September 6, 2024
The antebellum period looms as an especially important epoch in Mobile’s long history, a time in which the town literally and figuratively took shape after generations as an outpost of… READ MORE
August 16, 2024
When I was first hired in 2022, the Alabama Heritage team sat down to discuss our hopes and goals for the magazine. We had big dreams, and we knew it… READ MORE
August 14, 2024
Martin Luther King Jr. was not at the Bloody Sunday march in Selma, Alabama. On March 7, 1965—the day that Alabama State Troopers and mounted sheriff’s deputies beat demonstrators in… READ MORE
August 9, 2024
The love and tradition of college football runs deep in Alabama, but many are unaware of how this cherished sport became an integral part of the state’s culture. William Gray Little, known as the father of Alabama football,… READ MORE
August 5, 2024
Who was Railroad Bill? Was he the “Robin Hood” figure the legends have described? Was he an outlaw with murderous tendencies? Or was the idea of Railroad Bill just a… READ MORE
July 24, 2024
Free blacks in the antebellum South led precarious lives. Respected by slaves, with whom they shared skin color but not bondage, free persons of color were often feared by whites,… READ MORE
May 31, 2024
The Eliza Battle’s final resting place lies in the Tombigbee River near the tiny town of Pennington, Alabama. According to Rufus Ward in his book The Tombigbee River Steamboats: Rollodores, Deadheads and… READ MORE
May 14, 2024
If you have ever eaten out in Birmingham, Alabama, you probably have visited one of Chef Frank Stitt’s restaurants. Frank Stitt is a James Beard Award-winning chef from Cullman, Alabama,… READ MORE
May 8, 2024
Sand Island’s story begins in the early 1800s. Originally a much larger landmass exceeding four hundred acres, it served as a vital navigational point for ships entering Mobile Bay, a… READ MORE
On March 18th, 1976, the people of Birmingham read in the Birmingham News that Sloss Furnace, an old iron blast furnace closed years ago and donated to the Alabama State Fair to… READ MORE
