Please visit again soon as histories will be published about Brookside.  Meanwhile,
enjoy the photos and you can find out more about Brookside at
www.brooksidealabama.com
Brookside, Alabama
Slatsky's Swimming Pool
Brookside, Alabama  
Popular local hang-out
Original Brookside School
Five Mile Creek History Project

Brookside, Alabama is rich in History and Historical Sites, particularly her cemeteries.  
She has a number of cemeteries with significant historical value.

Bivens Chapel Cemetery     

Bivens Cemetery is the burial place of Revolutionary War Soldier William Speer.  Click
on the following link for a partial interment record of Bivens cemetery:  Bivens Cemetery
Interments

St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery - Main Street

Russian Orthodox Cemetery - Main Street
Please click on the following link to access pictures of each grave located at the  
cemetery.  Click here to see photos of gravestones in this historic cemetery.

Fields Cemetery -  Cardiff Road
Burial site of members of the Fields family who originally settled the area of present day
Brookside.  This family donated the land for the Brookside Junior High School and the
Present-day Bensko Park.  Some 200 people were believed to be buried in this historic
cemetery.  You may click here for photos and a listing of grave sites and photos.  A nice
history of the Fields Family can be found by clicking on the following link Fields Family
History     
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For information on the area from which many
of Brookside's Slovaks immigrated please
click the following link.  You may find your
family's name there!