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The Alabama Grist Mill by Alabama Pioneers is a podcast to highlight historical Alabama with stories and history from the Alabama Pioneers website.

99: Preaching Standing on his Knees 01/27/2020

99: Preaching Standing on his Knees Moving to our state in the early early days of Alabama, described by the pioneers of the day. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/12894329

98: Kendall Lewis Tavern 12/24/2019

98: Kendall Lewis Tavern Travelers who passed through the Creek Nation between 1820 and 1830 left some descriptions of the Taverns and Inns. Peter Brannon used notes and statistical data to write a story about them. The Kendall Lewis tavern was on the Federal Road from 1815 to 1828. It as located about 400 yards West and on the left side of the road from Fort Brainbridge. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/12488561

97: Pray all day, fight all night 12/21/2019

97: Pray all day, fight all night Today's story is about some people who were here before 1819 ---Alabama's first people, the Native Americans. Written history on Alabama's Native Americans is limited because they only had mostly oral history --- handed down for generations. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/12488330

96: The suspicious history of Blue Springs 11/22/2019

96: The suspicious history of Blue Springs The unique thing about Blue Springs Park is that old-timers will tell you that the spring first appeared north of the highway approximately 300 yards from the present site. They said that the spring suddenly dried up and reappeared just south of the highway at the west end of Choctawhatchee river bridge. The question is why? /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/12101720

95: History Along Highway 10 11/17/2019

95: History Along Highway 10 A short (approximately 30 minute) drive on Highway 10 in southeast, Alabama from Clio in Barbour County to Abbeville in neighboring Henry County, takes, you through three historic sites; the birthplace of Gov. George Wallace, a famous spring that has moved twice and a childhood home of Rosa Parks. If you travel a little further within Barbour County, you can also visit the birthplace of eight Alabama governors. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/12068033

94: The Alabama Indestructible Doll 10/30/2019

94: The Alabama Indestructible Doll Entrepreneurship among women must have been strong in early 1900s in Alabama. We had a previous podcast on the Birmingham, Alabama woman who invented the windshield wiper now one who invented the Alabama indestructible doll. ......During its peak, a doll factory in Roanoke, Alabama, operated by a woman, produced ten thousand of her dolls each year. The dolls were known by several names: Alabama Baby, Alabama Indestructible Doll, Roanoke Doll, or Ella Smith Doll /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/11844875

Elberta, German colony and Dinosaurs 10/12/2019

Elberta, German colony and Dinosaurs The town of Elberta in Baldwin County, Alabama was settled in 1904 by German pioneers. Today, the small town is also known for DINOSAURS IN THE WOODS, a collection of dinosaurs created by Mark Cline. an artist who also created Bamahenge and other sculptures in the area. In 1938 a WPA writer wrote about the unique history of this historic town. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/11612621

92: The Story of Gees Bend 10/01/2019

92: The Story of Gees Bend There is a small, remote, community of Gees Bend where hundreds of quilt masterpieces date from the early twentieth century. The quilts of Gee's Bend have been created by the African American women and their ancestors in the community of Gee's Bend along the Alabama River in Wilcox County. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/11474690

91: Great Hartselle bank robbery is still an unsolved mystery 09/21/2019

91: Great Hartselle bank robbery is still an unsolved mystery Early on the morning on March 15, 1926, the town of Hartselle in Morgan County, Alabama was held hostage for almost four hours while “thieves stripped the bank of all its cash and gold and some silver coins.” The robbers were never caught. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/11336087

Freedmen’s Bureau - The First Step to Rebuild 09/06/2019

Freedmen’s Bureau - The First Step to Rebuild The war had liberated nearly four million slaves and destroyed the region's cities, towns, and plantation-based economy. It left former slaves and many whites dislocated from their homes, facing starvation, and owning only the clothes they wore. The challenge of establishing a new social order, founded on freedom and racial equality, was enormous. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/11156525

89: Alabama's First People 08/16/2019

89: Alabama's First People Alabama is home to one of the densest concentrations of ancient Native American monumental architecture in all of North America. And there are hundreds of Native American mound sites across Alabama, most of which lie hidden away in forests and fields. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/10902537

88: The Legend of Kin Moony 08/08/2019

88: The Legend of Kin Moony In the early days of Alabama, it was like the wild west, and one thing that was often explosive was political fever. Many people were vying for positions of governing the State. It was especially controversial between the old Whig and Democratic parties. Political fever was so high that a man would not vote for a personal friend or brother if they had a different political view. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/10815734

87: The Married CCC began in Alabama 08/01/2019

87: The Married CCC began in Alabama The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families as part of the New Deal. Originally for young men ages 18–23, it was eventually expanded to young men ages 17–28. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/10745807

86: The historic village laid out in the form of a liberty bell 07/17/2019

86: The historic village laid out in the form of a liberty bell Sheffield, city of Senators and home to history has a historic village laid out in the form of a liberty bell, we discuss the history and how it all came about in this episode. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/10551389

85: This is where Alabama began 07/12/2019

85: This is where Alabama began Old St. Stephens was the capital of the Alabama Territory. The ruins of the former capital now lie across the river above Jackson, yet the city was probably the largest in the state in early days. There are actually two St. Stephens, the Territory's capital called Old St. Stephens and new St. Stephen which are only a few miles apart. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/10491383

84: The history of Fountain Heights 07/09/2019

84: The history of Fountain Heights Fountain Heights is one of Birmingham's historic neighborhoods and was home to some of Birmingham's most prominent business leaders, the city's first permanent weather station, and the start of WBRC and St. Vincent's Hospital. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/10459961

83: Only loose women will vote 07/05/2019

83: Only loose women will vote The struggle for women's voting rights and being allowed to serve on juries was long lasting for the women of Alabama. The struggle lasted longer than people think. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/10401809

82: Geronimo in Alabama? 07/03/2019

82: Geronimo in Alabama? Did you know that Geronimo was held a prisoner in Mt. Vernon, Alabama? /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/10391030

81: When the Indian fires were going out 06/28/2019

81: When the Indian fires were going out In the 1830s many Native-Americans were divided in their opinions about moving west. Some voluntarily moved with the first treaties, and others delayed in their old homes until forced to remove by the encroachment of white settlers, and the power of the federal government. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/10304696

80: The long history of the town of Arley 06/25/2019

80: The long history of the town of Arley Arley in Winston County, Alabama, is almost completely surrounded by Lewis Smith Lake. Many people have weekend homes in the area, and 357 call it home. This is the story of Arley. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/10228202

79: Ariton, a unique birth to a town 06/21/2019

79: Ariton, a unique birth to a town In the year 1861, when America was beginning the struggle over Civil War issues, a little town, named Utopia, was started about three miles northeast of the present site of Ariton in Dale County, Alabama is today. This is a story of how the unique town of Arition was formed. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/10218239

78: What is the meaning of "1232" on the Alabama Stone? 06/19/2019

78: What is the meaning of "1232" on the Alabama Stone? Christopher Columbus discovers America in 1492. Some historians are beginning to question this date and a stone found in Alabama in 1817 adds to these doubts. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/10202213

77: A Birmingham woman’s invention that people almost daily 06/15/2019

77: A Birmingham woman’s invention that people almost daily Inventor of something we use in our cars every time it rains – invented by woman from Alabama, only to never profit from it /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/10160624

76: A Fateful Conversation 06/12/2019

76: A Fateful Conversation A fateful conversation between a white southerner named and a former-slave, named took place in 1880 in the little town of Tuskegee, which was the capital of Macon County in Alabama and it started what became Tuskegee University. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/10137119

75: The Angel of Prisons 06/04/2019

75: The Angel of Prisons The lyricist of the Alabama State song, Julia Tutwiler was a woman with progressive ideas who contributed much to the education of women and was influential in reforming the penal system in Alabama. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/10036136

74: Early Alabama Roads 05/31/2019

74: Early Alabama Roads Trails, paths and even roads in Alabama had a historic path. Roads run quietly through the woods of Alabama but are not often recognized for their history. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/9992474

73: Fairhope - a single tax town 05/29/2019

73: Fairhope - a single tax town Which city of Alabama was one of the properties on the 1910 version of the board game The Landlord's Game, a precursor of Monopoly? It is the city of Fairhope, originally a single tax town and home of the Jubilee. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/9958799

72: The Burning of the University of Alabama 05/25/2019

72: The Burning of the University of Alabama University of Alabama was burned a week before the end of the War between the states – probably because it was a military school at the time. Also discussed the University of Alabama Bottle Corps Band. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/9920864

71: Preacher Glenn sparks the foundation of Auburn University 05/21/2019

71: Preacher Glenn sparks the foundation of Auburn University Many people know that Auburn was once called Alabama Polytechnic College at Auburn but they may not know why so I thought I'd share a little history. The idea of Auburn actually began in the town of Glennville, Russell County, Alabama. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/9871490

70: The Rise and Fall of the Ghost Town of Bellefonte 05/17/2019

70: The Rise and Fall of the Ghost Town of Bellefonte Bellefonte is a ghost town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States,near the site of the Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station. It is located roughly two miles southeast of Hollywood, Alabama. In ante-bellum days, and in fact up to 1868, Bellefonte was the capital, the pride and glory of Jackson County. It is now a ghost town. /episode/index/show/alabamagristmill/id/9768587

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