Blogs about: Tuscumbia Alabama

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Oh, I am shot...

Carolyn Murray Greer wrote 4 months ago: I exclaimed much to my surprise!!! These were the words uttered by this Tuscumbia resident. In her o … more →

Tags: Carolyn Murray Greer, Remembering the Shoals, Tuscumbia, Patsy Congleton, Shooting, Sparky's Drive-In

Photos of the past...

Carolyn Murray Greer wrote 7 months ago: document history sometimes. This is a photo of a wreck that involved a DrPepper truck. The wreck occ … more →

Tags: Carolyn Murray Greer, Colbert County, Remembering the Shoals, Tuscumbia, 1935, dr.pepper, wreck

Out N' About with a friend7 comments

corinthrose wrote 8 months ago:  F-U-N.  F-O-O-D. F-R-I-E-N-D-S-H-I-P.  P-H-O-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y. Autumn 2011.  One tank of gas.  Day t … more →

Tags: Photography, Travel, Mississippi, Corinth Mississippi., Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard, Ivy Green, Helen Keller's Birthplace, shoe trees, americana art

House: Bellemont Mansion

corkystclaire wrote 8 months ago: Location: Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA History: Bellemont Mansion is an Antebellum house with a large, ol … more →

Tags: house, ghost, Paranormal, haunted, Haunted Places, haunt, haunting, bellemont mansion, Plantation

The cultural landscape of the southern plantations...

Carolyn Murray Greer wrote 9 months ago: documents plantation homes in the south. There are photos included of former slaves. The Big House w … more →

Tags: Colbert County, Remembering the Shoals, Towns, Tuscumbia, Carolyn Murray Greer, Colbert County Alabama, Slave, William Henry Towns

August 15 and 16, 1862

Robert Welch wrote 9 months ago: Macomb Journal August 15, 1862 The New War Order             The orders from the War Department on F … more →

Tags: 16th Illinois Infantry Regiment, Abolition, alton illinois, Alton Prison, Camp Wood, Canada, Carter Van Vleck, Chicago, Civil War

Birthplace of Helen Keller

moore5145 wrote 9 months ago: This card from Amelia’s stack (which I actually think was sent to her son- I never scanned the … more →

Tags: Amelia Ayles, Helen Keller, Ivy Green

Southern Front Porches1 comment

shoalswriter wrote 1 year ago: Southern front porches are perfect in any season, but especially in spring as we start to move outsi … more →

Tags: Friends, Home, Alabama, Travel, Outdoor Living, Outdoor Decor, outdoor entertaining, southern architecture, front porches

What Your Table Should Wear for Spring Parties

shoalswriter wrote 1 year ago: After being inspired by these completely cool table coverings at Nellie Mae, in Tuscumbia, Ala., I a … more →

Tags: Shopping, Family, Home, Alabama, Entertaining, Weddings, Home Decor, tablescapes, Table Settings

No Silent Night?1 comment

papapound wrote 1 year ago: The “insults” are becoming brazen when my hometown, Tuscumbia, Alabama gets notified tha … more →

Tags: pop culture, Christianity, Christmas, Alabama, Fox News Channel, silent night, Tuscumbia, janice Jackson, Americans United for Separation of Church and State

War on Christmas Returns: Nationwide Briefing

TexasConservative wrote 1 year ago: It’s that time of year again when a few secularists try to ruin the Christmas season. They inh … more →

Tags: War on Christmas, Happy Holidays, jon stewart, Johnny Depp, Fort Worth ISD, Loudoun County, Henderson County Courthouse, cherry knoll, Traverse City Michigan

Jackson's Military Road

Sheree wrote 1 year ago: This week’s Sunday Sign highlights Jackson’s Military Road in Northwest Alabama. The roa … more →

Tags: History, Travel, Tuscumbia, Sunday Sign, Franklin County Alabama, Alabama History, Alabama, Andrew Jackson, Jackson's MIlitary Road

W-A-T-E-R: Helen Keller Can Communicate1 comment

Sheree wrote 1 year ago: I get chills just imagining what Helen Keller must  have felt that day in 1877 when she felt the wat … more →

Tags: History, People, Sunday Sign, Helen Keller, anne sullivan, Water Pump, Helen Keller and the Water Pump, Teachers

Remembering the Trail of Tears: Sunday Sign2 comments

Sheree wrote 1 year ago: This week’s “Sunday Sign” commemorates the Trail of Tears, Oka Kapassa, and the sp … more →

Tags: History, Travel, Sunday Sign, Trail of Tears, Branko Medenica, Creek Indian Chief Chilly McIntosh, Chilly McIntosh, Native Americans, creek

Sunday Sign: Petrified Lycopod Tree Stump

Sheree wrote 1 year ago: This week’s Sunday Sign can be found in Spring Park in Tuscumbia, Alabama, along with the actu … more →

Tags: Nature, Natural History, Spring Park, Sunday Sign, Alabama History, petrified wood, Petrified Lycopod Tree, Coal Age, Giant Club Mosses

Spring Park Farmers Market Update1 comment

Sheree wrote 1 year ago: I always enjoy visiting the Spring Park Farmers Market whenever I’m in Tuscumbia, Alabama on a … more →

Tags: Food, Agriculture, Spring Park Farmers Market, Farmer's Markets, Tuscumbia Alabama Farmers Markets, Shoals Commercial Culinary Complex

On Running: When A Turtle Soars2 comments

Sheree wrote 1 year ago: I ran the Helen Keller Festival 5-Mile Run last Saturday (June 25, 2011). I finished 138th out of 18 … more →

Tags: Sundries, health, Self-Improvement, Running, Helen Keller Festival

A Genius is Revealed -- or, Why I Think Capt. Adorable Will Make Me Famous2 comments

shoalswriter wrote 1 year ago: This is one of 3-year-old grandson Capt. Adorable’s first attempt at actual photography. Geniu … more →

Tags: Family, Art, Alabama, Children, Photography, Grandparenting, Grandchildren, Google, Antiques and Collectibles

Spring Park Farmers Market: Tuscumbia, Alabama2 comments

Sheree wrote 1 year ago: Thursday evening (June 16, 2011) my parents and I paid a trip to the Spring Park Farmers’ Mark … more →

Tags: Food, gardening, farming, Agriculture, Tuscumbia, Spring Park, Spring Park Farmers Market, hydroponics, Hydroponic Lettuce


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