Huntsville AL Archives - Appalachian History

A family spat among the Baptists

Alabama’s oldest Baptist congregation will be 208 years old this year. Or not, depending on whom you ask. Both churches remain active today.

We’re hiding in the brush; the deputy & Giles are stretched out in front of the still sipping free whiskey, acting like they’re in hog heaven.

Huntsville, Alabama-born actress Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968) was a staunch Democrat and campaigned for Harry Truman’s reelection in 1948.

Frank James received a celebrity trial. A large cheering crowd greeted his train as it arrived at the Huntsville depot.

From 1830 to 1840, though embracing a period of great financial distress, yet was included a period of great improvement in Huntsville, AL.