Alabama Gold A History Of The Souths Last Mother Lode

Author : Peggy Jackson Walls
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439656614
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alabama Gold written by Peggy Jackson Walls and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-11 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gold rushes in Cleburne and Tallapoosa Counties attracted thousands of miners years before California's famous strike. In 1936, production at the Hog Mountain mine caused Alabama to be recognized as the top producer in the Appalachian states. In Hog Mountain's heyday, a local German settler discovered the precious metal while digging a wine cellar. In Log Pit, unscrupulous speculators "shot" ore into rock crevices and "salted" nuggets on land to enhance its sale value. A Cleburne County miner cleaned over eleven pounds of gold and was killed in a "free fight" all in one day. Join author Peggy Jackson Walls as she traces a century of gold mining in Alabama.

Author : William G. Deutsch
Publisher : MindBridge Press
ISBN 13 : 1732270708
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alabama Rivers, A Celebration and Challenge written by William G. Deutsch and published by MindBridge Press. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALABAMA RIVERS, A CELEBRATION AND CHALLENGE invites you to travel down rivers and through time to encounter the rich human history and natural wonders that have defined Alabama. Along the way, you will celebrate an array of magnificent rivers filled with unique plants and animals, shaped over the ages by a remarkably diverse geology. You will appreciate how rivers have served people from the first Paleo-Indian settlements to the present. Accept the challenge to restore and protect our rivers for their economic, cultural, and ecological benefits, but most of all because it is the right thing to do.

Author : Peggy Jackson Walls
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439673055
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Towns of Central Alabama written by Peggy Jackson Walls and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-19 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Settlers came to Central Alabama in the early 1800s with big dreams. Miners panned the streams and combed the hillsides of the state's Gold Belt, hoping to strike it rich. Arbacooche and Goldville were forged by the rush on land and gold, along with Cahaba, the first state capital. Demand for the abundant cotton led to the establishment of factories like Pepperell Mills, Russell Manufacturing Company, Tallassee Mills, Avondale Mills and Daniel Pratt Cotton Gin. Owners built mill villages for their workers, setting the standard for other companies as well. But when booms go bust, they leave ghost towns in their wake. Author Peggy Jackson Walls walks the empty streets of these once lively towns, reviving the stories of the people who built and abandoned them.

Author : Mark Seal
Publisher : Scribd, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1645399729
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Devil and Harper Lee written by Mark Seal and published by Scribd, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-04-29 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1970s, a mysterious man captivated and terrorized a small Alabama town. He was elegant and handsome, a charismatic pastor and leader in the African American community. But rumors swirled. Preaching on Sunday, people would say, killing on Monday. Far away in New York City, one of America’s most beloved writers was about to get caught up in the strange and violent tale of Reverend Willie J. Maxwell. Harper Lee, author of the modern-day classic To Kill a Mockingbird, was searching for her next book when the perfect story came her way: There was a man, the Reverend, who had allegedly murdered five of his family members, and managed to do it without getting caught. Thanks to the skills of his talented lawyer, he collected sizeable amounts of money from insurance policies that named him as the beneficiary. It was said the Reverend used voodoo to commit the murders and that his magical powers made him untouchable. And then, at the funeral of his most recent alleged victim—his sixteen-year-old stepdaughter—someone pointed a pistol at Reverend Maxwell’s head and shot three times. Mesmerized by the string of bloody deaths, Harper Lee returned to her native Alabama. She spent months in Alexander City, getting to know the town and the people, slowly pulling out the threads of this macabre tale. She found a story that only a writer of her caliber could do justice to: a modern southern gothic tale of death, fraud, superstition, and race. But apparently she never finished the book. After all that research, all the time spent tracking leads, speaking with crucial sources, and examining records, she dropped the project. Why? Acclaimed investigative reporter Mark Seal, himself an Alabama native, follows the trails of both the Reverend and Harper Lee, bringing the lurid tale back to life. He interviews key players, including relatives and other survivors who bear witness to this astonishing true story. One can only wonder how Lee herself would have told it. With The Devil and Harper Lee, Seal has woven together a new and uniquely American mystery.

Author : Peggy Jackson Walls
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1483480534
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reflections on Nature written by Peggy Jackson Walls and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflections is a collection of poetry and photographs inspired by nature. The book is a compilation of photographs by Otis "Pokey" Warren and poetry by Peggy Jackson Walls from original Reflections on Nature, printed in 2001. Peggy Walls is a retired teacher, poet, historian and author of Alabama Gold, a history of the South's last mother lode, History Press, July 11, 2016. http: //www.alabamagoldyes.com/ Otis "Pokey" Warren is a retired Presbyterian minister, whose photographs have won national awards, appeared at the Smithsonian Institute and Callaway Gardens. http: //www.mytidbitsofnature.com/

Author : Steven T. Mitchell
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1456839470
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nuggets to Neutrinos written by Steven T. Mitchell and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-12-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jerome King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Resources Overview for Northwestern California written by Jerome King and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Adolph Knopf
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mother Lode System of California written by Adolph Knopf and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Bureau of Mines
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
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Download or read book Mineral Commodity Profiles written by United States. Bureau of Mines and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 428 pages
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