Descended from early pioneers of Florence and Lauderdale County, Alabama, the author, William Lindsey McDonald began collecting historical information about the Muscle Shoals more than a half century ago. This research has involved personal interviews with Civil War veterans,former slaves, and descendants of both Native Americans and families of the frontier who were among the first of the European descendants to arrive in North Alabama. Over the years, William Lindsey McDonald has worn many hats. As a World War II and Korean War veteran, he is a retired Army Colonel, a retired Chief of TVA's Budget and Cost Control Staff at the National Fertilizer Development Center, and a retired minister of the United Methodist Church. As a journalist and author, this is the most recent of a number of his books that help to tell the story of the Muscle Shoals.

A Walk Through The Past: People and Places of Florence and Lauderdale County, Alabama

History

McDonald, William Lindsey

Americas

Bluewater Pub

Information can be found on the pages of this newly revised and expanded book about the first white settlers in this area. Rare and hard to find facts such as lists of names of men who with government land grants settled their families in Lauderdale County and where. Filled with old pictures and photographs of paintings done by Dorothy Carter McDonald, the author's wife, this book is sure to please, inform and add to you knowledge base. Lore of the River¿The Shoals of Long Ago is a great addition to a history/genealogy collection or a fabulous start!

Lore of the River...the Shoals of Long Ago

Bluewater Publications

Civil War Tales of the Tennessee Valley is a collection of never before published civil war accounts based upon 40 years of genealogical research, including interviews with individuals who experienced the war first hand. The stories center around the Tennessee River Valley, and the individuals from that area. The book includes many famous characters, such as Nathan Bedford Forest and William Tecumseh Sherman, as well as lesser known characters, such as Authur Keller, Helen Keller's father, as well as many others. The book contains a Table of Contents and Index to make it an easy reference, as well as numerous photographs. The author, William Lindsey McDonald, is a regional genealogist that has written several historical books on northern Alabama, such as Lore of the River - Chief's of the Tennesse Valley, A Walk Through The Past - The History of Lauderdale County, Remembering Sweetwater, The History of the University of North Alabama, The History of Elize Coffee Memorial Hospital, as well as others. He was also a celebrated weekly columnist in the local newspaper.

Civil War Tales of the Tennessee Valley

Heart of Dixie Publishing

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A Walk Through The Past: People and Places of Florence and Lauderdale County, Alabama

Lore of the River...the Shoals of Long Ago

Civil War Tales of the Tennessee Valley