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This easy-to-use reference work documents the many long-vanished towns, forts, settlements, and former state capitals that were once thriving communities of Alabama. Dead Towns of Alabama is not merely a series of obituaries for dead towns. Instead, it brings back to life 83 Indian towns, 77 fort sites, and 112 colonial, territorial, and state towns. W. Stuart Harris conjures up a wealth of fascinating images from Alabamas rich and colorful past--images of life as the Indians lived it, of colonial life in the wilderness, of Spanish explorers and French exiles, of danger and romance, of riverboats and railroads, of plantations and gold mines, of stagecoaches and ferries. Overall, it presents a thoroughly absorbing panorama of Alabamas early history.Here we learn about two former capitals--St. Stephens and Cahaba--that have deteriorated to mouldering ruins now. We learn about once thriving communities--county seats, river landings and crossings, trading posts, junctions, and other settlements--that time has forgotten. Absent from most maps, these sites come alive again in Harriss fascinating account, filled anew with the bustling activity of their former inhabitants.First published in 1977, Dead Towns of Alabama is a unique guidebook to every region of the state. It is an invaluable resource for historians, students, tourists, and anyone interested in exploring Alabamas interesting historical and cultural past.

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title Dead Towns of Alabama author Harris W Stuart publisher - photo 1

title:Dead Towns of Alabama
author:Harris, W. Stuart.
publisher:University of Alabama Press
isbn10 | asin:0817352325
print isbn13:9780817352325
ebook isbn13:9780585265636
language:English
subjectAlabama--Antiquities, Extinct cities--Alabama, Indians of North America--Alabama--Antiquities, Fortification--Alabama.
publication date:1977
lcc:F328.H37 1977eb
ddc:976.1
subject:Alabama--Antiquities, Extinct cities--Alabama, Indians of North America--Alabama--Antiquities, Fortification--Alabama.
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Dead Towns of Alabama
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Centennial Celebration at St Stephens Alabama May 6 1899 showing the US - photo 2
Centennial Celebration at St. Stephens, Alabama, May 6, 1899, showing
the U.S. Revenue Cutter Winona and the river steamer Minnie Lee
unloading guests at the abandoned site.
(Courtesy Alabama State Department of Archives and History.)
Page iii
Dead Towns of Alabama
W. Stuart Harris
Published in honor of the
American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976,
under the auspices of the
Alabama Bicentennial Commission
Page iv Fourth printing 1989 Library of Congress Cataloging in - photo 3
Page iv
Fourth printing 1989
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Harris, W Stuart, 1933
Dead towns of Alabama.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. AlabamaAntiquities. 2. Cities and towns,
Extinct, ruined, etc.Alabama. 3. Indians of North
AmericaAlabamaAntiquities. 4. Fortification
Alabama. I. Title.
F338.H37 976.1 76-29655
ISBN 0-8173-5232-5
Copyright 1977 by
The University of Alabama Press
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Manufactured in the United States of America
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CONTENTS
Preface
vii
Part I: Indian Towns and Villages
1
Part II: Fort Sites
35
Part III: Colonial, Territorial, and State Towns
57
Notes
113
Bibliography
135
A Listing of Dead Towns by Counties
145
Index
149

Page vi
Dedicated to my wife
Barbara, who has encouraged
my interest in Alabama history,
and to my children, Lee, Bill,
Cathy, and Jenny, who have often
accompanied me in my ventures to
the dead towns of the state.
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PREFACE
Today many people have developed an interest in reading about and visiting dead towns, or, as some prefer to call them, ghost towns. A dead town is a place where people once lived and conducted business, where homes and other buildings once existed, but which are now empty, lifeless, and all but forgotten. Such sites formerly appeared on maps and in atlases, but are now omitted. A few years ago only professional historians were interested in these forgotten sites. Now students, history buffs, and families on outings enjoy exploring areas far from the beaten paths, across plowed fields, or through briar-infested wilderness areas, searching for reminders of another time. It is for those interested in dead towns that I have compiled this book. I have classified the sites into three sections: Indian towns and villages; fort sites; and colonial, territorial, and state dead towns.
Alabama is rich in historical lore. Indians made the area their home for possibly as long as 10,000 years. Spanish sailors visited the coastal area in 1519, and Hernando DeSoto transversed much of the state in 1540. The first true colony was established by the French in 1702, and trading forts were soon erected in the wilderness. Pioneers built homes in the wilderness, and their descendents reaped the harvest of their labors. Alabama has had five capitals, two of which have become dead towns.
Very few dead town studies have been published. The first full-length monograph on dead towns was written in 1878 by the prominent Georgia historian, Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. Entitled The Dead Towns of Georgia, this classic described a number of towns, such as Old Ebenezer, Frederica, Hardwicke, and Sunbury, which flourished in the early days of Georgia's history. Im-
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portant historically, these studies made fascinating reading for the novice as well as for the professional historian. Jones later referred to many of these towns in his two-volume History of Georgia, published in 1883.
In recent years, the study of dead towns has centered on states in the western section of the country. In Ghosts of the Glory Trail (1956), Nell Murbarger listed 275 ghost towns in the old mining areas of eastern California, Nevada, and Utah. The Work Projects Administration compiled information of a similar nature in Ghost Towns of Colorado (1947). Michael Jenkinson in Ghost Towns of New Mexico (1967) listed historical information along with many photographs of the remains of the abandoned towns of the past. Two states have published maps of their dead towns as a means of attracting tourists. The map prepared by the Montana Highway Commission lists 93 ghost towns, while several hundred ghost towns, trading posts, and abandoned stagecoach and rail stops appear on Lucien A. File's "Ghost Town Map of New Mexico" (1964), distributed by the New Mexico Department of Development.
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