Aliceville Museum

Aliceville prisoner of war camp

A small town in Alabama, Aliceville, had one of the largest WWII prisoner war camps in the United States.

Aliceville POW Camp

The Face in the Courthouse Window

The legend of The Face in the Courthouse Window has been a staple for many Alabamaians growing up. Now, with the help of a couple Alabama grads, the legend was brought to the stage. Barry Bradford spent a couple days in Carrollton combing through newspapers to research the legend of Henry Wells. Now it is all a part of his play that portrays his story to best Bradford could.


The play is all a part of a partnership with the Pickens County Courthouse Preservation Foundation and the First National Bank of Central Alabama to help the Preservation Foundation raise the funds needed for an elevator.

The courtroom that they were using upstairs, said Betty Pate with the Foundation, If you saw the stairs, they are difficult for anybody for handicapped.

The goal of the Foundation is to bring the history of the Courthouse to the public's knowledge so that it can be perserved and brought back to it's former glory.

If you want to donate you can send a check to:
Pickens County Courthouse Preservation Foundation
c/o Dora Johnson
PO Box 382
Carrollton, Alabama 35447

The Moundville Archaeological Park & Museum

Called “The Big Apple of the 14th Century” by National Geographic, Moundville Archaeological Park was once the site of a powerful prehistoric community that, at its peak, was America’s largest city north of Mexico. Located on the Black Warrior River near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the park preserves 326 acres where, 800 years ago, Mississippian Indians constructed 28 massive flat-topped earthen pyramids, arranged carefully around a vast central plaza. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.

The video below shows some of the features of the Moundville Archaeological Park. For additional details about this historic park, visit

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Mobile Alabama

Mobile Alabama or as I am gonna call it small clean New Orleans was a surprise to me. I didn't know it was gonna be as big as it was, I thought it was gonna be another small town like all the others I have been to in the south. The entire southern part of Alabama that I visited really impressed me how clean and nice all the places were that I visited I will definitely have to checkout more southern towns along the Gulf of Mexico until the north thaws and I can travel up that way.

Westervelt Lodge History

November 30, 1951, was the date of the first organized deer hunt on Westervelt Lodge property. On this crisp autumn morning, seventy-eight hunters met at the Ingram Spur around the Mule Barn. Six dogs were cast at different spots. The dogs were furnished and driven by citizens of Pickens County. The first deer taken was a 150-pound buck shot by Mr. V.M. Cooper of Aliceville. Two others were harvested that morning: a 150-pound buck by J.T. Burroughs and a trophy buck weighing 225 pounds with 8 points by Frank Prewitt.

From those very first moments, at Westervelt Lodge, it has always been about the experience. Our nationally recognized professional wildlife and forest management program has attained and preserved our tradition of providing an outstanding, natural hunting experience -- a true challenge in a fair chase setting. Westervelt Lodge is one of the last large hunting plantations from the old south, with 10,000 acres of land sprawling along the scenic Tombigbee River in west Alabama. A trip to Westervelt Lodge is long remembered. Informally elegant accommodations and sumptuous Southern-style meals are combined with top-notch management and professional guides to create a backdrop for excellent whitetail deer hunting, turkey hunting or quail hunting and unobstructed relaxation. From the original 65-year-old tongue and groove pine floors and 40-inch stone fireplaces, to the finest in Southern table fare, Westervelt Lodge projects rustic beauty, southern hospitality and quiet charm.

Westervelt Lodge: Alabama HuntingFor privacy and comfort, our guests enjoy private bedrooms and bath with king size beds and daily housekeeping services. We can accommodate 10 overnight guests in our main lodge and 4 guests in our adjoining Liar's Lair Lodge. The Liar's Lair is equipped with all the comforts of our main lodge and is perfect for couples, smaller parties, or business associates who need privacy for after-dinner meetings. We can also offer double occupancy if needed for larger parties, increasing capacity to 25 guests.

Alabama Blues Project Open House - May 2010

On May 22nd, we teamed up with historic downtown Northport's Heritage Festival as part of the 2010 Alabama Small Towns & Downtowns celebration. The ABP hosted our first ever Open House! We celebrated with live music by the Alabama Blues Project advanced and intermediate bands, Music Maker's Dr. G.B. Burt and special surprise guest Little Willie Farmer. We also gave visitors a taste of what we have to offer, a living blues museum with a history exhibition tour. A great time was had by all!

The Alabama Blues Project would like to thank the community and all of our wonderful staff and volunteers for their support. Special thanks to the City of Northport, Downtown Northport Merchants Association, Walter Energy, National Endowment for the Arts, Alabama State Council on the Arts.

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Westervelt Lodge has long been famous for the experience it offers its guests as they pursue their best trophies among the white-tailed deer and wild turkeys that roam its private 10,000 contiguous acres, and rates as some of the finest hunting in the country.

Reunion of Upcountry Families Event - Public Welcome

Reunion is about sharing, learning family histories.
100yearreuniion.com for Schedule of Events.
Representatives from families, historical groups, genealogical societies and related organizations. A three-day event held March 12-14, 2015. Individuals and families came from across the Upstate and across the country to meet and share information with others, many of whom have ancestors in common. Family histories and other memorabilia of upcountry life were on diisplay. The reunion was sponsored by the Birchwood Center for Arts and Folklife, along with Southern Wesleyan University, the Faith Clayton Genealogy Center, the Old Pendleton District Genealogical Society, the Pickens County Historical Society, the Pickens County Museum of Art and History, Anderson Genealogical Society, the Central Heritage Society, the Pendleton District Commission and a Pickens County Accommodation Tax Grant.

Hundreds of trees down at Roundtop Mountain Resort

A possible tornado caused damage to several buildings and fell hundreds of trees at Roundtop Mountain Resort in Warrington Township.

Severe Storms at Mississippi State - 10/9/09

A line of severe storms with high winds and heavy rain rolled through the campus of Mississippi State University on October 9th, 2009.

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Alabama 1833- People of 'Color' Forbidden From Reading/Writing (The Lev Project 2016) EP #2

Some Slavery Codes made teaching Mulatto, Indian and indentured slaves illegal

Alabama, 1833, section 31 – Any person or persons who attempt to teach any free person of color, or slave, to spell, read, or write, shall, upon conviction thereof by indictment, be fined in a sum not less than two hundred and fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars.

Alabama, 1833, section 32 – Any free person of color who shall write for any slave a pass or free paper, on conviction thereof, shall receive for every such offense, thirty-nine lashes on the bare back, and leave the state of Alabama within thirty days thereafter...
Alabama, 1833, section 33 – Any slave who shall write for any other slave, any pass or free-paper, upon conviction, shall receive, on his or her back, fifty lashes for the first offence, and one hundred lashes for every offence thereafter...


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Hear gunshots ring out as police engage 'Bonnie and Clyde' couple in Florida

This video courtesy of WEAR in Pensacola is near the scene of a shoot out between law enforcement and the Bonnie and Clyde couple Brittany Harper and Blake Fitzgerald in Santa Rosa county , Florida.

2017 Ivan Allen Morning Panel

Selma Battle Of The Bands (2017) Selma Alabama

Selma Battle Of The Bands

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Mike Huckabee on the Tornado Devastation in the South

As the devastation unfolds in the south, former Arkansas Governor and Fox News host Mike Huckabee talks about how the officials need to handle a crisis like this.

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Centennial Brooks - Sherry Poetry Reading