The Richmond Carbine factory was moved from Richmond, Virginia, to Tallassee, Alabama, in th…
The City of Wetumpka will host the 61st annual Alabama Historical Association Fall Pilgrimag…
It was in September 1952, just three months before his death, that Hank Williams came to sta…
Martha Elva Ellis was born in Elmore County on March 24, 1910. If she was born in a hospita…
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Samuel Law nearly became a statistic. The mortality rate for newborn babies in 1938 was high…
John Berry, a well-known, respected member of the Robinson Springs community was murdered in…
Several weeks ago, a couple of visitors – obviously grandfather and grandson – came into the…
The railroad was coming to Wetumpka.
This is a story of how one Johnson family migrated from Great Britain, perhaps via Ireland, …
Did you know the land where the Wind Creek Wetumpka casino now stands was once known as Odsh…
In the old spaghetti Westerns, outlaws were hung in public for anything from stealing horses…
My dog and I walk through Gold Star Park nearly every day. We each have our favorite spots, …
Some of my best memories growing up at Elmore Station in west Elmore County during the late …
One of the most unusual wedding stories I’ve ever come across involves the union of Carrie A…
Peyton Dandridge Bibb wrote eloquently and fondly about the memories of his neighbors and fr…
Having grown up at Elmore Station in west Elmore County, I spent the majority of my youth sw…
Tallassee Mill team takes state title in 1938
By Lonna Upton
It was the first war of technology; the first war fought in the air; the first time that mod…
Even as early as 88 years ago, Chimney Rock attracted adventure seekers, said 102-year-old N…
I am amazed at how some of the older homes of the 19th century have withstood the duration o…
Arvel Griffith said he remembers the kindness best. The kindness contrasted sharply with the…
I was completely surprised when I learned that the 14.81 acres I call home in Robinson Sprin…
In April 1996, quite by chance, I had the opportunity to go into the Tulane-Bates-Kidd buria…
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The Old Federal Road began as a mail route long before the Pony Express was created. The glo…
The history of Wetumpka and the First Presbyterian Church are intertwined all the way back t…
I have at times wondered what enticed noble and prominent families to select Robinson Spring…
Lesser-known local documentaries impact county history
The 1920s was an exhilarating time for young people. The decade was filled with societal cha…
I’ve tried several times to write about the life of a young man who, after reading about him…
The history of Wetumpka will soon come to life on the wall of the alley.
John W. ‘Jack’ Swilling isn’t actually from Alabama – in fact, he was born in South Carolina…
Back in the 1940s and 50s, nearly every home in west Elmore County, where I grew up at Elmor…
The opportunity to grow up in the 1950s at Elmore Station, a whistle stop on the Louisville …