Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Alabama

The feud that erupted over John Gunter’s estate

One of the first whites to settle in Marshall County, AL was John Gunter, a Scotsman who migrated from NC after the Revolutionary War.

Russell Sanders began harness racing while still in high school and won his first race in 1915. He won 1,116 first places.

They are: the Horton Mill Bridge, the Swann Covered Bridge (also called the Joy Covered Bridge or Swann-Joy Covered Bridge), & Easley Bridge.

The Deposit ferry was kept in use until about 1890, when the county established a free ferry at Guntersville.

A new industry has sprung up in the Joe Wheeler Lake area where anglers spend their time in the fisherman’s paradise created by the TVA.

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