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First Thoroughfare Through Tennessee Valley Planned in 1818
The 1818 Cotaco County act opened roads as the county’s first business. A June 8 court line shows jurors view a Ditto’s Landing to Melton’s Bluff route via Lacey’s Spring and Bear Meat Cobbins, linking to the Gaines Trace and Colbert’s Ferry. A second road from the southwest county line to Melton’s Bluff followed, with Stroup’s Crossroads and Danville branches, noting plantations and David Alford nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Valley
Great River
Cotaco County
Coface
Busiey
Edward Richardson
Almon
John Menetee
Horatio Philpot
James Thomason
Tennessee River
Ditto
Whitesburg
Huntsville
Jackson
Lacey’s Spring
Blountsville
Melton’s Bluff
St. Stephens
Colbert's Ferry
George S. Gaines
Mobile
Tennessee
Range Fifth
Ditto’s Landing
Stroup
Lawrence County
Tuscumbia Decatur
Trinity
Danville Rd
Decatur
Neel
Danville
Hartselle
Houston
la Tourette
David Alford
Stroup’s
Somerville
David Burr
Somerville-Decatur
Woodall
Flint
McMahan’s Ferry
Black Warrior Trace
Ditto’s
Gen. Jackson
Chickasaw
Hobbs) Island
Coffee
Coffee Bluff
Chickasaw Island
Ft. Deposit
Tuscaloosa
Morgan
Cotaco