A History of Weiss Lake
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A History of Weiss Lake

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eBook - ePub

A History of Weiss Lake

About this book

The History of Weiss Lake was filled with debate. Read how the past of this area was reshaped and the area matured. Until the late 1950s, the major body of water for residents of northeast Alabama was the Coosa River, which wove prominently through the rural landscape of the region. When Alabama Power Company decided to dam the river in order to build a thirty-thousand-acre reservoir, locals were divided about whether to welcome the hydroelectricity and potential prosperity or resist losing their land and proud agrarian heritage. Three years and millions of cubic yards of earth later, Weiss Lake emerged to alter Cherokee County history permanently. Post editor and county native Scott Wright presents a captivating collection of personal recollections and historical vignettes to illustrate the magnitude of the lake's influence in shaping the future of the area--and damming its past.

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Information

Year
2008
eBook ISBN
9781614230663
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. The Dammed Past
  9. Looking to Leesburg
  10. The Lake’s Namesake
  11. Changes on the Way
  12. Raising the Dead
  13. Clearing the Way
  14. Old Houses, New Homes
  15. From Start to Finish
  16. The First Twenty-five Years
  17. The Last Twenty-five Years
  18. Acknowledgements
  19. Selected Bibliography