April 12, 2024
3 VOLUMES LAMBERT'S HISTORY OF TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA--BUY IT NOW
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Increase traffic to your listing with Auctiva's FREE Scrolling Gallery.Here we have Volumes 1-2-3, HISTORY OF TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA By Alton Lambert--the preparation of this work was the dream of Mr. Lambert, who was a retired mail carrier in Tuscaloosa. In his late sixties, he spent many years and drove thousands of miles, took hundreds of photographs, and recorded the voices of many of Tuscaloosa County's oldest citizens to gather historical material. This is not a dry history book as the author has included many anecdotes and interesting stories, like the one about the County's first jail in 1818 which was built by John Baker for $138 and an additional $10 for the lock. The books contain comprehensive information on early settlers, lots of family names, population, coal mining, lists early miners killed by 'after damp", lists towns and settlements in the county, post offices, list of settlers born before 1800, cemeteries for blacks and whites in the county and includes a map in the back of Volume 1, geological information, farm life, tenant farming, local industries like syrup making, log rolling, soap making, hog killing. VOLUME 1-Signed "Sincerely Alton Lambert"inside cover--this volume was published in 1977 by Stewart University Press, Centre, Alabama, 148 pages plus the map. VOLUME 2-Published 1978, Stewart University
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