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A historical marker on the Black Warrior River near the Hugh Thomas Bridge reads:

Captain Benjamin F. Eddins

Born in South Carolina in 1813, Benjamin Farrar Eddins raised and led a company of volunteers that served in the 41st Alabama Infantry…

A historic marker erected on the banks of the Black Warrior River near the Hugh Thomas Bridge in Tuscaloosa reads:

"Born a slave in South Carolina in 1807, Horace King became a master bridge builder while working with John Godwin. With the aid of…

Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Fred R. Maxwell was the nation’s oldest naval aviator at the time of his death at 99 in 1988.

Maxwell won his aviator’s wings as a World War I reserve officer at the naval air station in Pensacola, Florida, just 15 years…

Few people can call the University of Alabama campus home. Students and even presidents of the institution live there only temporarily. Wilma Hosea O’Rourke, born on Nov. 28, 1921, grew up there.

Zeb Hosea, O’Rourke’s father, was a steamfitter…

A letter from Mr. Carlton Mitchell to Morris Friedman concerning business dealings.

A letter from Mr. and Mrs. Morris Friedman to their friends. A search of the address in the 1926 Montgomery City Directory found at this site: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, shows the friends to be a Mr. B.J. Weil.

A receipt for Mr. Fred Maxwell from Harris-Hamner for socks.

A written account of Tuscaloosa's History by noted educator Clara Verner

Harold Edward Greer was named Lion of the Year in 1965 by the Tuscaloosa Lions Club. Greer was admired for his lifelong commitment to public education, community service and his church, Calvary Baptist of Tuscaloosa.

He was born in Edwardsville,…

Former Librarian Ruth Bolden Died three days before her 94th birthday. Ms. Bolden is one of the namesakes of the Weaver Bolden Branch of the Tuscaloosa Public Library.