Lawrence County was founded on February 6, 1818, the year before Alabama became a state, from lands ceded by the Cherokee and Chickasaw. It is a rural county bordered to the north by the Tennessee River and to the south by the waterfall-rich Bankhead National Forest and filled with small vibrant communities. Moulton, the county seat, features a picturesque square. Courtland, an antebellum town, was once a bustling railroad port. Featured topics include Southern architecture, leaving for war, the railroad boom, cotton agriculture, and industry. Notable individuals highlighted include Jesse Owen... Read More
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Lawrence County was founded on February 6, 1818, the year before Alabama became a state, from lands ceded by the Cherokee and Chickasaw. It is a rural county bordered to the north by the Tennessee River and to the south by the waterfall-rich Bankhead National Forest and filled with small vibrant communities. Moulton, the county seat, features a picturesque square. Courtland, an antebellum town, was once a bustling railroad port. Featured topics include Southern architecture, leaving for war, the railroad boom, cotton agriculture, and industry. Notable individuals highlighted include Jesse Owen... Read More
Lawrence County was founded on February 6, 1818, the year before Alabama became a state, from lands ceded by the Cherokee and Chickasaw. It is a rural county bordered to the north by the Tennessee River and to the south by the waterfall-rich Bankhead National Forest and filled with small vibrant communities. Moulton, the county seat, features a picturesque square. Courtland, an antebellum town, was once a bustling railroad port. Featured topics include Southern architecture, leaving for war, the railroad boom, cotton agriculture, and industry. Notable individuals highlighted include Jesse Owens, Gen. Joseph Wheeler, and Annie Wheeler.
Details
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 2nd May 2022
State: Alabama
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781467108355
Format: Paperback
BISACs: TRAVEL / United States / South / East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Reviews
"Most remarkable in Professor Mullican's work is how she captures the sensibilities of the times she records. We can sense the spirit of hard work well done in the cotton fields and river transport photographs. So too we detect the pride of ownership for simple cabins well built under trying pioneer circumstances. Social pride revealed by the greeting of FDR during the heyday of TVA construction is clearly evident. Carefully edited, straightforward writing wraps around gimlet-eye selected photographs. From the faces of distant famous persons such as "Fighting Joe" Wheeler, to historical places like the curious "Hepsidam," we see a county's story come alive. The faces of others, who fought in our wars, tilled our fields, and carried our mail, are commemorated in a book well worth reflecting upon. You'll value your visit to Lawrence it provides, because it is true." Decatur Daily
Author Bio
Images have been gathered from the Lawrence County Archives, the Alabama Department of Archives and History, the Library of Congress, the Morgan County Archives, the Alabama Historical Commission, and private collections. Anna Lynn Mullican is the cultural resource specialist at the Oakville Indian Mounds Education Center, owned and operated by the Lawrence County School System. She is also an adjunct instructor in the history department at the University of North Alabama. She holds a master of arts degree in archaeology from the University of Alabama. She is passionate about historic preservation and teaching others to care for cultural resources.
Lawrence County was founded on February 6, 1818, the year before Alabama became a state, from lands ceded by the Cherokee and Chickasaw. It is a rural county bordered to the north by the Tennessee River and to the south by the waterfall-rich Bankhead National Forest and filled with small vibrant communities. Moulton, the county seat, features a picturesque square. Courtland, an antebellum town, was once a bustling railroad port. Featured topics include Southern architecture, leaving for war, the railroad boom, cotton agriculture, and industry. Notable individuals highlighted include Jesse Owens, Gen. Joseph Wheeler, and Annie Wheeler.
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 2nd May 2022
State: Alabama
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781467108355
Format: Paperback
BISACs: TRAVEL / United States / South / East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
"Most remarkable in Professor Mullican's work is how she captures the sensibilities of the times she records. We can sense the spirit of hard work well done in the cotton fields and river transport photographs. So too we detect the pride of ownership for simple cabins well built under trying pioneer circumstances. Social pride revealed by the greeting of FDR during the heyday of TVA construction is clearly evident. Carefully edited, straightforward writing wraps around gimlet-eye selected photographs. From the faces of distant famous persons such as "Fighting Joe" Wheeler, to historical places like the curious "Hepsidam," we see a county's story come alive. The faces of others, who fought in our wars, tilled our fields, and carried our mail, are commemorated in a book well worth reflecting upon. You'll value your visit to Lawrence it provides, because it is true." Decatur Daily
Images have been gathered from the Lawrence County Archives, the Alabama Department of Archives and History, the Library of Congress, the Morgan County Archives, the Alabama Historical Commission, and private collections. Anna Lynn Mullican is the cultural resource specialist at the Oakville Indian Mounds Education Center, owned and operated by the Lawrence County School System. She is also an adjunct instructor in the history department at the University of North Alabama. She holds a master of arts degree in archaeology from the University of Alabama. She is passionate about historic preservation and teaching others to care for cultural resources.