Gadsden:: City of Champions

by Mike Goodson

Book Overview

On July 4, 1845, the piercing sound of a steamboat's whistle along the banks of the Coosa River served as an exotic, technological proclamation for the beginning of a new era in Northeast Alabama. The landing of Captain James Lafferty's steamboat, the Coosa, marked the genesis of a new town and the realization of a shared vision of Gabriel Hughes, Joseph Hughes, and John S. Moragne. From that moment on, hundreds upon hundreds of pioneering men and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738523755
• ISBN13: 9780738523750
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.7"