Cliff Williams / TPI A group from Oklahoma visited the Elmore County Black History Museum and its obituary collection. The collection is part of the research Myrna Roberts is doing showing her ancestors enslavement in Africa coming to the U.S. and then moving to the mid-west.
Cliff Williams / TPI Elmore County Black History Museum curator and director Bille Rawls, left, gives a tour to visitors from Oklahoma. Myrna Roberts stopped in for some research before traveling on to Africa to continue to study her family history.
Cliff Williams / TPI Elmore County Black History Museum curator and director Bille Rawls, left, gives a tour to visitors from Oklahoma. Myrna Roberts stopped in for some research before traveling on to Africa to continue to study her family history.
Families are tracing their heritage back to Elmore County.
Everyone knows about the Trail of Tears and how the Muskogee Indians were forced to Oklahoma by Andrew Jackson. But there are two major migrations of Blacks from Elmore County to “Indian Territory” in the 1800s and early 1900s. Some are the ancestors of Dr. Myrna Roberts who now lives in Oklahoma.
Cliff Williams / TPI A group from Oklahoma visited the Elmore County Black History Museum and its obituary collection. The collection is part of the research Myrna Roberts is doing showing her ancestors enslavement in Africa coming to the U.S. and then moving to the mid-west.
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 35 will result in frost formation.
* WHERE...Barbour, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay,
Cleburne, Coosa, Elmore, Etowah, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Pike,
Randolph, Russell, St. Clair, Talladega, and Tallapoosa Counties.
* WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive
outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
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