Alabama Heritage (ISSN 0887-493X) is a nonprofit educational quarterly history magazine first published during the summer of 1986. It is published by the

Alabama (/ˌæləˈbæmə/ AL-ə-BAM-ə) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida

The Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, commonly referred to as the Alabama Register, is an official listing of buildings, sites, structures,

County, Alabama Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in Marengo County, Alabama "Alabama Counties: Marengo County". Alabama Department

This is a list of properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, sorted alphabetically by county. This list contains all entries for Pickens

Alabama Heritage (ISSN0887-493X) is a nonprofit educational quarterly history magazine first published during the summer of 1986. It is published by the …

Join Our Email List Follow Alabama Heritage on Instagram This website uses marketing and tracking technologies. Opting out of this will opt you out of al…

Published by The University of Alabama, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the Alabama Department of Archives and History "Stories of Alabama t…

The Sand Town community is the oldest African American neighborhood in Mobile and one of the oldest African American communities developed in the United …

Published by The University of Alabama, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the Alabama Department of Archives and History Alabama Heritage Back…

As Wilson’s raiders moved through Alabama in early April, Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia was struggling to survive in the East. On April 2, 18…

As 1815 progressed, so did a trend of desertion that had plagued Andrew Jackson’s troops for months. Tired of mindless drill and stifling military discip…

Published by The University of Alabama, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the Alabama Department of Archives and History Becoming Alabama To c…

In the years following the Civil War, Alabama embarked on what some called "the Chinese experiment." For the experiment's most optimistic proponents, the …

On the cover: Aspiring actress Talullah Bankhead, aged 17, photographed in New York City. (Alabama Department of Archives and History)​ FEATURE ABSTRACTS…

FEATURE ABSTRACTS “Finding” Clotilda: Now What Happens? By Stacye Hathorn and James P. Delgado ​ Though the importation of enslaved persons had been outl…

FEATURE ABSTRACTS Bob Dylan (center), discussing a song with his backup vocalists, was among the rock luminaries who recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound in t…

On the cover: While still a child, Helen Keller championed a library for her hometown of Tuscumbia. It was the first public library in Alabama. (Library …

On the cover: Nancy Batson (second from right) at the University of Alabama's Civilian Pilot Training program in 1939. (Crews' private collection, via Sa…

On the cover: Her daily bus commute would inspire a life-altering crusade for Juliette Morgan. (Courtesy Alabama Department of Archives and History.) FEA…

Engineer and entrepreneur James Mitchell was passionate about the potential of hydroelectric power. Chronicled here are his efforts to bring reliable elec…

On the cover: River Baptizing (detail), by Howard Cook (1935). (Courtesy Georgia Museum of Art; gift of the artist and Friends of the Art Department and …

FEATURE ABSTRACTS “The Last Blood Shed in the Civil War”: Gaylesville and the Bushwhacker Cattle Raid By Zack C. Waters After William T. Sherman ravaged …

Fort Morgan: Guardian of the Bay By Jessica Fordham Kidd One of the South’s greatest military assets, Fort Morgan has protected the waters of Mobi…

On the cover: Alabama native and world heavyweight champion, Joe Louis. See article page 8. (Library of Congress) FEATURE ABSTRACTS Joe Louis: Alabama Na…

FEATURE ABSTRACTS As Alabama moved into its statehood, the landscape shifted to reflect the needs of its growing population. In some cases, settlers cons…

Florence: Discovering Alabama's Renaissance City By Carolyn M. Barske In 1818 the Cypress Land Company held the first auction for land in a new town on t…

On the cover: Margaret Murray Washington, the wife of Booker T. Washington, led the Black women of Alabama in the movement to win the right to vote. (Lib…

FEATURE ABSTRACTS In the late 1940s, a group of German engineers entered the United States to work for the American military developing a rocket program.…

On the cover: An idealized view of a Confederate army camp, print after a painting (detail) by C.W. Chapman, Fifty-ninth Virginia Regiment. See “Dear Be…

FEATURE ABSTRACTS "Send Me All the Alabamians You Can Get": The 167th Infantry at Croix Rouge Farm By Nimrod T. Frazer During World War One, the Germans …

On the cover: Detail of weathered steam engine components at Sloss Furnaces by Randall Connaughton. FEATURE ABSTRACTS Burnt Corn grew up around a spring …

On the cover: A Black Madonna in stained glass graces the sanctuary of the Most Pure Heart of Mary Church in Mobile. (Robin McDonald) FEATURE ABSTRACTS A…

FEATURE ABSTRACTS A crowd of Montgomery Examiner paperboys was treated to a double feature of Westerns at the Charles Theatre in 1953: Hangman’s Knot (19…

On the cover: Detail of a painting by Zelda Fitzgerald, Marriage at Cana. (Courtesy Fitzgerald Estate.) FEATURE ABSTRACTS Brooklyn Bridge, 1944 (Fitzgera…

ABOUT THE CONSORTIUM The Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium, Inc. is a collaboration among 20 historic places of worship, lo…

Alabama Heritage (ISSN 0887-493X) is a nonprofit educational quarterly history magazine first published during the summer of 1986. It is published by the

Books Authors On The Site Homepage Issue 153, Summer 2024 is here! Dive into Lelia Seton Wilder Edmundson’s cover story as the “Cotton Queen of Alabama” a…

Alabama (/ˌæləˈbæmə/ AL-ə-BAM-ə) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida

The Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, commonly referred to as the Alabama Register, is an official listing of buildings, sites, structures,

County, Alabama Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in Marengo County, Alabama "Alabama Counties: Marengo County". Alabama Department

This is a list of properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, sorted alphabetically by county. This list contains all entries for Pickens

Alabama Heritage (ISSN0887-493X) is a nonprofit educational quarterly history magazine first published during the summer of 1986. It is published by the …

Join Our Email List Follow Alabama Heritage on Instagram This website uses marketing and tracking technologies. Opting out of this will opt you out of al…

Published by The University of Alabama, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the Alabama Department of Archives and History "Stories of Alabama t…

The Sand Town community is the oldest African American neighborhood in Mobile and one of the oldest African American communities developed in the United …

Published by The University of Alabama, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the Alabama Department of Archives and History Alabama Heritage Back…

As Wilson’s raiders moved through Alabama in early April, Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia was struggling to survive in the East. On April 2, 18…

As 1815 progressed, so did a trend of desertion that had plagued Andrew Jackson’s troops for months. Tired of mindless drill and stifling military discip…

Published by The University of Alabama, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the Alabama Department of Archives and History Becoming Alabama To c…

In the years following the Civil War, Alabama embarked on what some called "the Chinese experiment." For the experiment's most optimistic proponents, the …

On the cover: Aspiring actress Talullah Bankhead, aged 17, photographed in New York City. (Alabama Department of Archives and History)​ FEATURE ABSTRACTS…

FEATURE ABSTRACTS “Finding” Clotilda: Now What Happens? By Stacye Hathorn and James P. Delgado ​ Though the importation of enslaved persons had been outl…

FEATURE ABSTRACTS Bob Dylan (center), discussing a song with his backup vocalists, was among the rock luminaries who recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound in t…

On the cover: While still a child, Helen Keller championed a library for her hometown of Tuscumbia. It was the first public library in Alabama. (Library …

On the cover: Nancy Batson (second from right) at the University of Alabama's Civilian Pilot Training program in 1939. (Crews' private collection, via Sa…

On the cover: Her daily bus commute would inspire a life-altering crusade for Juliette Morgan. (Courtesy Alabama Department of Archives and History.) FEA…

Engineer and entrepreneur James Mitchell was passionate about the potential of hydroelectric power. Chronicled here are his efforts to bring reliable elec…

On the cover: River Baptizing (detail), by Howard Cook (1935). (Courtesy Georgia Museum of Art; gift of the artist and Friends of the Art Department and …

FEATURE ABSTRACTS “The Last Blood Shed in the Civil War”: Gaylesville and the Bushwhacker Cattle Raid By Zack C. Waters After William T. Sherman ravaged …

Fort Morgan: Guardian of the Bay By Jessica Fordham Kidd One of the South’s greatest military assets, Fort Morgan has protected the waters of Mobi…

On the cover: Alabama native and world heavyweight champion, Joe Louis. See article page 8. (Library of Congress) FEATURE ABSTRACTS Joe Louis: Alabama Na…

FEATURE ABSTRACTS As Alabama moved into its statehood, the landscape shifted to reflect the needs of its growing population. In some cases, settlers cons…

Florence: Discovering Alabama's Renaissance City By Carolyn M. Barske In 1818 the Cypress Land Company held the first auction for land in a new town on t…

On the cover: Margaret Murray Washington, the wife of Booker T. Washington, led the Black women of Alabama in the movement to win the right to vote. (Lib…

FEATURE ABSTRACTS In the late 1940s, a group of German engineers entered the United States to work for the American military developing a rocket program.…

On the cover: An idealized view of a Confederate army camp, print after a painting (detail) by C.W. Chapman, Fifty-ninth Virginia Regiment. See “Dear Be…

FEATURE ABSTRACTS "Send Me All the Alabamians You Can Get": The 167th Infantry at Croix Rouge Farm By Nimrod T. Frazer During World War One, the Germans …

On the cover: Detail of weathered steam engine components at Sloss Furnaces by Randall Connaughton. FEATURE ABSTRACTS Burnt Corn grew up around a spring …

On the cover: A Black Madonna in stained glass graces the sanctuary of the Most Pure Heart of Mary Church in Mobile. (Robin McDonald) FEATURE ABSTRACTS A…

FEATURE ABSTRACTS A crowd of Montgomery Examiner paperboys was treated to a double feature of Westerns at the Charles Theatre in 1953: Hangman’s Knot (19…

On the cover: Detail of a painting by Zelda Fitzgerald, Marriage at Cana. (Courtesy Fitzgerald Estate.) FEATURE ABSTRACTS Brooklyn Bridge, 1944 (Fitzgera…

ABOUT THE CONSORTIUM The Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium, Inc. is a collaboration among 20 historic places of worship, lo…