Nestled within Winton Woods, surrounded by forest, Greenhills, Ohio still has the look of an early suburban town. Most of the original buildings are still in use, and the historic district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Federal Government was the landlord When the housing was originally built, the Federal Government […]
JOIN US FOR FREE! CANCEL ANYTIME Alabama Pioneers members share thousands of stories, biographies, and nostalgic items every day Tap here to see how to unlock this story for FREE Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron Some people believed in engraving their trades on their tombstones. Epitaph to blind woodsawyer in Georgia: “While none ever saw […]
Submitted by the author Dorothy Graham Gast –“I was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, but spent most of my childhood on the family farm in Romulus southwest of town surrounded by family, grandparents, aunts and uncles.” The Sound of a Diploma by Author Dorothy Graham Clements Gast More by Dorothy Graham Clements Gast This fall my […]
This is my first time writing a memory with AI as a ghostwriter. I think AI utilized my thoughts and feelings from the event pretty well. How do they compare with yours? Contribute your thoughts in the comments below. by Donna R Causey and ghostwriter AI Join Us -Share your memories Become an Alabama Pioneers […]
*Note: Some of the language below may be a little antiquated because its excerpts and transcriptions from a the book -Transcription from Historic Houses of New Jersey By Weymer Jay Mills .J. B. Lippincott Company – written in 1902 = The original words provide a unique glimpse of the people and early times in New […]
Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron Unlock all Alabama Pioneers stories Alabama Pioneers members see thousands of stories, biographies, and nostalgic items These historic pictures below provides a wonderful sense of what life was like for settlers in 1869 Kentucky and the old photographs depict how much life changed by 1916. The people had a strong […]
Gaysville is a village in the town of Stockbridge in Windsor County, of the “Eastern Vermont Gateway” region. The name came from the families of Daniel and Jeremiah Gay, who settled in Stockbridge quite early. “In 1786, Elais Keyes established a grist mill and later a sawmill at “The Narrows”, later known as Gaysville, so […]
(Treating common health ailments has come a long way since these days. I wonder what future generations will think of things we do today to relieve illness) Unlock all stories Join our Alabama Pioneers Patron Community! Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron Old-Time Health Remedies For eyestrain, soak a towel in eyebright tea. Place the warm […]
During the Civil War, the siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) in Mississippi was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign. Print of Vicksburg, Mississippi ca. 1848 In a series of maneuvers, Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove […]
Hightstown, New Jersey – the final days (continued from Garment Plant faces difficulties) Many of the New Deal communities were disliked, for one reason or another, by the older inhabitants in the surrounding areas. This local hostility was very marked at Jersey Homesteads. The type of architecture, the extravagance, and the character and nature of […]
