The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16
]. C. Ninck Felled Tree at Corner of Dexter Avenue and Hull Street to Build a Store and Left Ac- curate Record of lt-Letters of IS. Woodward Tell of Families Who We're Earliest Settlers.

.-rhis is the first tree--future ages will tell the tale.
 when J, c, Klinck swung the axe to fell the tree for the first ,louse in Mont rornery late in 1877 he vas moved by some sort of spirit of prophecy. He was an associate, confidant and adviser of Andrew Dexter the founder of Mont gomery. To him for his assistance Dex- ter gave the privilege of selecting the first lot in the city which he lad plan ned to build on the land he had prr- chased at the government sale of Mont gomery County lands, held at Milledge- yiIle, Ga.
 Mr.. Klinck selected the lot at the northeast corner of Dexter Avenue and Hull Streets. the spot on .ich the brick Madigan building is TOW stand ing. Until late in the life of Montgon- cry the broad avenue vas known as Market Street and it was changed to honor the memory of dortgomery's founder. Pearl Street became Hull Street in honor of one of Americas na- val heroes But when Mir. Klinck was doing business in Montgomery the cor ner was made by Market and Pearl Streets
 But Mir. Klinck was at the birth of Montgomery. He wrote >s.t an account of it for future generations an it Is an account which cannot iail to have a deep interest for all Montgomerians Mir Klinck's account was '-ritten In Nov 1858 when he was an old man ltv- ing quietly after a long end useful life. It was written to Johnson J. Hooper and by him published in The Montgomery Mail From the only copy of 1t known to be in existence 1t is reprinted for notice and attention of modern Mont gomerians. m see ublished fin the Montgomery Mail Nov. 2a, 1S5S.)
 Eds Mail Having lately read some sketches of the Creek Indians in tho early history of Alabama, from the pen of the we'll rememberee Gen. Tom woodward, have dared to presume that few facts fin relation to the first settlement of your own will not prove uninteresting to some of yo1r readers. At the time of the great influx of i1n- migration from the States in the early part of 1917 left the old South State. with the intention of proceeding to Fort Claiborne, but after tedious jour- ney of twenty two days crossed Line Creek and made halt in the fork of the Federal Road and the road fearing to Fort Jackson and occupied a tene- ment, belonging to Mir. Evans who was then keeping public housA
 One hundred yards from this spot and on the Federal road leading to Fort Claiborne was the firm of Meigs ana Mitchell and one mile on this road east on Milly's Creek was James Powers who did a large business In groceries and provisions; further east was Major Flanagan. (small trader), then came Arterberry and Denton. or Dent, who occupied and owned the ferry on Line Creek.
 With myself the above were the only traders nearer than Fort Jackson. While here and immediately after the first land sales in MilIedgeviile, Mir Andrew Dexter, of Massachusetts and Mir Spears, of ogtethorpe County, Georgia came to MT. Evans, both attacked with bilious fever (Dextcr sligbtly)-they were en route to view their purchases at this time. Mir. Spears occupied the same room in which I had my goods and never left 1t until his death. which was about two weeks after his arrival. H{ was prescribed for sy m eminent