Blocton
Subtitle: the history of an Alabama coal mining town
By: Charles Edward Adams.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Cahaba Trace Commission
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Brierfield, Ala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Company towns -- Alabama -- West Blocton -- History.; West Blocton (Ala.) -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliography (p. 319-321) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER I Nineteenth Century Beginnings 5; title: CHAPTER II Early Churches and Synagogue 51; title: CHAPTER III Tennessee Coal and Iron Company Era 64; title: CHAPTER IV The Bloctons: 1901 Until World War I 82; title: CHAPTER V Over There and Over Here 130; title: CHAPTER VI The 1927 Town Fire 170; title: CHAPTER VII The Great Depression and Rebound 191; title: CHAPTER VIII Fighting Hitler and Tojo 217; title: CHAPTER IX Coal Mining's End in West Blocton 238; title: CHAPTER X Town Centennial and Beyond 303.