Flowing through time : a history of the lower Chattahoochee River / Lynn Willoughby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willoughby, Lynn, 1951-

Contributor:

Historic Chattahoochee Commission.

Columbus Museum (Columbus, Ga.)

Series:

Chattahoochee Valley legacy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rivers--Chattahoochee River Valley--History.

Rivers.

Chattahoochee River--History.

Chattahoochee River.

Chattahoochee River Valley--History.

Chattahoochee River Valley.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This handsome, illustrated book chronicles the history of the Lower Chattahoochee River and the people who lived along its banks from prehistoric Indian settlement to the present day. In highly accessible, energetic prose, Lynn Willoughby takes readers down the Lower Chattahoochee River and through the centuries. On this journey, the author begins by examining the first encounters between Native Americans and European explorers and the international contest for control of the region in the 17th and 19th centuries.Throughout the book pays particular att

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Ancients; 2. The Scramble for Muscogee; 3. Along the White Frontier; 4. A Land of Cotton; 5. The Civil War Years; 6. Moonlight and Magnolias; 7. Workin' the River; 8. The Business of Steamboating; 9. River Power; 10. Troubled Waters; 11. Will the Water Last?; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"Published in cooperation with the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and The Columbus Museum."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-224) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8634-3

0-585-16416-9

OCLC:

809768645