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Huntsville Historical Review

Author : Huntsville-madison County Historical Society

Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Page : 274 pages

File Size : 43,15 MB

Release : 2017-11-21

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ISBN : 9781979538626

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For 46 years, the Huntsville Historical Review has chronicled the origins and history of Huntsville and Madison County. Now, as Alabama celebrates its bicentennial, the Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society has assembled a collection of articles from past issues of the Review, spanning Huntsville's history during Alabama's 200 years. This first volume covers the first years of those two centuries as Alabama transitions from territory to Statehood, with Huntsville serving as home to the drafting of the state constitution and as Alabama's first capital.



Historic Photos of Huntsville

Author : Jacquelyn Procter Reeves

Publisher : Turner

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 42,52 MB

Release : 2012-10-16

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ISBN : 9781620453964

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Huntsville is an American city quintessentially founded upon change. From its birth to the present, Huntsville has consistently built and reshaped its appearance, ideals, and industry. Through changing fortunes, Huntsville has continued to grow and prosper by overcoming adversity and maintaining the strong, independent culture of its citizens. Historic Photos of Huntsville captures this journey through still photography selected from the finest archives. From Huntsville's industrial revolution from the cotton fields, to being the birthplace of many technologies that would take man to the moon, Historic Photos of Huntsville follows life, government, education, and events throughout the city's history. This volume captures unique and rare scenes through the lens of hundreds of historic photographs. Published in striking black and white, these images communicate historic events and everyday life of two centuries of people building a unique and prosperous city.



Hidden History of North Alabama

Author : Jacquelyn Procter Reeves

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 164 pages

File Size : 45,26 MB

Release : 2010-05-06

Category : History

ISBN : 1614232210

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The tranquil waters of the Tennessee River hide a horrible tragedy that took place one steamy July day when co-workers took an excursion aboard the SCItanic. Lawrence County resident Jenny Brooks used the skull of one of her victims to wash her hands, but her forty-year quest for revenge cost more than she bargained for. Granville Garth jumped to his watery grave with a pocketful of secrets--did anyone collect the $10,000 reward for the return of the papers he took with him? Historian Jacquelyn Procter Reeves transports readers deep into the shadows of the past to learn about the secret of George Steele's will, the truth behind the night the "Stars Fell on Alabama" and the story of the Lawrence County boys who died in the Goliad Massacre. Learn these secrets--and many more--in Hidden History of North Alabama.



Seeds of Freedom

Author : Hester Bass

Publisher : Candlewick Press

Page : 32 pages

File Size : 33,7 MB

Release : 2020-10-06

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1536220590

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“Unflinchingly honest and jubilantly hopeful, this is nonfiction storytelling at its best.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) Mention the civil rights era in Alabama and most people recall images of terrible violence. But for the citizens of Huntsville, creativity, courage, and cooperation were the keys to working together to integrate their city and schools in peace. This engaging celebration of a lesser-known chapter in American and African-American history shows how racial discrimination, bullying, and unfairness can be faced successfully with perseverance and ingenuity.



Huntsville Textile Mills & Villages

Author : Terri L. French

Publisher : History Press Library Editions

Page : 146 pages

File Size : 11,64 MB

Release : 2017-06-12

Category : History

ISBN : 9781540216731

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In the early 1900s, Huntsville, Alabama, had more spindles than any other city in the South. Cotton fields and mills made the city a major competitor in the textile industry. Entire mill villages sprang up around the factories to house workers and their families. Many of these village buildings are now iconic community landmarks, such as the revitalized Lowe Mill arts facility and the Merrimack Mill Village Historic District. The "lintheads," a demeaning moniker villagers wore as a badge of honor, were hard workers. Their lives were fraught with hardships, from slavery and child labor to factory fires and shutdowns. They endured job-related injuries and illnesses, strikes and the Great Depression. Author Terri L. French details the lives, history and legacy of the workers.



Banking in Alabama, 1816-1860

Author : William Henderson Brantley

Publisher :

Page : 590 pages

File Size : 23,63 MB

Release : 1961

Category : Banks and banking

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From Huntsville to Appomattox

Author : Jeffrey D. Stocker

Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press

Page : 338 pages

File Size : 14,44 MB

Release : 1996-03

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9781572333406

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Cole was adjutant of the Alabama Volunteer Infantry, one of the few Confederate regiments to see action in both the western and eastern theaters of the Civil War. After the war he refreshed and augmented his memory with other accounts to document both the military and the human aspects of the regiment's campaigns. End notes identify people and events and refer to other sources. This is the first full publication. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.



Beside the Troubled Waters

Author : Sonnie W. Hereford

Publisher : University of Alabama Press

Page : 190 pages

File Size : 40,42 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 081731721X

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"A black southern doctor offers a gripping memoir of his childhood in Alabama, his efforts to overcome racism in the white medical community, his participation in the civil rights movement and his problems with the Medicaid program and state medical authorities"--Provided by publisher.



Huntsville Textile Mills & Villages

Author : Terri L. French

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 144 pages

File Size : 47,28 MB

Release : 2017-06-12

Category : History

ISBN : 1439661030

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In the early 1900s, Huntsville, Alabama, had more spindles than any other city in the South. Cotton fields and mills made the city a major competitor in the textile industry. Entire mill villages sprang up around the factories to house workers and their families. Many of these village buildings are now iconic community landmarks, such as the revitalized Lowe Mill arts facility and the Merrimack Mill Village Historic District. The "lintheads," a demeaning moniker villagers wore as a badge of honor, were hard workers. Their lives were fraught with hardships, from slavery and child labor to factory fires and shutdowns. They endured job-related injuries and illnesses, strikes and the Great Depression. Author Terri L. French details the lives, history and legacy of the workers.



A Frontier Texas Mercantile

Author : Donald Roy Walker

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 38,28 MB

Release : 1997

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9781881515081

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Through the years, the enlightened stewardship they have demonstrated in the management of their real estate interests has earned them commendations from professional lumber organizations and environmentalists alike, and the generous benevolence of the Gibbs family has contributed greatly to the quality of life for residents of Huntsville and Walker County.