| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 320 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. The Land and Its Indians; 2. Arrival of the Squatters; 3. Early County Government; 4. Mrs. Chotard's River Town; 5. Search for a Permanent County Seat; 6. Pioneer Life and Occupations; 7. Early Churches; 8. Antebellum Schools; 9. Slavery; 10. Economic Growth, 1835-1860; 11. Culture, Changing and Unchanged, 1835-1860; 12. In the Confederate Army; 13. On the Confederate Home Front; 14. Conflicts during Reconstruction; 15. Revival of Agriculture and Industry; 16. The Coal-Mining Towns; 17. The Turbulent 1890s; 18. The County Seat in the Early 1900s. 19. At War with the KaiserConclusion; Appendixes; I. Revolutionary Soldiers Who Settled in Bibb County; II. County Jury Venire: 1819, 1820, 1821; III. Charge Customers of James C.C. Wiley before 1829; IV. Patients of Dr. David R. Boyd, 1829, and His Successor, 1836; V. Owners of Slaves (20 or More) in 1850; VI. Citizens in Certain Vocations in 1860; VII. Muster Rolls of Certain Confederate Companies; VIII. Bibb's State Militia Roll, November 25, 1865; IX. Business and Professional Directory of Blocton, 1905-1906; X. Mayors of West Blocton, 1901-1982; XI. County Judges, 1818-1982. XII. County Sheriffs, 1818-1982XIII. Senators and Representatives in Legislature, 1818-1982; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This model county history chronicles one hundred years in the life of a representative Deep South county. The history of Bibb County between 1818 and 1918 is in many ways representative of the experience of central Alabama during that period. Bibb County shares physical characteristics with the areas both to its north and to its south. In its northern section is a mineral district and in its southern valleys fertile farming country; therefore, its citizens have sometimes allied themselves with the hill counties and sometimes with their Black Belt neighbors. Both sections of the county develop. -- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-303) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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| SUBJECT |
Bibb County (Ala.) -- History
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| Subject |
Alabama -- Bibb County
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0585279748 |
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9780585279749 |
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9780817309879 |
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081730987X |
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