Articles by William Lindsey McDonald, 1960 - 2009 (McDonald Collection, Collier Library Archives & Special Collections)

(Number in parentheses indicates multiple versions of same title.)

2 X 2 = 4 100-year Flood Washed out Creeks, Jobs 1810 Shopping Center at Florence, Alabama 1836 Lauderdale Volunteers 1918 Flu Epidemic at the Shoals Abner Alloway Strange Historical Marker Unveiling Ceremony (News Release) Aboriginal Village of Coldwater Adventures of Alex Hanna Adventures of Veteran Bookworthy Airways and Highways Alabama's Federal Cavalry Alba Wood's Rich History Alexander Martin Wood - Florence's First Mayor All the Christmases Yet to Be Allen Family of Blue Water Creek Ambush on Tick Island Anecdote of the Officer's Party at Sweetwater Angel Called Mattie Ante-Bellum Alba Wood Plantation (2) Apple Blossom Time April and a Heart of Gold April and the Showers Area's Elder Men Joined Homespun Militia Force Area Key to Stribling's Books Area Once Home to Two Coffee Plantations Area's Religious Influence Dates Back to Indians Army Boasted of Union Flags in the Shoals Art Beyond Magnolias and Pillared Porticoes Art of Being Alone Artist welcomed at Sweetwater Assassination of Colonel Cornyn Assurance of May Attorney Was at Center of a Feud Between Bluebloods August, the Finale of Summer Auld Land Syne or Old Long Ago Austin Leads Settlers to Area Australian Mountain and an East Florence Hill Autumn Day at Raccoon Branch Autumn in the Country (Dorothy McDonald)

McDonald Articles Page 1 Back Roads to the Beech Tree Baker has Deep Roots in Shoals Banking the Fire Baseball Comes with Spring Baskets of Kindness Batter Up! Battle at the Peter's Place and Its Tragic Aftermath Battle Fought at the Peters Plantation Battle of the Blue Bloods and the Dueling Attorney Battlefield at Happy Hollow Battles Decisive in U.S. History Bear Bear Creek the Scene of Bloody Battle Bear , the Hat and the Sugar Bowl Bears, the Blue Ridge and Apple Butter Beginnings and Evolution of the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library Beginnings of Old Brick Presbyterian Church Beginnings of the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library Bentley, Gotcher Restore Cemetery Best of Eating Biffle Connections in Biffle Country Billowing Clouds Birth of Petersville, Underwood Blackberry Time Black Master (3) Blockade Runner Blockhouse on Coxe's Island and Its 20th Century Legacy (2) Blooms, Bolls and Cotton Gins Blue Bloods, Drunks and Gold Stars Blue Hole on Cypress Creek Boddie Plantation in the Colbert's Reserve Bofur Books and Folk Boy Who Went to War Brandon School Brandon Mills Amoung First Producing After Civil War Brave Blockade Runner Wore Skirts and a Bun Breakfast and the Best Brick Maker Bridge Burner Bridge Opens Door to Growth, Prosperity Brief History of Florence and Lauderdale County, Alabama Brief History of Florence, Alabama Brief History of the Florence Harbor

McDonald Articles Page 2 Brother's Murder Preceded Raids Buck Key and His Yankee Guest Builder of Wilson Dam Builder Still One of the Wonders of Wilson Dam Building Over Hallowed Grounds Building the Bridge Burning of Bridge Had Ironic Twist Burtwell Was Runaway Bride With a Twist Bushwhackers Raided Troops Who Rode with General Sherman But I'm So Happy Butler was Unsung Hero of Frontier Cabbage is Out! Campbell's Ferry Campus Remembered for Its Lovely Young Ladies Campus Was Known for Its Pretty Ladies Canal-Building Genius Captain Rapier Made Florence Area Boom Captain Richard Rapier: The Merchant Prince Captain Slick's Company Capture of an Outlaw in Early Florence Capture of Murderer Led by Area Slave Casey was an Unsung Heroine of Revolution Cathedrals and Gardens Caves Explored During 1800s Celebrations for General Forrest at Florence Celebrations for General Forrest at Florence (Revised April 1997) Celtic Kirk Celts in the Tennessee Valley Celts in the Valley Cemetery is Landmark Full of Archives Center Star and How It Got Its Name (includes newspaper article correction) Center Star and How It Was Named Center Star Historical Marker Unveiled Cantral began with Sullivan's Crossroads Central Heights, the New and the Old Chaplain First Priest Killed in War Charm of St. Joseph, Tennessee, and Its Historic Catholic Church Charmed Life of General Joe Wheeler Chickasaw Chiefs Settle Country Chickasaw Conference at Campbell's Ferry Chickasaws Were Good Neighbors Chief Bigfoot at the Shoals Chief Bigfoot Slain in Lauderdale County Chief Glass

McDonald Articles Page 3 Chief Tuscumbia Child Again on Christmas Child Again on Christmas Day Chisholm Name Played Key Role Choctaws, Chickasaws Share Past Clearing Time Christmas Conference Christmas Gift from the Past Christmas is Christmas is Many Things to All of Us Christmas is Hope Christmas Window Circular Road Unique Feature of Early Florence Civil War Diary of the author of Little Rebel Civil War Folk Hero Civil War Story with a Happy Ending Civil War Wedding (3 ; one copy with research notes) Civil War Years at Florence and Lauderdale County Coffee Dies as Honored Californian Coffee Justly Called Father of Florence Coffee Left Her Mark on Public Education Coffee Was Benefactor Many Times Coffee's Legacy Apparent Coffee's Life Centered on Peace, Quiet with Family Coffee's River Crossings Near Rogersville (2) Cold Weather Days Cold Winter's Night Coliseum Site Served Both Armies Colonel Andrew J. Coffee, Hero of Mexican War Colonel Biffle a Legend of the Civil War Colonel Jackson's Raid in Lauderdale County, April 11, 1864 Colonel James Jackson's Capture of the White Horse Company Colonel James Jackson's Raid in Lauderdale County, April 11, 1864 (3) Colonel Streight's Raid Across North Alabama Colonel Who Was Called The Worst Come, 1983! Comrade Class Confederate General Who Once Taught School in Florence Confederate Headquarters at Lamb's Ferry Confederate Hero in a Tuscumbia Churchyard Confederate Veteran Shared Memories Confederate Wife Braves Enemy Lines Contributing Cultures of Ancient Peoples at the Muscle Shoals Cornyn Set Fiery Example Cotton Market Desk

McDonald Articles Page 4 Courageous Pioneer Lady Course of the Tennessee River Courtview Diary (2) Coushattas to Return to Native River Coxe's Dream Reflected in Stream, City Thoroughfare Creek War - The Launching of Andrew Jackson as a National Hero Cultures of Early Peoples at the Muscle Shoals Daddies at Graduation Dancing with the Daffodils Dark Side of Court Street Day of Infamy on Middle Cypress Creek Day They Set Fire to the Mills (2) Days of June and Forever Days of Our Life December Brings Joy Dedication of the French-Glover Marker Deeds Serve as the Best Memorials Deibert Park A Place of Beauty and Legacy Deibert Park Has Historic Background Delightful Surprise DePriest's Last Hog Drive in Alabama Desperate River Escape Adds to Civil War History Determined Will and Conquering Faith Diggin' Potatoes Discovering the Name of an Unknown War Casualty Disposition for Fun Led to Slaying of John Patton in Florence Dodge Behind Many Raids in Shoals Doorkeepers and Homecoming Doublehead An Historical Link Doublehead Became a Friend to White Man Doublehead Becomes the White Man's Friend Doublehead's Contested Estate Doublehead's Friend Doublehead Had First Lauderdale Store Douglass Relative Designed Post Office Dr. Bumpass was Father of Waterloo Dr. E. B. Norton Dr. Rice and UNA's Rice Hall Dr. Richard Rivers and UNA's Rivers Hall Drap Dumplings Dutch Landing E. L. Culver, One of Waterloo's Many Wonders Earliest Settlers, The Indians, and The Federal Government Early Beginnings of Center Star United Methodist Church

McDonald Articles Page 5 Early Beginnings of ECM Early Beginnings of Weeden Heights Early Beginnings of Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church Early Blooms Signal Time of Somber Silence Early Days at Herman Springs Early Development of Florence Early Florence Cobbler Early History of Lauderdale County (short version and long version with maps) Early History of McFarland Bottom Early History of Methodism in Lauderdale County Early History of the Blackberry Trail Golf Course Early Kinship Between Waterloo, Alabama, and Lawrenceburg, Tennessee Early Methodist Circuit Riders in North Alabama Early October 1864 Skirmishes Near Florence (Part One) Early October 1864 Skirmishes Near Florence (Part Two) Early Perils of Navigating the Muscle Shoals Early Religious Activities at the Shoals Early Times Around Muscle Shoals City Earth, the Plow, and Man Easter Among the Lilies ECM's Roots in Defense Ed Blair, the Florence Constable Education Crown of Rice's Life Edward Asbury O'Neal, The Soldier (2) Eliza Coffee Whose Name is Memorialized by a Hospital Emmerson Rock Source of Legends Enchanted Forest Endurable Swing Enforcer Sought Refuge After Civil War Engineering Mastermind Once Lived in Florence Enough For Us and the Crows Entrepreneur Began His Career of 72 Years by Digging Ditches Errors in Article Are Corrected Euchees Who Lived at the Muscle Shoals in the Long Ago Evans Lived Eventful Life Events Bring Two Generals to Same Camp Evidence of McKinley's Presence is Hard to Find Exploits of Hero Forgotten Fahrenheit and Celsius Falconnet and His Network of Spies Fall Leads to Fortuitous Events Fame, Fortune ad Forsaken tomb Family Cemetery Rediscovered, Restored by Corporate Owners Famous Kennedy Long Rifle

McDonald Articles Page 6 Fantasy, Land Elves and Other Little Things Farm Farm Animals Fatal Blow was Battle's Turning Point Father of the Colberts Father of Waterloo Father, Son Murdered on Same Day Father's Day Ferry Site of Meeting With Chiefs Ferry Was Slow But Dependable Final, Immodest Message Finding an Old Friend Finding the Name of an Unknown Soldier Fireflies and a Summer's Night First Alabama Cavalry Unique First Christmas Card First Lady and Springtime Living First United Methodist Church, Florence, Alabama - A Brief History Flavored with Onions Florence 175! Florence a Strategic Town in Civil War Florence Alabama Florence An Early Cotton Mill Town Florence Destination for First Interstate Florence Educated Yankee General, The Florence Guards Florence Had Shopping Center as Early as 1810 Florence Heroine and a Bible Verse Florence Home to Veterans' Groups Florence Long Remembered Hood Capture Florence Mayor Surrenders Town Florence, Nashville Shared Connections Florence Wagon Works Florence Was Early Cotton Mill Town Florence Wesleyan University 1855 - 1872 Florence Wesleyan University's Famous Texan Alumnus Florence's Benevolent Matron Whose Gifts Continue to Bless Others Florence's Civil War Military Fort Florence's First Businessman Florence's First Mayor Florence's Two Coffee Plantations Florence's Unique Circular Road Flu Epidemic Inspired Public Hospitals Footbridge

McDonald Articles Page 7 Footbridge That Used to Be Footprints by the Sea Force of a Father's Love Forks of Cypress Fort Hampton (Part One and Part One, Revised July 2000) Fort Hampton (Part Two) Fort was Both Feared, Welcomed Foster Mansion (Courtview) Founders Planned Well Founders Saw Creek's Importance Founding of Florence Founding of Waterloo Four More Months to Live Friend by the Side of the Road From East Florence to Western Australia From the Seashore From Your Pastor Front Porch Frontier Hero was Alumnus of University at Florence Frontier Years in Florence Fundamental Research to Survive Garden Hoe Garden Watchers Gardens and Light Thoughts Gathering Gathering Hickory Nuts General and the Altar General and the Altar at Church General Brantley and the Cold Waters of Shoal Creek General Coffee Deserved a Higher Niche in History General Coffee Led a March for Battle of New Orleans General Coffee was Covered with Glory General Dodge and the 1863 Raids General Edward A. O'Neal General James Deshler of Tuscumbia General John Brahan : an early Lauderdale Settler General John Brahan of Lauderdale County, Alabama General John Coffee -- Father of Florence General Roddey's Boy Postman General Sterling Alexander Martin Wood General's Camp Man General's Faithful "Camp Man" Gentle Lady of Mars Hill George Colbert and His Tennessee River Ferry (3)

McDonald Articles Page 8 George Colbert's Ferry (2) German Lester (1785-1848) Getting an Early Start Getting to Know Little Albert Gift of a Hat Glad Day Glass Kept Cherokee Claims Safe Glencoe Plantation and Cemetery Going Away… Gold Star Mother Visits Her Son's Grave (2) Golf Course Site of Many Historic Events Good Fences Make Good Neighbors Good Friend and Neighbor Good Yankee Gov. Robert Miller Patton Governor Robert Miller Patton of Lauderdale County, Alabama Graduation Time is Here… Grandmothers and Medicine (see: Marywood Messenger) Granny's Mountain (see: Marywood Messenger) Grave at Forks of Cypress Cemetery Receives Civil War Monument Grave Markers will be Restored Grave of a Patriot's Widow Great Highway to Florence Green Hill Green Hill (note list) Green Hill and Its Ties to the Long Rifle Green Hill and the Long Rifle Green Hill Mill Once Busy Village Green Hill's Golden Era of Gun Shops Gruesome Murders Near LaGrange Guerrilla Warfare Gunmakers Prominent in Local History Handmade Desk Has Storied Past Hang in There Through the Coming Year Hanna Lived Adventurous Life Happy Birthday, America! Happy Hollow Important to Shoals History Hard Month Hauling Logs He Went Consenting Helen Keller's Father Captain Arthur Henley Keller, C.S.A. Henry Nixon Commanded with Honor Here I Am Again Hero of the American Revolution, An

McDonald Articles Page 9 Heroic Actions of Polly Allen Saved Her Cabin Hickory Hill Helped Fulfill a Dream for General Coffee Hills of Watermelons Historic Indians of Alabama and the Muscle Shoals Historical Novel Could be Written on Old Pap Historical Synopsis - The Muscle Shoals Area (2) History of Area Will Be Subject of New Video History of Family Vital to Shoals History of Lagrange Tabernacle Campground History of the First United Methodist Church, Florence, Alabama History of the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library History of Wildwood Park Hog Driving in Alabama Holiday Story With an Unsolved Mystery Holiday Tale has Tragic Conclusion Home Dad Provided Home for Christmas (2) Home of General John Coffee at Hickory Hill Homestead Has Long Family History Honor and Graduation Honor at Shiloh Returns to Sweetwater Hood's Military Operations at Florence in 1864 (earliest dated article) Hood's Remnant Crossed River at Bainbridge Site Hood's Silent Redoubt at Old South Florence (2) Hood's Sixteen Days at Muscle Shoals Proved Costly Hood's Two River Crossings at the Muscle Shoals (Three-part series) Horse Swapper and Horn Blower Hospital Visit Hospital's Name Tribute to Coffee Hough Road Originally an Indian Trail House that Jack Built House that Jack (Phillips) Built Howell Street and a Confederate Veteran Hunting Muscadines Hurst was a One-Man Reign of Terror Ice on the Snow Iced Tea in Mother's Kitchen Ijams of the American Revolution I'll Be Home for Christmas I've Been Here Before Ice Trail Identities Now Known Identity of the Misplaced Portrait Immigrant's Story of Success

McDonald Articles Page 10 In Dad's House Incident at Bridge Could be Reason for Its Nickname Indian Fight at Bear Creek Indians and the Tennessee The Singing Princess Inn at Cypress Inn Interesting Facts About Florence Intriguing Civil War Story Irish Factor in Early Florence Island Once Owned By Governor It Came to Pass It Took 130 Years to Solve this Mystery It Was Big News When the Factory's Whistles Blew It Was Big News When the Whistles Blew It's Becoming Stylish to Grow Your Own Vegetable Gardens It's Time to Fly a Kite Jack Lindsey Mystery Has Been Resolved Jacobs Put ECM Plan in Action James Bradley Price Cemetery Being Restored James Jackson, Samuel Ives: Shoals Legends Jane Irons Managed Highly Successful Plantation Janitor Earned Respect of Professors, Students Jewish Merchant Who Helped Rescue a Christian Church Jim Sledge, La Grange's Legendary Janitor John Gregg the Confederate Hero From LaGrange College John Simpson, Early Merchant and Planter (2) John Walter Rand and His Leighton Gristmill Johnsons May Have Been First in Florence Joiner Line Began During Depression Joiner Transit Company - A Story of Success Journal Recounts Jones' Trip to Shoals Joy of December Joy of December…Only a Few More Days Away Judge's Mansion on the River (2) July is Always Welcomed Keeping Christmas Key Plantation site rich in local lore Kimbrough Crossroads Kindergarten Can Thank Miss Lulie Kirk's Style of Fighting was Unusual Knowledge of May Knowledge of River Led to Captain's Death Lakes Have Been Well Populated Lanes of Lane Spring Larimore Home at Mars Hill

McDonald Articles Page 11 Larimore Played Role as Confederate Scout Larimore's Legacy Includes School, Home Larimore's Role as a Confederate Scout Late Summer Lauderdale County Named After Proud Tennessee Military Family Lauderdale County Named for War of 1812 Hero Lauderdale County Older Than Alabama Lauderdale County's Link with the Revolutionary War Lauderdale County's Pioneer Hough Family Lauderdale Site of Deadly Doublehead Skirmish Leaning Trees and Unbeatable Foes Legacy of Gabe Butler Legacy of Hough Road Legacy of the David Kennedy Rifle Legend of Andrew Jackson and Craig's Inn Legend of Andrew Jackson at Craig's Inn Legend of Captain Bert Hayes Legend of Captain Slick's Company Legend of Emmerson Rock Legend of Lt. Elias Thrasher Legend of Manbone Cave Legend of Manbone Cave Still a Mystery Legend of Old John Melton Legend of Uncle Tom Brannon and the Capture of John A. Murrel Legendary Colonel Richard Orric Pickett Legendary First Settlers of Florence Legends and Log Houses Legends of Caves Filled with Treasures Legends of Happy Hollow Legends of Treasure Caves (includes copy of resource article) Lexington Resident was a True Hero Licking the Bowls Life and Times of Mary Nichols Evans Life in the 1800s in the wilderness Life in the Muscle Shoals Wilderness Life in the Wilderness at the Shoals Life Lived for Others Light Duty Ended with Ambush on Tick Island Lilac Lilac for Mothers Lilac for Mother's Day Little Albert Little George, the Mountain and Me Little Lower Than Angels

McDonald Articles Page 12 Little Rebel and the Colonel Local Chickasaws and the Trail of Tears Local Civil War Sites (Revised April 1997) Local Civil War Veterans Organizations Local Legend Preserves Story of Singing River Local Memorial Day Story Local Roots of Former Secretary of State Baker Local Seaman Among Thousands Honored Locals Referred to Hamilton as Good Yankee Log Cabins at the Shoals Log Cabins in the Shoals Area Log From the Legendary Home of Cherokee Chief Doublehead Long But Brief Look at Our Muscle Shoals Area Long Rifles Link Area to Revolution Look Back: The Old Railroad Bridge Lore of Chief Doublehead and His Home at Muscle Shoals Lore of Doublehead and His Home at Muscle Shoals (2) Lore of Happy Hollow Lore of Life at Sweetwater (2) Lore of Muscle Shoals and Its Heritage Lore of the Indian Language Lore of the Muscle Shoals and its Early Indian Heritage Love Stories, Old Graves, and Noble People (3) Love Story Among Old Graves Lover of Fine Horses (The Saga of Nelson McCuan of Cairo in Limestone County) (2) Lumber, Brick Used in Early Town Structures Magic of a Model A Magic of Christmas Magnolia Church of Christ Mail Carrier Liked What He Saw in Area Malcolm Gilchrist and the Midas Touch Malcolm Riggs: 'Becoming a Legend' Man Buried Under Tennessee Street Mansion of the Hill March and My Half Acre March Freshet of 1902 Matriculation in May Maud Lindsay Free Kindergarten Has Roots in Old Boddie Plantation Maud Lindsay Kindergarten Maxwell Hill Opens Part of City to Industry May Dusk and Sweet Honeysuckle Maybe It's Not Too Late to Say It McFarland Bottom Part of City's Past McKinley Arrived at Height of His Dreams

McDonald Articles Page 13 McKinley had a Wide Variety of Investments, Land Interests McKinley Rose to High Position in Washington Melton's Bluff - Andrew Jackson's Cotton Plantation at the Muscle Shoals (2) Melton's Bluff - Named for the Feared Muscle Shoals Pirate (3) Melton's Bluff Early Outpost for the Shoals Memorial Day Memorial Day Address Memories of our Old Hill Merchant Prince (2) Merry Christmas Message from the Ashes Message to Our Grandson Message to Our New Grandson Mhoontown Circuit Rider Military Hero From LaGrange Military Science and Homespun Theology Milner Family and the Woolen Factory Milners' Generosity Lives On Miracle Beneath the Clouds Miracle of the Star Miss Ada Coffee, The Teacher Miss Maud Legacy Lives On with Free Kindergarten Mitchell Best Known for Prayer Mom's Big Kettle and Pa's Fondness for the Taste of Oatmeal Moment of Truth Mother's Day Mother's Kitchen Mother's Love Mother's Rose Mountain Mills Moving Day Mrs. James L. Penn- Quite a Lady Muscle Shoals and the Trail of Tears Muscle Shoals' First Dreamer Muscle Shoals' First Land Speculator - The Donelson and Coffee Connection Muscle Shoals in 1818 My Backdoor Cat My First Sunday School Teacher… My Home's in Alabama: History of the City of Florence and Florence Housing Authority My Upper Room Mysterious Blossoms Mysterious Disappearance of Parson Dick (A Civil War Story) Mystery of the Ancient Cathedral of the Shoals Names Add Beauty to Our History

McDonald Articles Page 14 Names for the Unknowns Natchez Trace Key to Early Settlements Natchez Trace, the Early Years Nature's Masterpiece of Power A Historical Synopsis of Muscle Shoals and the Tennessee Valley (2) Negley Saga Began During Civil War New and Spring-like Day New Year and a New Book Night Sherman's Men Raided Sweetwater Nitrate Plant Number Two Nobleman's Grave November and Smog November and the Smog Nurse in Uniform Oaks Plantation Oaks Stood at the Bend of the River October 1863 Skirmishes in West Colbert County October Skirmishes Repeat Earlier Fight Ode to October Old Campman Old Dogged Daddy Pat Old-Fashioned New Year Old Legends That Never Die Old North Field Old Railroad Bridge at Florence - And the River Crossing Old Rube Blew His Horn for the South Old Soldier Old Soldier and a Good Neighbor Old Soldier's Memory of War Old Soldier who Loved Peach Brandy and Hated Andrew Jackson Old Stories Contain Great Deal of History O'Neal Name Proves to be Strong Dynasty O'Neal the Soldier Opryland, USA Our American Heritage Our Dog Bofur Our Genuine Wish Our Heritage From the People (2) Our Old Hill Our Perpetual Principal… Our Solemn Watch Outlaws Left Mark on Shoals Over the Elk Pa, Mom's Big Kettle, and the Taste of Oatmeal

McDonald Articles Page 15 Parching pumpkin seeds Park Legacy of Allen Family Park Named for President Park's History Long and Storied Passing of a Friend Paths in the Brier Patch Patton Island Peach Blossoms Come with Spring Peg Behind the Door Pestilence and the Pesthouse Petersville and Underwood Physician and the Irishman Piedmont's House Piedmont the Owl Pillow Family Connections at the Shoals Pioneer Highway Marker for the Zanesville, Ohio, to Florence, Alabama, Pike Pioneer Lady Who Saved Her Home Pioneers Who Came to Stay Plague May Have Come From Troops Plantation Called Hickory Flat Plantation Took Name From Creek Poke Sallet Polly Allen - Heroine of Blue Water Creek Popping Corn Porch Portraits Add New Dimension to History Post Played Crucial Role in Transition Preacher and the Colonel Preacher's Son Prehistoric Copena Culture at the Muscle Shoals Pre-Historic Sites at the Shoals Presentation of Architectural Plans for the Florence Railroad Bridge (1892) Profile of the Indians at Muscle Shoals, Alabama (3) Project 150 Years in the Great Muscle Shoals Area (2) Prominent Lawyer, Planter Built Mansion Pumpkins and Things Quitting Time Rachel's Quest Raking Leaves Rand Family Makes Way to Shoals Real Mother's Day Real Special Mother's Day Red Oaks, Tree Frogs, and Katydids Remarkable Miss Lulie Jones

McDonald Articles Page 16 Remembering Mom's Big Kettle and Our Scottish Ways Renowned Slave in the Early Life of Florence (2) Requiem to a Beautiful Year Reserve Reserve Has Escaped Developers Restoration of Cannon Cemetery Reuben Patterson, Confederate Veteran Reunion Revolutionary War Hero Revolutionary War Veteran in Early Rogersville Richard Rivers: Man with 21st Century Vision Richardson Era In Waterloo Richardsons Known for Charity Riding With Biffle Rifle on Display at Pope's Tavern Ringing the Bell River Crossing Fateful Event for Wheeler River Heritage Indian Tomb Site River Lore Riverton Has Origins with Smith Family Road, River Crossings Opened Area to Growth Roads Not Always an Area Problem Robert Paine and the Legacy of Leadership Rocking Chairs and Little Things Rogers Hall Creation of Foster Rogersville Settler Has Ties to Revolution Role of Casey Never Forgotten Room 158, Holiday Inn Roots in North Alabama Rose That Was Left Behind Round Heads' on Koger's Island, the Route Part of Historic Path Into Florence Rural Crossroads in Alabama Sacred Harp Saga of Nelson McCuan, A Lover of Fine Horses Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church Salt Cave on the Doublehead Reserve (2) Sample More Than Local Merchant Samuel Sinclair's Grave Saunders Hall Saunders Hall Known for Elegance Saving the Best Saving the Best for Last Secret of Genius (2)

McDonald Articles Page 17 Seminole War Saw Soldiers From Shoals September Changes Summer into Fall Settlers Flocked to Area in 1818 Shawdow on the Road Shawnees' Story Almost Lost to Time Sheffield Native's Letters Became Book Sheffield's Romantic Writer and Fighter Pilot of World War I Shell that Gave Its Name to Muscle Shoals Sherman and the Bushwhackers Sherman Crosses River at Waterloo Sherman's River Crossing Was Fortuitous Shiloh Peace Tree Shoals Gives Rise to Many Confederate Generals Shoals Scene of Fighting Shoals Served as River Barrier Sinclair a Hated Army Officer Sides in War Sometimes Civil Silence Singing River Mythology at the Shoals Singing River Myths Sinks Plantation in West Lauderdale County Sketches of a Few Historic Footprints in Lauderdale County, Alabama (3) Skirmishes Fought Near Florence Slave Risked Life for Man Slave Who Wanted to Be Free Smiths Linked to Sweetwater Smoke in the Valley Snapping Beans Snow in the Shenandoahs (see: Marywood Messenger) Soldier Has Unique War Experience Soldier Liked What He Saw During Visit to Florence Soldier Who Didn't Come Home Soldier's Grave in Soldier's Rest Soldier's Rest The Confederate Cemetery at Florence, Alabama Soldiers' Tomb at Parsonage Chapel Someday, Somewhere, Somehow Songs and Changing Seasons Sopping Molasses Sound of A Gunshot and the Mill That Burned (2) Sounds of Handy's Music on the Tennessee River Sounds of Silence Now Fill Hollow South Port a Booming Business Area Speaking, Listening and Doing Special Corner for Mustard Greens

McDonald Articles Page 18 Spending the Day Spirit of Thanksgiving Spring Hill Plantation Spring Hill Plantation Featured in Book Springtime and Martin Gourds Springtime in Reverse State's First Black Church Was Started by Lightfoot Status of a Coal Pile Store and the Storekeeper Story About Waterloo and the Men Who Were Too Old to Fight Story of Early Rogersville Story of Handy's Maternal Grandfather Story of Sam at Sweetwater Story of the Beginnings of Old Brick Presbyterian Church Story of the General Who Stumbled at Sweetwater Story of the Shawnees at the Muscle Shoals Story of W.C. Handy's Other Grandfather Stranger in the Vacant Lot Strategic Muscle Shoals and the Federal Navy Strawberries and Recipes Street Named for Hero of the Civil War Street That Was Named for a Hero Streight Part of Brief Alabama Raid Strength from a Wheel Chair Stribling Had Many Ties to Area Sub-Divisions and Landmarks Subdivisions Now Border Hickory Flat Summer Afternoons and Papa's Bench Summer Afternoons and Papa's White Bench… Summer Begins in June Summer Camp Summer Night Summer of 1862 Summertime and the Touch of Boxwoods Summer Trails and Ice Summer Vacations Summer's Ending Sunday Afternoon in 1864 Sweet Reward Gift of Captor and Prisoner Sweet Shrubs in May Sweetwater - The Story of East Florence Sweetwater Creek Swords, Plowshares, and General John Coffee T.S. Stribling

McDonald Articles Page 19 T.S. Stribling's Ties to Lauderdale County Tea Room Bears Colonel's Name Tennessee Cut - The Gateway to East Florence Terms of Surrender Amid Bottles of Liquor Thanksgiving Thanksgiving, a Mixture of the New and the Old Thanksgiving and the Best Thanksgiving in America Thanksgiving is Not a Free Lunch That Man Thrasher Theology of April There is Always a Place in Our Garden for Mustard These Washing Tides This is Life! This Old House This Year's Garden Thoughts for February Thoughts from Your Pastor: A Real Mother's Day Earth, the plow, and man Thoughts on Fuel Shortage Three Murders at Parsonage Chapel (2) Three Sweetwaters of Florence Time and Effort Time of the Rose Time, the Sea, and Uncle Bert's Mountain Times and Events at Herman Springs Times and Events at Herman Springs Near Center Star Times and Events at Herman Springs When Lauderdale County Was a Frontier… To Our Youngest Granddaughter Today Marks 220th Birthday of Florence Founder, Miltary Hero Tom Clark Most Feared of Local Tories Touch of Boxwood Touch of Ireland in Ante-Bellum Florence Touch of Ireland in the Hills of Alabama Tracing the History of Cypress Inn Tragic Civil War Years in Gist Town Treaty Led to Chief's Assassination Tree a Symbol of Peace for Shiloh Soldiers Tree Frogs, July Flies and Katydids Tribute to Bridge Over Elk River True Story of Sam at Sweetwater Truth About Hayes May Never Be Known Turkey, Corn Bread Dressing, and Pumpkin Pie Turnover

McDonald Articles Page 20 Twist of Fate Twist Unite Familes' Fates Twisted Nails and Long Ago Two Early Civil War Hospitals Two Interviews with Civil War Veterans Two Local Legendary Heroes Two Men, Spoken Words, and a Song Two Skirmishes at Four Mile Branch Uncertain February Brings Certain Certainties Uncle Nelson and the Beech Tree Uncle Tom Brannon and the Capture of John A. Murrel (2) Underneath Wilson Lake Underwater Historical Sites Abound Union Cavalry at Gravelly Springs and Waterloo Union Colonel Fielding Hurst Union Officer Was Friend, Foe to Area Citizens Union Soldier One of Last to be Treated at Pope's Tavern Unique Terms for Unusual Soldiers United Methodist Church at Waterloo United Methodists Celebrate Their 200th Birthday United States Post Office and Courthouse at Florence Unlikely Hero Braves Enemy, Saves City Valley of Rivers, Hills and Trees Veteran's Birthplace Near Trowbridge's Veteran's Day Veteran's Day Speech Village Grew Around Cotton Mill Visit with Abraham Lincoln Visiting the Red River Valley Volunteers Restore Price Cemetery Waiting Room Wake of Submarine and Wilson Dam Walk in the Woods Wandering in the Valley War Divided Families, Churches War Story with a Beautiful Ending War Veteran Remembers Needed Help Wartime Preacher Wartime Wedding Waterloo Waterloo An Early River Town Waterloo Baptist Church and the Missionary Waterloo Dates to Early 1800s Waterloo Founder Provides Link to Tennessee Town

McDonald Articles Page 21 Waterloo Has Footnote in Lottie's Life Waterloo's Steamboat Captain Weakley Brothers Wedding Welcome April! Welcome Wonderful October Wesleyan Hall, A State Landmark Wesleyan Hall, An Alabama Landmark (2) Wesleyan Hall an Alabama Landmark, Centerpiece for Training of Educators Wesleyan Hall, Its Legacy to Higher Education in Early Alabama When Lauderdale County Was a Frontier When the Indian Mound Was a Vegetable Garden White Path--The Protector of Indian Lands at the Muscle Shoals (5) White's Mill Road Bridge (2) Why! We'll Just Have to Whup 'Em Again Wildwood has Ties to Governor's Mansion Wildwood Plantation at Gravelly Springs Wildwood: Scenic Park Lives On Wilson Dam Wilson Park Wish for a Wand Wives Played Essential Role in McKinley's Rise to the Top Wood Avenue Gets Its Name from a Legend Wood Avenue Named for Judge Wood Has a Sterling War Record World is Shrinking World War I Memorials World War I Patriotism Sweeps Shoals Worst of War (3) Writings Aid Appreciation of Days Past Yankee Connection Yankee General Who Was Educated in Florence Yankee Patient at Pope's Tavern Yellow Fever Epidemic/Yellow Fever Deaths in 1878 Yesterday's Christmas Tree

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