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- 29: Alabama's ancient lost Native American town of Abihka
The oldest Native American town now lost and how it is connected to Henryetta Oklahoma.
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21 min - 28: A Noble town that became a City
One of the first cities in Alabama with electric service was due to a dream and foresight of one man. The storied history of this well known city's founding and how it grew.
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16 min - 27: A revolutionary tale of Charles Hooks and Mary Slocomb
A tale of a teenage Charles Hooks his sister Mary Slocomb and their truly patriotic endeavors in saving their home and lives.
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20 min - 26: The Alabama native that saved the Panama Canal
This Alabama native, is known throughout the world as the conqueror of the mosquito, and the malaria and yellow fever it transmits. His pioneer efforts in halting an epidemic of yellow fever enabled the United States to complete the Panama Canal.
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20 min - 25: "I Challenge you to a Duel!"
From the most famous to the strangest...Dueling occurred everywhere in the United States, including Alabama from its earliest history until about 1861, notwithstanding stringent laws against it as a way of defending a man's honor.
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19 min - 24: Tuscaloosa's original rival town
On the night of June 6, 1866, Tuscaloosa was deluged with the heaviest rainfall in the (130 years) history of this community and she bore the scars for 44 years
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15 min - 23: World Records and fatal stunts, women drivers at the Alabama State Fairgrounds
Women race car and stunt drivers were quite popular in the early days of automobile racing. One outstanding driver was Elfrieda Mais who was born June 19, 1893 in Indianapolis, Indiana was perhaps the first.
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25 min - 22: The Ghost Town of Cotton Gin Port
A historic ghost town in Mississippi was once a prospering town in Marion County in Alabama, how the town came to be, how it was moved and its demise in this episode.
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19 min - 21: Love at first sight or after 15 minutes
Betty Jane Rase, was a teenager from Phillips High School in Birmingham, Alabama, then she became Miss Birmingham, Miss Alabama and was suddenly propelled onto the world stage with her marriage to Mickey Rooney.
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22 min - 20: The town Elizabeth Taylor named
A town that was almost named Geneva, and its connection to Robert E. Lee. It became the home to one of Alabama's leading education institutions.
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About Alabama Grist Mill
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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.