The Heritage of Clarke County, Alabama
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Publisher :
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 49,69 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Clarke County (Ala.)
ISBN : 9781891647406
History of Clarke County
Author : John Simpson Graham
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Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,20 MB
Release : 2020-02-08
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Book Description
A written history devoted almost exclusively to Clarke County Alabama and its people. Quoting from books published before this (1923) and recording his own personal accounts, the author, a resident of Clarke County since 1875, gives his personal observation of Clarke County places and events.In the introduction, the author states, " This book will doubtless be read with much interest by the present generation living in Clarke, as well as by the generations to follow. If it should be preserved and handed down through the coming years, it may, in the far distant future, fall under the eye of some descendent of some Clarke countian and enable him or her to look back through the avenue of time and get a mental picture of Clarke County in the nineteenth and twentieh centuries."
Clarke County
Author : Joyce White Burrage
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 37,7 MB
Release : 1998-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738568713
Book Description
Clarke County is a beautifully wooded and peaceful spot in west Alabama with a long and rich history. Bounded on the east by the Alabama River and on the west by the Tombigbee River, Clarke County's rich timberlands serve as the source for pine timber markets throughout the world. The fantastic hunting and fishing in the county are known throughout the South. Clarke County's history includes the story of the Mitcham War, a period of unrest in 1893 that reached state-wide proportions in notoriety. The county's history is one largely comprised of the working men and women who have contributed to the cultural tapestry of the area. This visual journey begins around the time of the earliest woodcut of the courthouse in Grove Hill, built in 1832, and continues through the 1940s. Many of the images in this collection have never before been published. These fascinating glimpses into Clarke County's past are combined with a well-researched text to uncover many long-forgotten stories and a colorful cast of characters.
Family Maps of Buffalo County, Wisconsin
Author : Gregory Alan Boyd
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Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,76 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Reference
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History of Alabama
Author : Albert James Pickett
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Page : 478 pages
File Size : 18,73 MB
Release : 1851
Category : History
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Alabama's Mitcham Wars
Author : Jerry Elijah Brown
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Clarke County (Ala.)
ISBN : 9781929619443
Book Description
Forget "Gone With the Wind". This is the real South. An authentic story, honest but compassionate, giving voice to those we seldom hear. This is also one generation's moving tribute to another.
Historic Plantations of Alabama's Black Belt
Author : Jennifer Hale
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 15,32 MB
Release : 2009-06-25
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1614235244
Book Description
Once the center of agricultural prosperity in Alabama, the rich soil of the Black Belt still features beautiful homes that stand as a testimony to the regions proud heritage. Join author Jennifer Hale as she explores the history of seventeen of the finest plantation homes in Alabamas Black Belt. This book chronicles the original owners and slaves of the homes, and traces their descendants who continued to call these plantations home throughout the past two centuries. Discover why the families of an Indian chief and a chief justice feuded for over a century about the land on which Belvoir stands. Follow Gaineswoods progress as it grew from a humble log cabin into an opulent mansion. Learn how the original builder and subsequent owners of the Kirkwood Mansion are linked together by a legacy of exceptional and dedicated reservation. Historic Plantations of Alabamas Black Belt recounts the elegant past and hopeful future of a well-loved region of the South.
Hell at the Breech
Author : Tom Franklin
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 45,85 MB
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0061849642
Book Description
In 1897, an aspiring politician is mysteriously murdered in the rural area of Alabama known as Mitcham Beat. His outraged friends -- —mostly poor cotton farmers -- form a secret society, Hell-at-the-Breech, to punish the townspeople they believe responsible. The hooded members wage a bloody year-long campaign of terror that culminates in a massacre where the innocent suffer alongside the guilty. Caught in the maelstrom of the Mitcham war are four people: the aging sheriff sympathetic to both sides; the widowed midwife who delivered nearly every member of Hell-at-the-Breech; a ruthless detective who wages his own war against the gang; and a young store clerk who harbors a terrible secret. Based on incidents that occurred a few miles from the author's childhood home, Hell at the Breech chronicles the events of dark days that led the people involved to discover their capacity for good, evil, or for both.
Historical Sketches of Clarke County, Alabama
Author : Clarke County Historical Society (Ala.)
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Page : 424 pages
File Size : 40,32 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Alabama
ISBN : 9780873971140
Book Description
Diddie, Dumps, and Tot
Author : Louise Clarke Pyrnelle
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Page : 270 pages
File Size : 12,13 MB
Release : 1910
Category : African Americans
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Book Description
The adventures of three young white girls on her father's large cotton plantation in Mississippi prior to the Civil War.
