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Lamar County

By: Barbara Woolbright Carruth

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Charming, historic Lamar County, Alabama, lies just within hours of such metropolises as Birmingham, Montgomery, and Nashville. The county was established in the nineteenth century on lands once inhabited and hunted by Native American tribes. Known first as Jones and then as Sanford County, the county was named Lamar in 1877, in honor of L.Q.C. Lamar, a senator from Mississippi. Since its founding, Lamar County has enjoyed bountiful farming, hunting, and fishing; myriad recreational opportunities provided by area waterways; and steadfast family values and community pride. In this captivating collection of vintage photographs readers will be transported to the Lamar County of yesteryear, joining the pioneer settlers who came by covered wagon from Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas. They came with little more than the dream of moving westward to a promising future, and settled a community that would always be defined by its hardworking, unyielding spirit. The early families who came to Lamar County-who built homes, toiled the land, and established local traditions-are the subject of this engaging retrospective. In their faces the story of the county unfolds, and in their legacy the spirit of the county lives on.

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0738506753

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Marion County

By: Barbara Woolbright Carruth

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Marion County

By: Barbara Woolbright Carruth

Formed in 1818, Marion County was named for Francis Marion of South Carolina, known as the "Swamp Fox" during the Revolutionary War. This scenic county lies in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, in the hill country of northwest Alabama. Rich with history, there are three Chickasaw Indian mounds preserved on the banks of the Buttahatchee River in the county seat of Hamilton. The Andrew Jackson Military Road, which runs through the county, was built as a shortcut from Nashville to New Orleans in the early 1800s. Standing on the bank of the river, wagon-wheel marks left from pioneer travel are visible in the rock bed of the river. Images of America: Marion County pays homage to the coal mining history of Brilliant and the ghost town of Pikeville with an 1820s courthouse standing today; Bear Creek with the Allen's Factory history; Guin, rich with railroad and lumber history; and Winfield, named in honor of Gen. Winfield Scott. These treasured photographs provide a look back into history, featuring people with a strong independent spirit and people who believed in our United States of America.

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073856849X

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9780738568492

Lamar County Kin

By: Barbara Woolbright Carruth

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Lamar County Kin

By: Barbara Woolbright Carruth

A collection of stories, written or collected by Barb Carruth of the people of Lamar County, Alabama. Many are untold, interesting and informative to read.Note from Barb: "It is my intent for this book to serve as an easy reference in the reader's search of Lamar County people. I focus on many who have been forgotten, bringing their stories to life again. I am not a writer but a COLLECTOR of local historical information which may help you discover your family history or solve your family mystery. Barb is well known as a researcher of the early history of Lamar County Alabama as well as Fayette, Marion, Pickens, and Winston counties in Alabama and Monroe County, Mississippi for over twenty years.

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1979047391

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9781979047395

Lamar County

By: Barbara Woolbright Carruth

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Legends of Rube Burrow & Gang

A Collection of Historical Research

By: Barbara Carruth

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Legends of Rube Burrow & Gang

A Collection of Historical Research

By: Barbara Carruth

Lamar County, Alabama is a wonderful place to live. It is quiet here, you know your neighbor and they know you; we live the good life. In Rube Burrow's time, that quiet wonderful life was interrupted by "outsiders", or "intruders", coming into the county for various reasons and carelessly judging our people. Legends of Rube Burrow have been told for over one hundred years. I never tire of hearing another Rube Burrow story. As you read this collection of years of research, you are entitled to your own opinion. It is not my intent to open old family wounds. I know the persons mentioned in this book are someone's father, mother, grandfather, grandmother or other relative. As I have told my boys, "I don't always love what you do, but I always love you." I am sure that the parents and other family members of Rube Burrow and Gang felt the same. I hope this book is accepted in the spirit it is written. Based on my research, Rube Burrow was daring, reckless, witty and loved his family. He was very determined. I found where one person said, "He's got grit" and that he had. He was called ignorant by those who tried to capture him. But ignorant or not, reports are that Southern Express Company spent over $20,000 trying to capture him. Hundreds of detectives and lawmen chased him over several states and in the end, two Black men, Jesse Hildreth and Frank Marshall did what many detectives had tried to do. In an interview Jesse said they didn't know who he was, if they had known they would not have bothered him.It seems Rube Burrow possessed a certain charm and charisma, and he had friends and kinsmen everywhere. We have stories passed though generations where time and again, he helped someone. We don't know why he became a robber, only Rube can tell us that and he is not here. Many mysteries surround the life and time of Rube Burrow. Today, we wonder and speculate. Meanwhile I continue to research through historical newspapers, records and legends looking for answers to my questions. I have uncovered information of interest in the death of Postmaster Graves, about famous outlaw Eugene Bunch's visit in Lamar County. You'll have to read that story.

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Marion County

By: Marion County Historical Society with Ca,Barbara Woolbright Carruth

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By: Marion County Historical Society with Ca,Barbara Woolbright Carruth

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