the UAB Blazers Baseball Team's home field was once the location of Behrens Park which was renamed Jordan Park in 1924. The park was located at 840 12th Street South at University Boulevard and was a leading recreation area for the whole city of Birmingham.

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67: A Montgomery corner with a long history

Tue, 07 May 2019 20:32:46 +0000

The present building that originally housed Sayre Street School only dates back to 1891, but the Sayre Street site located at the corner of Sayre and Mildred Streets, in Montgomery, Alabama has been connected with education since before the Civil War. It is also connected to famous writer F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife, Zelda who's maiden name was Sayre.

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66: The Man Called Railroad Bill

Fri, 03 May 2019 22:56:11 +0000

In the history of Atmore records, no more infamous character than "Railroad Bill", an African American who terrorized this section of the state for several months. His daring robberies on freight cars, his ruthless use of dangerous weapons add a touch of adventure and daring to the history of Atmore.

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65: Legend of gold buried in Shipp's Pond

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 13:00:00 +0000

Legend states that during the year 1862 when the Civil War was being fought, many people buried their gold for safekeeping in Shipp's Pond. We discuss the history of nearby Castleberry and their annual Strawberry Festival.

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64: The Confederados - Old South in Brazil

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 14:03:44 +0000

In 1865 at the end of the American Civil War a substantial number of Southerners left the South; many moved to other parts of the United States, such as the American West, but a few left the country entirely. The most popular country of Southerners emigration was Brazil.

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63: Hackleburg Strong - A Story of Resilience

Sat, 20 Apr 2019 14:00:00 +0000

The citizens of Hackleburg, Alabama are resilient people. Hackleburg was almost leveled twice by tornadoes, once in 1943 and again in 2011, but both times they simply picked up the pieces and built their town back, better than ever.

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62: 24 Columns - Forks of Cypress

Fri, 19 Apr 2019 15:25:58 +0000

An 1822 mansion in Florence, Alabama, had an air-conditioned basement. Only 24 Columns and its deep history remain from this wonderful landmark mansion.

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61: Brierfield Boom Town!

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:49:28 +0000

Brierfield, Alabama was once a booming mining town, on the Southern Railway in the eastern part of Bibb County. Now it is a beautiful State Park south of Birmingham with a lot of history.

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60: Family Feud goes to the Supreme Court

Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

On Monday morning, all five defendants came to the fence of one of Bryars's lots, which was near the road leading from, and about one hundred yards from his house. All of them were mounted except one, and all armed with guns, and were first outside of the fence, opposite said Green B. Bryars, who stood by his plow, called out, 'Boys, come here."

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59: The Tornado Outbreak of 1932

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 16:00:00 +0000

On March 21, 1932, Marion, Alabama was the first town struck in one of the most destructive series of tornadoes to wreak havoc across seven states and was hit twice in the same day. From this point at least a dozen vicious twisters ravaged the tornado belt, as they moved northeast toward Georgia and then splayed out into Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky and Virginia

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58: The Oldest Alabamian

Sat, 16 Mar 2019 15:30:00 +0000

In Colbert County, there is a place called the Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter that excited archaeologists throughout the world around 1961 when charcoal from campfires found there was believed to provide proof that Stone Age men roamed Alabama 10,000 years and more ago.

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57: Patriots in South Alabama form their own independent country

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:00:00 +0000

In 1810, a band of Americans, calling themselves patriots who had suffered cruelty at the hands of the Spaniards, organized, fought and made a Declaration of Independence and took steps to establish an independent government of the United States.

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56: How eating grits once caused a plague in Alabama

Sat, 09 Mar 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Grits are a southern staple. In this episode we cover the Ten Commandments of Grits, and how eating a diet of meat, molasses, grits and cornbread caused an epidemic of "Red Dath" in the early 1900s. The discovery and cure of the disease was led by Alabamians.

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55: How Silverhill Alabama was founded and named

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 22:09:04 +0000

There is a town in Baldwin County, Alabama with the strange name of Silverhill and a large population of Scandinavian descendants. This is their story

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54: The Alabama city almost named Muddtown

Sat, 02 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

A city almost named Muddtown was founded in July 1871, through the merger of 3 pre-existing farm towns by an association of businessmen and financiers.

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53: A Real Pochahontas Milly Francis

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 00:17:37 +0000

Milly Francis was the first woman and Native American to be awarded a medal from the U. S. Government. She will be inducted into the Alabama's Women Hall of Fame in 2019.

 to be inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of

 Fame on March 7, 2019

 to be inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of

 Fame on March 7, 2019

 to be inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of

 Fame on March 7, 2019  to be inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of
 Fame on March 7, 2019

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52: The Ten Commandments of Cornbread

Sat, 23 Feb 2019 15:30:00 +0000

Good comfort food when you are sick with the flu – cornbread and hot chicken soup. The staple in any Southern home is good cornbread. Here are the Ten Commandments and how sugar in cornbread is an abomination. What is your take on how cornbread is made and served?

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51: Devastating Explosion in Mobile after the Civil War

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 02:19:42 +0000

The carelessness of Federals or the accidental fall of a loaded shell produced the terrific magazine explosion of May 25, 1865. Thirty tons of gunpowder, with a large amount of assorted ammunition, were stored in the magazine. Early in the afternoon the whole city was jarred as if in the throes of an earthquake. Three hundred lives and nearly a million dollars' worth of property were destroyed.

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50: 'Tis the survivor that dies

Sat, 16 Feb 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Sam Dale, Alabama's Daniel Boone, settled in Clark county, Ala. in 1810, and was engaged in the Indian wars of his times, being severely wounded at the battle of Burnt Corn, in which he commanded a company.

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49: Hawkins and the Bear

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:00:00 +0000

In this true tale of Alabama's pioneer days, Legendary Williamson Hawkins kills a bear near Birmingham with just an axe.

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48: Alabama Becomes a State

Sat, 09 Feb 2019 16:00:00 +0000

The steps that Alabama took to become a state with the writing of the first State Constitution. We also highlight the American Camellia Convention in Mobile, AL for the state flower and the debut of new USPS stamp for Alabama Statehood event this month.

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47: The lady who helped saved Birmingham

Tue, 05 Feb 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Madame Wooster cared for the sick in Birmingham & had a romance with John Wilkes Booth. She is honored at UAB with the annual "Lou Wooster Public Health Award"

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46: This school survived the Civil War, 2 fires and four moves

Sat, 02 Feb 2019 17:00:00 +0000

Founded on a farm in Greensboro, Alabama this school has become a leading institution for education in the state Alabama.

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45: First Night flight in history was in Montgomery

Thu, 31 Jan 2019 19:40:29 +0000

The famous Wright Brothers set up a flight school in Montgomery and take to the air in the first night flight in history.

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44: Francis Scott Key In Alabama

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 04:07:18 +0000

The time that the famous Francis Scott Key came to Alabama to stop a civil war from breaking out and what lead to him to our state.

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43: A Tale of Bloody Bibb County

Sat, 22 Dec 2018 17:00:00 +0000

In the post Civil War era, vigilantism was the law of the land in Alabama. This is a tale of that time from 'Bloody' Bibb County.

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42: Andrew Jackson's scandalous love of Rachel

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 19:26:42 +0000

A scandalous love, a strong woman, and a campaign for president. Rachel's and Andrew Jackson's connection to Alabama.

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41: The Journey to be Alabama's first governor

Sat, 15 Dec 2018 19:14:46 +0000

The adventures of William Wyatt Bibb and his journey to be Alabama's first governor. Happy Birthday Alabama!

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40: A Mason Dixon Romance

Fri, 23 Nov 2018 21:02:51 +0000

A love story that spanned across battle lines. A Yankee soldier's elaborate plan to defect and marry his true love in time of war.

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39: Justice in 1800's Greensboro Alabama

Sat, 10 Nov 2018 23:51:54 +0000

Justice was served in a stern manner in 19th century Alabama. These stories of crazy politics, horse racing, and domestic abuse from Greensboro, Alabama depicts how these issues were handled in those days.

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38: Albert J. Pickett - THE Alabama Historian

Sat, 03 Nov 2018 13:00:00 +0000

Much of the history of Alabama is based on and recorded by Albert Pickett. This episode covers the legendary man behind the history.

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37: The Little Rocket with a Big Story

Fri, 26 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0000

A simple missile stands on a corner in Huntsville, a symbol of the start of the space race with Russia to the moon.

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36: The Phantom of Creek Road

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 14:00:00 +0000

Have you ever heard of the ghost who carried his own coffin and haunted Marion Junction, Alabama? This story involved many respectable, local citizens of the town and a wager of fear. Happy Halloween!

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35: The Day the Maple Hill Cemetery Comes Alive

Fri, 19 Oct 2018 17:12:57 +0000

Stroll through the haunted Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama and visit the famous people buried there including the Dead Children's Playground. This year's Maple Hill Cemetery Stroll will be on Sunday, October 21, 2018

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34: Elk in Alabama?

Sat, 06 Oct 2018 14:30:00 +0000

Are there Elk in Alabama? At one time there was, in this episode hear how Elk were transported from Yellowstone to Alabama and what happened to them.

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33: Butterbeans, Remlap and the New Deal

Thu, 04 Oct 2018 01:06:28 +0000

FDR's New Deal established many homesteads in Alabama which resulted in some established cities of today, the story of Remlap and the Alabama Butterbean Festival.

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32: Swedes, Danes and Norsemen come to Alabama

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 12:00:00 +0000

Swedes, Danes and Norsemen migrate to Alabama setting up three colonies in the state, Thorsby, Fruithurst and Silverhill. These immigrants created vibrant and cultural communities, like Alabama's Vineyard Colony, which in some cases have been all but forgotten.

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31: Georgiana, AL and its world renowned native son

Fri, 14 Sep 2018 02:28:25 +0000

In honor of his September 17th birthday we discuss Hank Williams Sr., his Alabama roots in the town of Georgiana, AL, and his love of Dr. Pepper as a child.

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30: Have you seen or heard the mystery of LIttlefoot?

Sun, 02 Sep 2018 19:16:57 +0000

This episode features history of Fort Payne, the upcoming Boom Days festival, and the legend of Littlefoot.

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29: Alabama's ancient lost Native American town of Abihka

Sat, 25 Aug 2018 12:00:00 +0000

The oldest Native American town now lost and how it is connected to Henryetta Oklahoma.

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28: A Noble town that became a City

Thu, 09 Aug 2018 18:45:05 +0000

One of the first cities in Alabama with electric service was due to a dream and foresight of one man. The storied history of this well known city's founding and how it grew.

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27: A revolutionary tale of Charles Hooks and Mary Slocomb

Thu, 02 Aug 2018 21:52:57 +0000

A tale of a teenage Charles Hooks his sister Mary Slocomb and their truly patriotic endeavors in saving their home and lives.

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26: The Alabama native that saved the Panama Canal

Tue, 05 Jun 2018 14:00:00 +0000

This Alabama native, is known throughout the world as the conqueror of the mosquito, and the malaria and yellow fever it transmits. His pioneer efforts in halting an epidemic of yellow fever enabled the United States to complete the Panama Canal.

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25: "I Challenge you to a Duel!"

Sat, 02 Jun 2018 14:00:00 +0000

From the most famous to the strangest...Dueling occurred everywhere in the United States, including Alabama from its earliest history until about 1861, notwithstanding stringent laws against it as a way of defending a man's honor.

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24: Tuscaloosa's original rival town

Wed, 30 May 2018 02:46:53 +0000

On the night of June 6, 1866, Tuscaloosa was deluged with the heaviest rainfall in the (130 years) history of this community and she bore the scars for 44 years

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23: World Records and fatal stunts, women drivers at the Alabama State Fairgrounds

Fri, 25 May 2018 20:02:41 +0000

Women race car and stunt drivers were quite popular in the early days of automobile racing. One outstanding driver was Elfrieda Mais who was born June 19, 1893 in Indianapolis, Indiana was perhaps the first.

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22: The Ghost Town of Cotton Gin Port

Fri, 11 May 2018 23:35:03 +0000

A historic ghost town in Mississippi was once a prospering town in Marion County in Alabama, how the town came to be, how it was moved and its demise in this episode.

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21: Love at first sight or after 15 minutes

Wed, 02 May 2018 23:13:05 +0000

Betty Jane Rase, was a teenager from Phillips High School in Birmingham, Alabama, then she became Miss Birmingham, Miss Alabama and was suddenly propelled onto the world stage with her marriage to Mickey Rooney.

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20: The town Elizabeth Taylor named

Fri, 27 Apr 2018 03:05:35 +0000

A town that was almost named Geneva, and its connection to Robert E. Lee. It became the home to one of Alabama's leading education institutions.

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19: The town Mickle Muckle founded, Hal Kemp and Texas

Fri, 20 Apr 2018 03:14:59 +0000

The town of Marion has a storied history, originally named Muckle's Ridge, the town was an education hotbed with multiple well known colleges founded there. The legendary Sam Houston was married there and it was a place the jazz legend Hal Kemp called home.

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18: Which Alabama city was almost named Dittoville, AL

Tue, 17 Apr 2018 01:58:12 +0000

Almost named Dittoville and then Twickenham, AL this city had one of the first municipal water systems in the nation. The founder, which the town was named after, lost his land and then ended up buried near the town dump.

17: A historic house, the Van de Graaff generator and Alabama Football

Thu, 12 Apr 2018 03:29:29 +0000

This is a story of the very historic and beautiful Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion. The beautiful Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is filled with mysteries such as a door that leads nowhere, deep underground tunnels, 2-foot thick brick walls, and many reported paranormal experiences reported by visitors.

16: The Blonde Bandit captured in Alabama

Sat, 07 Apr 2018 03:27:30 +0000

You've probably heard the story of the robbers, Bonnie and Clyde, but have you ever heard of the Blonde Bandit? Did Bonnie and Clyde Rob a bank in Arab, Alabama?

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15: The Great Tornado of 1847 and the three thimbles

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 22:35:13 +0000

In 1847 when booming Tuscumbia reached economic freedom, Mother Nature pays a visit and devastates the town. Also an enterprising doctor gathers up real estate with just a thimble and a ball.

14: One of the most historical towns in Alabama

Thu, 29 Mar 2018 02:59:14 +0000

A town/region that eight state governors called home, saved at the last minute from destruction in the Civil War and one that hosts a wonderful pilgrimage of homes this April 6-7th

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13: A true southern lady, Henrietta Boggs, First Lady of the Revolution

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:18:20 +0000

We discuss the upcoming television movie premiere of First Lady of the Revolution, about a true southern lady, Henrietta Boggs who is 99 years old, and her story of becoming the First Lady of Costa Rica. The movie premieres Sunday Night, March 25th 8:00 pm CST on APT World.

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12: Massive Land Frauds after the Revolutionary War

Thu, 22 Mar 2018 01:53:46 +0000

After the Revolutionary War, land frauds were the norm, this episode details two of the largest in the Alabama area. These frauds led to many people ending up settling in Alabama with no other options.

11: A world renowned resort in Blount Springs, chiggers included

Fri, 16 Mar 2018 19:36:10 +0000

One of the state and nation's grand resorts was located in Blount Springs, hosting dignitaries and celebrities. One celebrity, in particular, discovered Alabama chiggers the hard way, but the town came to the rescue.

10: How justice was served in the pioneer days of Alabama and Grits!

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 21:01:39 +0000

The notorious bandit Mason, harsh justice of pioneer days, what was riding the coach, and 39 lashes. Also, we discuss the best way to have grits.

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9: Pranking General Lafayette and the founding of Selma

Sun, 11 Mar 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Eight families set out from North Carolina and stop on a bluff on the Alabama River and Selma is born. Kenan's Mill ghost stories, Kathryn Tucker Windham and Selma's Historic Pilgrimage

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8: Step back in time in Mooresville Alabama

Fri, 09 Mar 2018 03:45:42 +0000

Discover the oldest incorporated town in Alabama, where the oldest post office in the state is still in operation. A wonderfully preserved and historic time capsule of the pioneer days. Take a free guided walking tour each weekend in April.

7: Where did the first radio broadcast in Alabama take place?

Fri, 02 Mar 2018 16:37:05 +0000

It all started with a broadcast to Thomas Edison with some makeshift equipment. A story about the early days of radio in the state of Alabama. Also some tech tips on those new to podcasts.

6: Just you wait!, Burr's arrest in Alabama

Sat, 17 Feb 2018 17:59:48 +0000

Vice President Aaron Burr who shot and killed Hamilton in the famous duel was arrested for treason in Alabama. One of the United States most fascinating characters finds his end in Alabama.

5: The Amazing Story of Milly of Montgomery

Fri, 15 Dec 2017 16:00:00 +0000

Medicine woman, life saver, entreprenuer, a tavern and Aaron Burr, Milly's amazing story.

4: A fake murder and a stolen courthouse

Tue, 12 Dec 2017 03:22:25 +0000

How Bay Minette became the county seat of Baldwin County and What is a Jubilee and why is it so rare?

3: River under Birmingham with Dinosaurs

Thu, 30 Nov 2017 04:39:26 +0000

Is there a river as big as the Mississippi flowing under Birmingham? Does it flow to the Gulf. Check out this strange story from Alabama's past.

2: What is under the Birmingham Zoo?

Fri, 27 Oct 2017 15:00:00 +0000

Just in time for Halloween, a quick bonus episode of the podcast.

Topics

Podcast Name
What is under the Birmingham Zoo?
Boo at the Zoo
Wrap up

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Intro music: Red Foley - Alabama Jubilee

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1: Have you ever vacationed at Massacre Island?

Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:59:33 +0000

The first episode of Alabama Pioneer's podcast - Alabama Grist Mill.

Topics include:

Alabama Grist Mill podcast overview

First white settlement in Alabama

Where did Mardi Gras begin?

Fort Toulouse and Alabama Frontier Days

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Intro music: Red Foley - Alabama Jubilee

podcast by: Skyscraper Media