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Camp Banks Journal of a Tennessee trip to Alabama
Jesse A. Murrah, H. W. Long, J. P. Travis and others narrate a cross country camping tour from Carrollton through Georgia into Alabama in May 1913. The account details wagons, mules, camp life, meals, jokes, local scenes at Tallapoosa Jacksonville and Cordova, with colorful anecdotes about roosters, fishing, and camp companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Long
Alabama
Tennessee
J. A. Murrah
E. H. Long
J. P. Travis
Davis Hightower
Wash Avery
Scot Loftin
Essie Garrison
Mandeville
Bowden Junction
Tallapoosa
Budhapest
Waco
Long
Murrah
Scott Loftin
Carrollton
Georgia
Jugs Town
Borden- Wheeler Springs
Mr. Murrah
Mr. Long
Jacksonville
Frank Weems
Coosa
Greensport
Sulphur
Springville
Bishop McCoy
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Clay
Mount Pinson
H. B. Reagin
Cordova
Warrior Station
Jacksonville Mountain
Warrior River
Messrs
Reagin
Jones
Walker
Banks
Camp Banks
Jasper
Blackwater Creek
Appalachian Mountains
United States
Board of Education
Col
Reagan
Col. Walker
Firewood Brigade
Scott
Wash
Dr Miller
John Miller
Jack Henderson
Charlie Long
Bob Long
Eugene Long
Campa
Nicholas Worley
Carroll County