Industrial Boom Rises in Northern Alabama contrast with past
Huntsville expands with Redstone Arsenal and George C. Marshall Space Flight Center amid a 27,000 strong workforce. A 106 square mile annex fuels zoning, new city hall, library, park and two shopping centers as firms from IMS to IBM build near the Tennessee River.
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Huntsville
Ala
Alabama
Great
Tennessee River
Himterle Ae Ee
George C Marshall Space Flight Center
John Glenn
Redstone Arsenal
Army
Manhattan
Bronx
Chrysler
International Business Machines
Tional Bank
W. L. Halsey Jr
Carl T. Jones
Chemstrand
Goodyear
Minnesota Mining
Worthington Corporation
Wolverine Tube
International Stretch Company
Wernher von Braun
Space Center
Hartselle Logging Days Recalls a Rough Front Line Era
Elliott Howell recalls the Hartselle lumber boom from 1902 to 1932, detailing the industry along L&N routes, ox wagons and mules hauling logs, cedar trade, and a dangerous river rescue. He describes the Hazards, gear, and rugged life of early North Alabama lumber camps.
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Big’ Hitt Lumber Co
H. H. Hitt
Falkyville
Stewart
Eva
Hartselle
Hartselle Lumber Co
Elliott Howell
Elliott
A. P. Howell
Danville
E. H. Sharpley
Pettis Cleaners
Howell
Ford Motor Building
Morgan County Exchange
L&n
Siey
Massey
Hayden
Birmingham
Lacon
Wales
Carolinas
Georgia
Margaret Mitchell
Virginia
Alabama
Public Forum Letter From Decatur Daily Readers
A reader asks why country renters cannot insure household furnishings amid rising premiums and insurer restrictions. The letter notes prior insurance payouts and TVA flood regulation benefits totaling over 500 million dollars, contrasting with flood control spending.
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Athens
Ala
Decatur Daily
Decatur
Daily Reader
TVA
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