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Book synopsis

In the early 19th century, settlers established ferries across the Tennessee River in Kentucky and grew crops, including corn and tobacco. Small communities formed around schools and crossroads. Cheap land prices and lust for westward expansion fueled population growth. In 1842, Marshall County was created and named for Chief Justice John Marshall. Over the next 100 years, some roadside communities grew into small, prosperous towns. James Love founded Birmingham, a port on the Tennessee River, which became the county's largest community. Downriver Gilbertsville profited from river traffic and rail transportation, while Hardin and Calvert City developed strictly around rail stops. Benton slowly matured as the county seat. Still the county was mostly rural farming communities until the devastating flood of 1937 brought the Tennessee Valley Authority to Gilbertsville to build Kentucky Dam.

Book details

• Full title: Marshall County
• Author: Connie M. Huddleston, Carol Aldridge, Virginia Smith
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 127
• EAN: 9780738542843
• ISBN: 0738542849
• ID: 11467553
• Publisher: ARCADIA PUB (SC)
• Weight: 327 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 166 × 9 mm
• Date of publishing: August 2006

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