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History of Elgin Crossroads & Nearbys
Whitehead, Toonersville, Thornton Town, Mitchell Town, Kingtown, Springfield, Pleasant Valley - Some unincorporated towns in Lauderdale County, Alabama
Compiled by Beverly Henderson and Elgin Book Committee
Edited and Designed by Karen Paul Stone
ISBN 0-9705214-6-4
Publisher Waldenhouse
Description 608 pages; 8 1/2 x 11; full color hardback; over 500 photographs, illustrations and maps; Index
$48.00 + $10.00 shipping
Availability March 2004
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Waldenhouse Publishers, Inc.
100 Clegg Street
Signal Mt., TN 37377
423-886-2721
karenstone@waldenhouse.com

A Compilation of stories from the people of Elgin, Alabama and the nearby communities of Whitehead, Toonersville, Thornoton Town, Michell Town, Kingtown, Springfield, and Pleasant Valley - all unincorporated towns in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Old photographs, letters, handwritten diaries, early newspaper articles, published works and oral histories were collected by the Elgin Book Committee made up of Wanda Hurn, Shirley Pugh, Beverly Henderson, Willane Abernathy, Martha Barnett, and Gene Putman.

Through several years they labored together to make sense of the vast and diverse sources they uncovered, and in the end produced a remarkably comprehensive view into life in the lower Tennessee River valley near Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Beginning with their Indian predecessors, they painstakingly traced the evolution of the region through the Civil War, the Great Depression, two World Wars, the construction of dams to tame the river, and the changes brought about by indoor plumbing, electricity, the automobile, and other modern developments.

This book is a great treasure chest filled with the everyday lives of the sturdy and consistent population that made up the Old South. It belongs in every library in the nation. Conceived as a fundraising project, all proceeds from the sale of the book will be equally divided between Elgin Senior Center and Elgin Volunteer Fire Department.

   
   

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