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Prattville Branch .- In 1894, the New and Old Decatur Belt & Terminal Co.'s line, with 3.96 miles of track, was completed by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co., and dur- ing the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, the Montgomery & Prattville Branch Railroad (see South & North Alabama Railroad Co.), was built, and the Sheffield & Tuscumbia Rail- road (see Tuscumbia Railway Co.) was pur- chased, rebuilt and leased to the Nashville, Florence & Sheffield Railway Co. This had been operated as a street railway since 1887. In 1889 the Louisville & Nashville and the Southern Railway companies jointly purchased the Birmingham Southern Railroad from the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railway Co., owning equal shares in it. The road is operated under separate management by agreement of the proprietary companies.
Alabama and Florida .- The Alabama & Florida Railroad Co. was chartered August 23, 1898, under the general laws, and under the auspices of the L. & N., to build a rail- road from Georgiana, 60 miles south of Mont- gomery on the Mobile and Montgomery divi- sion, to Geneva, Ala., 77.5 miles. The author- ized capital stock of the company was $750,000 in $100 shares; its paid-in capital, $364,000. The road was completed as far as Andalusia, 32.71 miles, June 30, 1900, and to Geneva in October. It was leased to the Louisville & Nashville, the sole owner of the capital stock, for 20 years from January 19, 1900, the lessee receiving the net earnings. The road was formally deeded to the L. &
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N. on December 17, 1900, and on the same day the Mobile & Montgomery Railroad (q. v.) was deeded to the L. & N. During 1901 steps were taken by the management to merge into the L. & N. system all the subsidiary lines that it was operating, and the issuing of separate statements for those roads was discontinued. During this year also the con- trol of the Birmingham, Selma & New Orleans Railway (q. v.), from Selma to Myrtlewood, 60 miles, completed between Selma and Mar- tins, 20 miles, was obtained, and on April 21, 1902, it was formally deeded to the L. & N.
During 1902 the Alabama & Florida Rail- road was extended from Geneva to Graceville, Fla., 22.81 miles, the extension being opened July 13. On November 1, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. obtained control of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co., by the purchase of $30,600,000-a majority-of the capital stock.
On June 14, 1903, the Sardis-Selma line of the Southern Alabama Railroad, 1.8 miles, was completed, which enabled the L. & N. to dispense with 7.32 miles of trackage rights over the Western Railway of Alabama be- tween Gulf Junction and Selma. During the early part of 1903 a branch was built from a junction just south of Opp, on the Alabama and Florida division, to Florala, 23.48 miles.
On July 1 the Louisville & Nashville began to operate, under a joint agreement with the Seaboard Air Line Railway, 80 miles of that company's Atlanta & Birmingham Alr Line Railway, from Dukes, Ala., to Cartersville, Ga.
The Eastern Railway of Alabama was or- ganized May 1, 1901, to construct a road from Stockdale to Pyriton, a distance of 19.8 miles. The road was completed September 1, 1903. The money to build it was furnished by the Louisville & Nashville, who took a mortgage on the property to secure the amount ad- vanced. The track of the Alabama Mineral division is used between Stockdale Junction and Talladega, 5 miles.
Bay Minette & Fort Morgan Railroad .- On May 11, 1905, still another branch line, or "feeder" for the main line in Alabama, was completed. The Bay Minette & Fort Morgan Railroad, 36.52 miles long, between Bay Minette and Foley, was put in operation as a part of the L. & N. system on that day. Al- though the road was built under a separate charter, the L. & N. owned its entire capital stock. On May 28, an extension from Oneonta to a connection with the Nashville, Chatta- nooga & St. Louis Railway near Attalla was put in operation. This extension connected with the northern ends of the Alabama Mineral and the Birmingham Mineral rail- roads, and, together with trackage rights over the Atlanta & Birmingham Alr Line between Wellington, Ala., and Cartersville, Ga., and over the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway from Cartersville to Atlanta, gave the L. & N. a through line from the Birming- ham district to Atlanta.
South & North Alabama Railroad .- At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co., held
October 4, 1905, authority was voted for the purchase of all the property of the South & North Alabama Railroad Co., but the deal was not consummated until November 9, 1913, when the stockholders of the South & North Alabama approved the proposed sale. Formal transfer of all its property, rights and franchises, except the right to continue to exist as a separate corporation, was made by deed dated January 21, 1914. Since that time, extensive revision and partial relocation of the line between New Decatur and Boyles has been completed.
On March 31, 1906, the L. & N. Railroad discontinued operating the Eastern Railway of Alabama, and the Alabama Northern Rail- way, and on April 1, the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic (q. v.) began to operate them under a separate organization, styled the Eastern Railway of Alabama.
New Orleans, Mobile & Chicago Railway .- The Louisville & Nashville and the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad companies bought an equal number of shares of the preferred and common stock, constituting a majority of the capital stock of the New Orleans, Mobile & Chicago Railway Co. (q. v.), and under an agreement dated November 15, 1911, the sep- arate operation of the road has been con- tinued. The line extends from Middleton, Tenn., to Mobile, Ala., a distance of 369 miles, Beaumont to Hattiesburg, 27 miles, and from Ellisville Junction to Ellisville, 8 miles.
Woodstock & Blocton Railway .- In July, 1906, the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co. repurchased the Birmingham Southern Rail- road from the L. & N. and the Southern, upon condition that the line from Woodstock to Blocton, 7.73 miles, formerly a part of the Birmingham Southern, should be conveyed to a new company formed under the name of the Woodstock & Blocton Railway Co., of whose capital stock the L. & N. and the Southern each own one-half. The road is used jointly by the L. & N., the Southern and the Alabama Great Southern.
REFERENCES .- Acts, 1866-67, pp. 6-18, 400-403; 1868, p. 127; 1873, p. 142; Railroad Commission of Ala., Annual reports, 1889 et seq .; Organiza- tion and charter of the Nashville and Decatur Railroad Co., 1872; Extracts from proceedings before the Alabama Railroad Commission, April and May, 1905; Gov. David P. Lewis, Message, Nov. 17, 1873, p. 9; Special House Committee, appointed to investigate railroad matters, Report (1872), pp. 12-13; Martin, "In- ternal improvements in Alabama," in Johns Hopkins University Studies in historical and political science (1902); Armes, Story of coal and iron in Alabama (1910); Poor's manual of railroads, 1869 et seq .; Clark, "Railroads and navigation," in memorial record of Alabama (1893), vol. 1; Interstate commerce commis- sion, Reports (1917), vol. 46, pp. 711-755, 9, with cases cited on p. 712, note.
LOWE MANUFACTURING CO., Huntsville. See Cotton Manufacturing.
LOWNDES COUNTY. Created by an act of the legislature of January 20, 1830. It
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was formed from territory taken from Mont- gomery, Dallas and Butler Counties. The part taken from Butler was afterward given to Crenshaw, thus leaving the county with its present dimensions. The total area of the county is approximately 708 square miles, or 453,120 acres.
It was named in honor of William Lowndes, a distinguished South Carolina statesman.
Location and Physical Description .- Situ- ated in the south-central portion of the state, Lowndes County is bounded on the north by Autauga County, on the east by Montgom- ery and Crenshaw Counties, on the south by Crenshaw, Butler and Wilcox Counties, and on the west by Wilcox and Dallas Counties.
Elevations above sea level range from 100 to 600 feet. The mean annual temperature is 65°5'F; while the mean annual precipita- tion is 51.16 inches.
Lying partly in the Black Belt and partly on Chunnenuggee Ridge, the county is well within the Coastal Plain. Prairie soils de- rived principally from Limestone are "most extensively developed in the central and northeastern parts of the county," they are classed in the Houston, Sumter and Oktibbeha Series. The other sections of the county show the gray and red sandy and sandy clay loams, classed in Norfolk, Ruston, Orangeburg and Greenville Series. Bottom and alluvial soils are known as Kalmia, Catalpa, Cahaba, Leaf and Ocklocknee. There are 33 different types of soils found in Lowndes County.
The county is drained by the Alabama River and the following: Pintlala Creek; Tallewas- see; Holy Ground Creek; Letohatchee or Big Swamp; and Old Town Creek. The prin- cipal forest trees are long leaf pine, various oaks, including wateroaks, hickory, beech, ash and sweet gum.
Cotton, corn, sweet and Irish potatoes, oats, hay, soy beans, peanuts, and truck products are among the principal products.
Affording fine grazing lands, much live stock is raised, and dairy products are very fine.
There are a large number of cotton, grist, and sawmills in the county. Two railroads traverse the county, the main line of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, and the Western Railway of Alabama. The Hayne- ville and Montgomery Railway connects Hayneville with the Louisville 'and Nashville Railroad at Tyson. Transportation facilities are inadequate in the central western and southwestern parts of the county. Public roads reach all through the county, and rural mail service extends to all sections. Schools are maintained in all towns and villages, and the county high school is located at Fort Deposit (q. v.).
Montgomery, Selma and Mobile receive most of the cotton and corn marketed. The principal cattle market is New Orleans, but the better grade of beef animals are shipped to St. Louis or Louisville. Dairy and poultry products go
to Montgomery, Selma, and Auburn.
Aboriginal History .- This county was in-
habited by the Alibamo Indians, whose chief town was Ikanatchaka, or Holy Ground. It was at that place that the Creeks were de- feated by General Claiborne's army, December 23, 1813. William Weatherford had a plan- tation near the Holy Ground. The Alibamo Indians lost all of their ancestral lands in Lowndes and Monroe counties by the treaty of Fort Jackson, August 9, 1814.
Aboriginal remains are met with in those sections of the county bordering on Pintlala and Old Town Creeks and on the Alabama river. Urn burials are found in an extensive cemetery at the mouth of Pintlala Creek. The indications here are clearly pre Colum- bian. In the vicinity of Mount Willing and on Muscle Creek in the southern part of the county are found further evidences. The locality was first visited by white men in September, 1540, when De Soto and his men passed through on the way from Toasi to Talise on the right bank of Old Town Creek, immediately at its mouth. No doubt he was met at a point within the county by messen- gers from Chief Tuscaloosa. Econachacca, the "Holy Ground" an Upland Creek town, was located just below the mouth of the present Holy Ground Creek two and a half miles above the town of Whitehall. Remains of the town site are still identified and the bluff from which Weatherford leaped his horse during the engagement here on Decem- ber 23, 1813, remains intact to this day. At Benton just across the creek from Talise (above referred to, in Dallas County) is a large mound immediately on the river bank. Village and workshop sites are to be found on the Hartley plantation in Sec. 36, T. 13 N. R. 13 E., and on the Lee place, Sec. 32, T. 13 N. R. 14 E. On Big Swamp Creek in T. 14 N. R. 14 E. is a mound. On the Fisher Merritt place in T. 12 N. R. 14 E. in the extreme southern section of the county is a mound and town site. Formerly a mound could be observed on the river bank about midway between Whitehall and Benton.
The first white settlers in the county came from Georgia and Tennessee and the present inhabitants are nearly all their descendants. About 88 per cent of the total population of the county are negroes. Hayneville, the county seat, was named for Hon. R. Y. Hayne, of South Carolina.
Fort Deposit, Lowndesboro, and Leto- hatchee are the chief towns of the County.
Agricultural Statistics .- From U. S. Census 1910:
Farms and Farmers.
Number of all farms, 6,436.
Color and nativity of farmers:
Native white, 676.
Foreign-horn white, 5.
Negro and other nonwhite, 5,755.
Number of farms, classified by size:
Under 3 acres, 3.
3 to 9 acres, 1,326.
10 to 19 acres, 732.
20 to 49 acres, 3,007.
50 to 99 acres, 902.
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100 to 174 acres, 223.
175 to 259 acres, 89.
260 to 499 acres, 87. 500 to 999 acres, 42.
1,000 acres and over, 25.
Land and Farm Area.
Approximate land area, 472,960 acres. Land in farms, 307,889 acres. Improved land in farms, 204,396 acres. Woodland in farms, 56,609 acres. Other unimproved land in farms, 46,884.
Value of Farm Property.
All farm property, $6,271,079. Land, $3,628,458.
Buildings, $1,107,790. Implements and machinery, $226,961.
Domestic animals, poultry, and $1,307,870. Average values: All property per farm, $974. Land and buildings per farm, $736. Land per acre, $11.78.
bees,
Domestic Animals (Farms and Ranges). Farms reporting domestic animals, 5,476. Domestic animals, value, $1,270,639. Cattle: total, 21,773; value, $310,712. Dairy cows only, 9,459. Horses: total, 2,957; value, $298,112. Mules: total, 4,767; value, $589,673.
Asses and burros: total, 13; value, $3,700.
Swine: total, 22,349; value, $63,564.
Sheep: total, 1,160; value, $3,382.
Goats: total, 1,331; value, $1,496.
Poultry and Bees. All poultry, 79,964; value, $28,944. Bee colonies, 2,344; value, $8,287.
Farms Operated by Owners.
Number of farms, 721. Per cent of all farms, 11.2. Land in farms, 114,654 acres. Improved land in farms, 48,197 acres. Land and buildings, $1,809,448. Farms of owned land only, 570. Farms of owned and hired land, 151. Native white owners, 349. Foreign-born white, 4. Negro and other nonwhite, 368.
Farms Operated by Tenants.
Number of farms, 5,704. Per cent of all farms, 88.6. Land in farms, 185,732 acres. Improved land in farms, 154,336 acres. Land and buildings, $2,835,260. Share tenants, 684. Share-cash tenants, 14. Cash tenants, 4,483. Tenure not specified, 523. Native white tenants, 317.
Foreign-born white, 1. Negro and other nonwhite, 5,386.
Farms Operated by Managers. Number of farms, 11.
Land in farms, 7,503 acres.
Improved land in farms, 1,863 acres. Value of land and buildings, $91,540.
Live Stock Products. Dairy Products.
Milk: Produced, 1,057,736; sold, 9,917 gal- lons.
Cream sold,
Butter fat sold,
Butter: Produced, 364,557; sold, 37,016 pounds.
Cheese: Produced,
Dairy products, excluding home use of milk and cream, $75,867. Sale of dairy products, $11,687.
' Poultry Products.
Poultry: Number raised, 163,042; sold, 36,084. Eggs: . Produced. 189,681; sold, 58,176
dozens.
Poultry and eggs produced, $70,807. Sale of poultry and eggs, $19,216.
Honey and Wax.
Honey produced, 23,627 pounds. Wax produced, 1,362 pounds. Value of honey and wax produced, $2,076. Wool, Mohair, and Goat Hair.
Wool, fleeces shorn, 603. Mohair and goat hair, fleeces shorn, 73. Wool and mohair produced, $439.
Domestic Animals Sold or Slaughtered.
Calves-Sold or slaughtered, 632. Other cattle-Sold or slaughtered, 2,723. Horses, mules, and asses and burros-Sold, 110. Swine-Sold or slaughtered, 7,454. Sheep and goats-Sold or slaughtered, 707. Sale of animals, $48,168.
Value of animals slaughtered, $73,599
Value of All Crops.
Total, $2,797,609.
Cereals, $414,476. Other grains and seeds, $15,203. Hay and forage, $42,065.
Vegetables, $86,900.
Fruits and nuts, $16,122.
All other crops, $2,222,843.
Selected Crops (Acres and Quantity).
Cereals: total, 38,055 acres; 461,895 bushels. Corn, 35,463 acres; 424,963 bushels. Oats, 2,521 acres; 36,503 bushels. Wheat, 71 acres; 419 bushels. Rye, Kafir corn and milo maize, Rice, 10 bushels. Other grains: Dry peas, 989 acres; 5,731 bushels. Dry edible beans, 23 acres; 46 bushels. Peanuts, 368 acres; 5,835 bushels. Hay and forage: total, 3,444 acres; 3,751 tons.
All tame or cultivated grasses, 3,197 acres; 3,395 tons.
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Wild, salt, and prairie grasses, 61 acres; 139 tons.
Grains cut green, 63 acres; 56 tons.
Coarse forage, 123 acres; 161 tons.
Special crops:
Potatoes, 68 acres; 3,810 bushels.
Sweet potatoes and yams, 1,101 acres; 46,505 bushels.
Tobacco,
Cotton, 122,629 acres; 27,945 bales.
1890
4,563
26,985
31,550
1900
4,762
30,889
35,651
1910
.3,769
28,125
31,894
1920
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Delegates to Constitutional Conventions .-
1861-James S. Williamson; James G. Gil- christ.
1865-George C. Freeman; James F. Clem- ents.
1867-Charles A. Miller; William M. Buck- ley; Nathan D. Stanwood.
1875-H. A. Carson (colored).
1901-C. P. Rogers; Joseph Norwood; Evans Hinson.
Senators .-
1832-3-James Abercrombie.
1834-5-Thomas B. Scott.
1835-6-Lorenzo James.
1837-8-John Archer Elmore.
1838-9-James LaFayette Cottrell.
1841-2-John Starke Hunter.
1843-4-James Berney.
1844-5-Archibald Gilchrist.
1847-8-Thomas J. Judge.
1851-2-Walter H. Crenshaw.
1855-6-F. C. Webb.
1857-8-Thomas J. Burnett.
1861-2-Edmund Harrison.
1865-6-Walter H. Crenshaw.
1868-W. M. Buckley.
1871-2-W. M. Buckley.
1872-3-J. W. Jones. 1873-J. W. Jones.
1874-5-J. W. Jones.
1875-6-J. W. Jones.
1876-7-P. H. Owen.
1878-9-W. D. McCurdy.
1880-1-W. D. McCurdy.
1882-3-Willis Brewer.
1884-5-Willis Brewer.
1886-7-Willis Brewer.
1888-9-Willis Brewer.
1890-1-Mac A. Smith.
1892-3 -- Mac A. Smith.
1894-5-Willis Brewer.
1896-7-Willis Brewer.
1898-9-A. E. Caffey.
1899 (Spec.)-A. E. Caffey.
1900-01-C. P. Rogers. 1903-Joseph Norwood.
1907-Evans Hinson.
1907 (Spec.)-Evans Hinson.
1909 (Spec.)-Evans Hinson.
1911-C. P. Rogers, Sr.
1915-L. E. Easterly.
1919-H. M. Caffey.
Negro.
Total.
1830
5,001
4,409
9,410
1840
6,956
12,583
19,539
1850
. 7,258
14,657
21,915
1860
8,362
19,354
27,716
1870
.5,086
20,633 25,719
1880
5,645
25,528
31,173
Cane sugar, 399 acres; 2,392 tons. Sirup made, 43,116 gallons.
Cane-sorghum, 91 acres; 348 tons.
Sirup made, 3,351 gallons.
Fruits and Nuts.
Orchard fruits: total, 18,876 trees; 12,993 bushels.
Apples, 4,242 trees; 2,911 bushels.
Peaches and nectarines, 13,062 trees; 8,025 bushels.
Pears, 1,480 trees; 2,002 bushels.
Plums and prunes, 54 trees; 28 bushels. Cherries, 9 trees; 7 bushels.
Quinces, 14 trees; 5 bushels.
Grapes, 69 vines; 2,470 pounds.
Tropical fruits: total, 1,068 trees. Figs, 1,060 trees; 26,959 pounds. Oranges, 2.
Small fruits: total, 386 quarts. Strawberries, 296 quarts.
Nuts: total, 2,227 trees; 13,089 pounds. Pecans, 2,166 trees; 11,784 pounds.
Labor, Fertilizer and Feed.
Labor-Farms reporting, 1,763. Cash expended, $217,394. Rent and board furnished, $56,517. Fertilizer-Farms reporting, 1,200. Amount expended, $86,369.
Feed-Farms reporting, 2,067. Amount expended, $112,480.
Receipts from sale of feedable crops, $11,153.
Domestic Animals Not on Farms.
Inclosures reporting domestic animals, 233. Value of domestic animals, $34,183. Cattle: total, 549; value, $9,155. Number of dairy cows, 281. Horses: total, 150; value, $18,705.
Mules and asses and burros: total, 30; value, $4,640. Swine: total, 471; value, $1,480.
Sheep and goats: total, 84; value, $203.
Post Offices and Towns .- Revised to July 1, 1919, from U. S. Official Postal Guide. Fig. ures indicate the number of rural routes from that office.
Benton Braggs Burkville Calhoun-1 Lum
Hayneville (ch.)-2 Letohatchee-1
Lowndesboro
Collirene Drane Farmersville
Macedonia
Morganville
Mount Willing
Petronia
Fort Deposit-3 Fostoria Saint Clair
Gordonville
White Hall
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Population .- Statistics from decennial pub- lications of the U. S. Bureau of the Census.
White.
25,406
Representatives .- 1834-5-James LaF. Cottrell; John W. Mundy; John Sally.
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1835-6-Walter Drane; Thomas Daven- port; George W. Esselman.
1836-7-James LaF. Cottrell; Russell P. McCord; Alfred Harrison.
1837 (called)-James LaF. Cottrell; Rus- sell P. McCord; Alfred Harrison.
1837-8-James LaF. Cottrell; Russell P. McCord; John P. Cook.
1838-9-John A. Tarver; George W. Essel- man; John P. Cook.
1839-40-Nathan Cook; William Swanson.
1840-1-John S. Hunter; Robert B. Camp- bell,
1841 (called)-John S. Hunter; Robert B. Campbell.
1841-2-Peyton S. Alexander; John W. Mundy.
1842-3-Alfred Harrison; James W. Dun- klin.
1843-4-Walter Drane; John P. Nall.
1844-5-Edward H. Cook; T. J. Judge.
1845-6-Edward H. Cook; T. J. Judge.
1847-8-James G. Gilchrist; A. B. Forney.
1849-50-Jasper M. Gonder; W. C. Swan- son.
1851-2-Jasper M. Gonder; J. S. William- son.
1853-4-Walter Cook; F. C. Webb.
1855-6-William Barry; Stephen D. Moorer.
1857-8-Duncan McCall; James S. Wil- liamson.
1859-60-James G. Gilchrist; Nathan L. Brooks.
1861 (1st called)-James G. Gilchrist; Na- than L. Brooks.
1861 (2d called)-Hugh C. McCall; Nathan L. Brooks.
1861-2-Hugh C. McCall; Nathan L. Brooks.
1862 (called)-Hugh C. McCall; Nathan L. Brooks.
1862-3-Hugh C. McCall; Nathan L. Brooks. 1863 (called)-P. T. Graves; William S. May.
1863-4-P. T. Graves; William S. May.
1864 (called)-P. T. Graves; William S. May.
1864-5-P. T. Graves; William S. May.
1865-6-George S. Cox; Nathan L. Brooks. 1866-7-George S. Cox; Nathan L. Brooks. 1868-T. W. Armstrong; N. A. Brewing- ton; John Ninninger.
1869-70-T. W. Armstrong; N. A. Brew- ington; John Ninninger.
1870-1-John Ninninger; William Gaskin; Mansfield Tyler.
1871-2-William Gaskin; John Ninninger; Mansfield Tyler.
1872-3-W. E. Carson; W. H. Hunter; January Maull.
1873-W. E. Carson; W. H. Hunter; Jan- uary Maull.
1874-5-W. D. Gaskin; Sam Lee; L. Mc- Duffie.
1875-6-H. A. Carson; Sam Lee; L. Mc- Duffie.
1876-7-Ben DeLemos; R. J. Mayberry.
1878-9-J. F. Haigler; W. L. Smith. 1880-1-Willis Brewer; J. R. Tyson.
1882-3-R. W. Russell; James Scar-
borough.
1884-5-G. H. Gibson; L. A. Callier.
1886-7-P. N. Cilley; G. H. Gibson.
1888-9-A. C. McRee; J. H. Russell.
1890-1-W. Brewer; J. D. Poole.
1892-3-Willis Brewer; J. D. Poole.
1894-5-C. P. Rogers, Sr .; Chas. A. Whit- ten.
1896-7-C. P. Rogers; J. D. Poole.
1898-9-C. P. Rogers; Dr. A. C. McRee.
1899 (Spec.)-C. P. Rogers; Dr. A. C. McRee.
1900-01-James D. Poole; R. L. Gold- smith.
1903-Daniel Floyd Crum; Robert Lee Goldsmith.
1907-J. A. Coleman; D. F. Crum.
1907 (Spec.)-J. A. Coleman; D. F. Crum. 1909 (Spec.)-J. A. Coleman; D. F. Crum.
1911-W. D. McCurdy; R. F. Twombly.
1915-H. M. Caffey; I. N. Jordan.
1919-R. M. Guy; R. R. Moorer.
REFERENCES .- Toulmin, Digest (1823), index; Acts of Ala., Brewer, Alabama, p. 327; Berney, Handbook (1892), p. 308; Riley, Alabama as it is (1893), p. 168; Northern Alabama (1888), p. 202; Alabama, 1909 (Ala. Dept. of Ag. and Ind., Bulletin 27), p. 153; U. S. Soil Survey, with map; Alabama land book (1916), p. 100; Ala. Official and Statistical Register, 1903-1915, 5 vols .; Ala. Anthropological Society, Handbook (1910); Geol. Survey of Ala., Agricultural features of the State (1883) ; The Valley regions of Alabama, parts 1 and 2 (1896, 1897), and Underground Water Resources of Alabama (1907).
LOYAL LEAGUE. See Union League of America.
LUBBUB CREEK. A tributary of the Tombigbee River (q. v.), rising in Fayette County and flowing nearly south, through Pickens County, to its confluence with the Tombigbee, about 54 miles below Columbus, Miss. Data as to its length, width, and depth are not accessible. It is not navigable, and no improvements have been undertaken by the United States Government, or by the State. The name of this creek is sometimes spelled "Lubbah." The word is of Choctaw origin, and is "Lahba" warm or tepid, per- haps so called because its waters were warmer than of the neighboring streams.
REFERENCE .- Nelson F. Smith, Pickens County (1865), p. 180.
LUTCHAPOGA. An Upper Creek town in Randolph County, situated on the Tallapoosa River, probably south of and near the influx of Crooked Creek. It is perhaps very near Wellborn's Ferry, Loochee Creek flows into the river from the opposite side, and the name may be suggestive of the presence of the town. Swanton is authority for the statement that this town was a branch of Ta- lisi (q. v.). The town is mentioned in the census list of 1832. Atchinapalgi was set- tled from Lutchapoga. In 1830 the old trail
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HISTORY OF ALABAMA
from Fort Jackson by way of Okfuski and Tuckabatchi Talahassi passed Lutchapoga, and thence north and west to Fort Strother on the Coosa. Hawkins spells the word Loo- chau Po-gau. It means Terrapin-resort, that is, lutcha "terrapin," poka, "gathering place."
The modern town of Loachapoka in Lee County, received its name from the Indian town, but is far distant from the locality. See Atchina-algi.
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