The Historical News

03/11/2023

Photos from Forgotten Washington County Alabama's post

02/17/2023

Photos from BLACK History Month: Showcased's post

02/14/2023

Photos from Forgotten Washington County Alabama's post

01/23/2023

My cats have expensive taste. 🤬🤬 Have to keep my bread in the microwave but someone used the microwave and forgot. Dang them bougie ass cats. Look they didn't touch that wheat stuff.

01/01/2023

Photos from Prestwick Preservation Society's post

12/26/2022

Photos from Forgotten Washington County Alabama's post

12/12/2022

Old Log Train ran north of the Old Washington Church toward the old Toinette community, train owned by Baird Lumber Co., picture taken around 1899 above five miles from Hawthorn.
Pictured sitting on train: Tom King and Chief Engineer Bart Harris, Bob Downey is standing… others are unidentified.
Source: Washington County Public Library

12/11/2022

Photos from Forgotten Washington County Alabama's post

12/11/2022

A 1962 publication from then Mayor Cecil Brown and the Industrial Development Committee, Chatom Alabama. Featuring the Washington County Hospital.

11/05/2022

These papers hit the streets last week. Pick up a copy of either Kentucky paper for a very special article on the James-Younger Gang. Fantastic article.

11/05/2022

Sorry everyone. Sometimes I just get so consumed by trying to get things done I forget to post on here. Please accept my apologies. These are our papers that will be distributed next week. Please pick up a copy and let the advertisers know you saw their ad. We really love being able to get this information out to our readers and the advertisers want to know how you heard about them. Let's keep this going. Many thanks to each and every one of my. Many blessings.

09/17/2022

Darron Patterson, president of the Clotilda Descendants Association, will be the speaker at the Clarke County Historical Society meeting Sunday, Sept. 25, 2:30 at Grove Hill United Methodist Church fellowship hall.
Mr. Patterson will offer a lively, interactive discussion about the people of the Clotilda, the last known U.S. slave ship to illegally bring captives from Africa to the United States. It arrived at Mobile Bay, in 1859 or 1860, with 110 kidnapped African men, women, and children.
A native of Plateau, also known as Africatown, Alabama, Mr. Patterson is the great, great grandson of Clotilda descendant Pollee (‘Kupollee’) Allen.
He will discuss the many projects the group has undertaken, including the documentary, “Descendant”, which follows members of Africatown, as they share their personal stories and community history as descendants of the Clotilda. The Sundance award-winning film premiers on Netflix in October.
Mr. Patterson is also looking for more descendants in Clarke County and encourages anyone with ancestry traced to the Clotilda to come. “It’s important to know where you come from,” he said.
Mr. Patterson is an alumni of the University of Texas at El Paso (B.A. Mass Communications) and was the first African American sportswriter at the Mobile Press Register.
He is a four-time Associated Press and Alabama Press Association award winner for "Best Story of the Year,” and was later feature writer at The Detroit News for that city’s four major sports teams - National Football League's Lions, NBA’s Pistons, Major League Baseball's Tigers and the National Hockey League’s Red Wings.
The public is invited to attend.

08/25/2022

“Washington County Creek Indians”
Joe Reed born 1869 and Jane Reed born 1877, lived in Hill Springs, in a community called “The Reed Settlement”, located between McIntosh and Sims Chapel, Alabama

Joe Reed, the son of Emaline Weaver and Reuben Reed, grandson of Cecile Weatherford.
Jane Reed, Joe’s wife, was the granddaughter David Crockett Weaver, the great granddaughter of Cecile Weatherford.

08/10/2022

Photos from Forgotten Washington County Alabama's post

07/04/2022

Local historian Micki Savage continues to research and share the story of Mahala Martin, an African American woman who lived and owned property in St. Stephens, capital of the Alabama Territory between 1817 and 1819. Learn more about Martin's story here:

https://www.cla.auburn.edu/livingdemocracy/blog/savage-helps-keep-mahala-martin-s-story-alive/

07/01/2022

Photos from Ben "Education Man" Grinestaff's post

04/08/2022

A big shout out and an even bigger "Thank You" to all of our advertisers who make it possible for us to continue to bring this paper to you. Please let the businesses know you like the paper. Thank you and have a great weekend. See ya next week.

03/18/2022

Sorry for the slack in posting.
Thank you everyone for the support of our paper. Please pick up a copy and let the advertisers know you saw it and how much you like it. Remember we're all in this world together.

03/06/2022

Commemorating

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02/11/2022

Be on the look out for the papers. Make sure to pick up a copy; you may read something you didn't know about. Make sure to tell the advertisers you saw their ad in The Historical Paper it means a lot to them. Have a great weekend.

01/16/2022

Photos from Forgotten Washington County Alabama's post

01/16/2022

Mrs. Augusta Bowling and Children (children’s names unknown) Mrs. Bowling lived in Prestwick Alabama not far from the old Bowling Sawmill, the Bowling sawmill was own by
Percy L. Bowling, Author Shirley Benn, Robert Hunter and Richard H. Clarke.
And was a vital part of the Prestwick community and the economic growth of Washington County in the early 1900s.
Although Mrs. Augusta  carries the same last name, her family were a different set of Bowling.

01/07/2022

Happy New Year everyone! Be on the lookout for our next editions hitting the streets starting on Monday, January 10th.

01/03/2022

The White Smith Memorial Library in Clarke County displayed a beautifully designed and hand painted Christmas wonderland for the children of Jackson and surrounding countries to enjoy… The display was created by Library employee, Teresa Carter. 
I would also like to recognize Ms Debra Grayson, Director and staff members, Mrs. Rhonda and Mr. Wayne for the wonderful job they perform at the library.
If you didn’t get a chance to visit the Christmas display this year please put it on your calendar for next year (starts on the 2nd Thursday of December through the end of December). The children and adults will love it!

12/20/2021

Photos from Prestwick Preservation Society's post

11/11/2021

https://www.facebook.com/113243610094869/posts/596463745106184/?d=n

11/09/2021

Photos from Prestwick Preservation Society's post

11/01/2021

Soule Live Steam Festival
Nov. 5th & 6th!

10/25/2021

Photos from Forgotten Washington County Alabama's post

09/12/2021

Wagarville Elementary 1936

09/03/2021

The following papers will be distributed starting Tuesday, September 7, 2021:
TN: Blount, Loudon & Sevier Counties
SC: Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg & York Counties

As always, if you're unable to locate a copy of the paper, please call or message us and we will be happy to send you a copy.

08/03/2021

Special Invite to all SDMHA Members

Award Presentation for Steve Smith at Soddy-Daisy City Commission meeting 8/5/21

The Soddy, Daisy & Montlake Historical Association (SDMHA) is very proud of local historian and SDMHA president Steve Smith who has received a merit award from the State. Please join us during a special presentation by the Soddy-Daisy City Commission on Thursday, August 5th, 7:00 pm at City Hall. It would be great to have some of our SDMHA members in attendance on this special day.


NOTE - we have extended our hours at the Good Old Days Museum to include Sundays from 1pm to 4 pm. This is in addition to our regular hours every Friday and Saturday 9 am to 4 pm.

Did you miss us at the 100 year birthday at the bank building, or the July 4th celebration at the lake? Please come by to see us and catch up - there is always something interesting to see and stories to be told! See soddydaisymuseum.org or Facebook for updates.

08/02/2021

Today is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day!!

Today’s five facts about ice cream sandwiches:

1. The 30-44 age group buys the most ice cream sandwiches.
2. The average number of ice cream sandwiches eaten per second nationally is 48.
3. The ice cream sandwich ranks as the second best-selling ice cream novelty in America.
4. If all the ice cream sandwiches made last year were placed end to end, they would circle Earth 3 1/2 times.
5. The eastern seaboard consumes almost 50 percent of all ice cream sandwiches.

08/02/2021

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08/02/2021

The following papers are being distributed starting today, Monday, August 2:
AL: Bibb, Shelby, Tuscaloosa & Walker Counties
AL: Autauga, Dallas, Elmore & Montgomery Counties
GA: Barrow, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale & Walton Counties

As always, if you need a copy of the paper, please message us here or call 1-800-422-4478.

07/26/2021

Photos from Prestwick Preservation Society's post

07/03/2021

Photos from Prestwick Preservation Society's post

06/21/2021

The following papers are being distributed starting today:
FL: Bradford, Clay, Duval, Putnam & St. Johns Counties
GA: Cobb & Douglas Counties
FL: Alachua, Citrus, Dixie, Levy & Marion Counties

As always, if you're unable to locate a paper please call or send us a message on here! 1-800-422-4478

06/16/2021

For Immediate Release: Bartow History Museum

06/11/2021

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Bernard George, Chairman
African American Heritage Trail
[email protected]
252-633-5001
June, 10, 2021



Signs of History African American Heritage Trail
Dedication June 19



NEW BERN, NC, Some new signs in New Bern may have recently caught your eye. There are 16 sign panels that were installed of late that explain and interpret significant historic events, people and places that pertain to the African American heritage within the greater Craven Terrace/Dryborough neighborhood. You are invited to help dedicate the signs of the African American Heritage Trail on Saturday, June 19th at 10am at the intersection of Broad and Roundtree Streets in New Bern as part of the Juneteenth commemoration.

This ceremony, to which the public is invited, will celebrate the integration of these stories into the remarkable history of New Bern and Craven County, a shared history that belongs to all who call this area home or choose to visit here. We share one history with many stories, remarkable in their diversity and their interdependence. John Hope Franklin was right when he said that we should never stop telling these stories. What a heritage.

The development of these signs has been guided by a committee chaired by local historian Bernard George and sponsored by the Historic Dryborough Neighborhood Association, the New Bern Historical Society, the City of New Bern and the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office.

Professor John Hope Franklin, a greatly admired scholar of African American history at Duke University through the second half of the 20th century once remarked that New Bern and Craven and Carteret Counties have, perhaps, the most interesting African American stories in the nation. Yet these stories were systematically suppressed by the revisionist historians of the Jim Crow and segregation eras. In recent years, renewed interest has resulted in research, lectures, books and reenactments that have brought these stories back to life. These signs will continue that interest.

Funds for this project resulted from mitigation when a lease was granted to Craven Terrace LP by the Housing Authority of the City of New Bern for the rehabilitation of the Craven Terrace housing complex, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

A five-year process has resulted in the creation of the sixteen signs, seen as a solid start in the creation of additional signs telling remarkable stories. The committee is committed to continuing this process.as resulted in the creation of the sixteen signs, seen as a solid start in the creation of additional signs telling remarkable stories. The committee is committed to continuing this process.