In the winter of 1877, a railroad survey crew entered a valley in the mountains of northern Alabama and counted 41 families living in a place that appeared on no official map. They recorded names,…
In the winter of 1877, a survey crew entered a hollow in the mountains of northern Alabama and counted forty-one families living in a place that, according to every official map printed after that year, did not exist. They recorded names, sketched cabins, noted a meeting house at the center of the settlement, and remarked … Read more