Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Alabama

What They Wore in Cherokee County, AL

Cherokee County Historical Museum aims to make the people in the past alive to those in the present with this exhibit on local fashions.

History presenter Larry Rowlette wasn’t born in Cullman, AL and he doesn’t live there now. But he’s still the perfect choice for the colonel.

At the Depression’s height, 4,000+ textile mill workers in Huntsville walked off the job, beginning a strike that eventually spread to Maine.

One of the oldest standing houses in Alabama is still thriving, thanks in part to preservation efforts by its current owner.

The Skyline Farms Heritage Assn is pushing to resurrect the buildings, artifacts & culture of Skyline Farms Colony, built in the 1930s.

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