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Fall of Cahaba the Old Capital of Alabama
A detailed reminiscence tours Cahaba’s ruins twelve miles from Selma in Dallas County on the Alabama River. It recalls Cahaba as Alabama’s pre railroad capital hub of culture, wealth, and river trade, then its decline after rails bypassed it, war devastation, and today a cotton plantation with old buildings, a capitol site turned mill, and crumbling mansions inhabited by bats and owls. It notes Capt Cliff Kirkpatrick owns the land and historic remnants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Ryan
Alabama
Capt
Cliff Kirkpatrick
Selma
Dallas County
Cahaba
Chattanooga Times
Mobile
Gayety
Montgomery
Wilson
Caheba
Capitol
William L. Yancy
Dallas Academy
John T. Morgan
Craig
Gen. E. W. Pettus
Perrine
Capt. Kirkpatrick