Hidden History of North Alabama

by Jacquelyn Procter Reeves

Overview

The tranquil waters of the Tennessee River hide a horrible tragedy that took place one steamy July day when co-workers took an excursion aboard the SCItanic.

Lawrence County resident Jenny Brooks used the skull of one of her victims to wash her hands, but her forty-year quest for revenge cost more than she bargained for. Granville Garth jumped to his watery grave with a pocketful of secrets—did anyone collect the $10,000 reward for the return of the papers he took with him? Historian Jacquelyn Procter Reeves transports readers deep into the shadows of the past to learn about the secret of George Steele's will, the truth behind the night the "Stars Fell on Alabama" and the story of the Lawrence County boys who died in the Goliad Massacre. Learn these secrets—and many more—in Hidden History of North Alabama.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781596297524
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	05/06/2010
Series:	Hidden History
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,092,162
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Jacquelyn Procter Reeves is a native of Las Vegas, New Mexico, and a graduate of New Mexico Highlands University. She is the editor of North Alabama's Valley Leaves and associate editor of Old Tennessee Valley Magazine in Decatur. Jacque is the curator of the historic Donnell House in Athens and owner of Avalon Tours in Huntsville. She conducts ghost walks, cemetery tours and historic tours and has served on Huntsville's Maple Hill Cemetery Stroll committee for some fourteen years. She teaches history to students all over the United States via distance learning through Early Works Museum in Huntsville. In her spare time, she has written scores of short stories and nine books and has served as contributing writer to many others. Jacque lives in Huntsville.

Table of Contents

Preface 9

SCItanic 11

The Rise and Fall of Russel Erskine 17

Revenge 23

The Pride of Courtland 27

The Strange Life of the Sleeping Preacher 33

Stars Fell on Alabama 39

A Military Occupation of a Different Kind 43

Grady Reeves 53

Conspiracy! 61

Legacy of an Assassination 69

Thunderbolt of the Confederacy 81

Revenge at Horseshoe Bend 87

The Mysterious Disappearance of Granville Garth 95

The Ghosts on the Hill 103

William Clarke Quantrill 109

George Steele and the Marble Palace 115

The Ghosts of the Forks of Cypress 119

About the Author 127