Decatur Eyes Waterfront Recreation Overhaul and Park Plans
City officials urge expanding recreation using the Tennessee River and Wheeler Wildlife Refuge. A 750 acre study proposes TVA land for a boating promenade swimming area golf course and a floating stage boat shows and a research park with limited manufacturing. Cost estimated near 2.5 million with funding considerations.
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Cora Blair
Decatur
Tennessee Valley
City of Opportunity
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wheeler Wildlife Re
Gilmer Blackburn
TVA
Keller Memorial Bridge
Amoco
Finley Island
Tennessee River
Wheeler Wildlife Refuge
Finley Island Rd
Hannes Luehrsen
Huntsville
Mately
Wildlife Refuge
Blackburn
City Park and Recreation Board
Vince Kentola
NEW School
Austin High School
Joe Jones
Blue Haven
Paradise
Park and Recreation Department
Albert Melton
City Hall
Sumner Ave
Slipup memory ties hill lore to Susan Gordon Simpson
The article recalls the name Slipup once used for Pleasant Hill and its hidden gulleys from a tale of Susie Gordon Simpson who slipped at the spring. It highlights Bonnie Stockton Ryan’s Grandmother Remembers reminiscences of the Gordon and Stockton families and Dr Shackleford’s era in Alabama’s Tennessee Valley.
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Cowhead
Dogant
Stringer
Newsome
Basham Gap
Pleasant Hill Church
Susie
Pleasant Hill
U. S
Bonnie Stockton Ryan
Susan Gordon Simpson
Curtis Wells
Alabama
Gordons
North Carolina
Simpsons
Stocktons
Albert Lamons
Jackie
Carol Lamon
Shackleford
Tennessee
Decatur
Tie Stockton Ryan
Judson Stockton
Mt. Hope
Lawrence County
Town Creek
J. C. Roberts
Salem
Liberty
Mission Grove
Harmony
Bethel
Shoal Creek
Somerville
Morgan
Madison
Round Island
Liberty Association
Athens
Hartselle
Muscle Shoals Association
Tennessee Valley
Mary Ellen
Molly) Simpson
John Henry Simpson
Stockton
Muscle Shoals Baptist Association
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Decatur, Alasams
Decatur Research and Recreation
John Knox
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Mrs. Lamon
Jackie and
Carol