"Selma; Her Institutions, and Her Men"

by John Hardy, published 1879:

• Part I Chaptr I ------------ ALABAMA--DALLAS COUNTY--SELMA
• Part II Chapter II ---- THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
• Part III Chapter III - RAILROADS AND MANUFACTORIES
• Part IV Chapter Iv --- CHURCHES AND SABBATH SCHOOLS
• Part V Chapter v ----- SOCIETIES
• PART VI CHAPTER VI ----- MISCELLANEOUS

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Part I Chaptr I
ALABAMA--DALLAS COUNTY--SELMA
001 Preface / About
005 Selma, Dallas County, The beginning
006 Dallas County, pre. 1879 History
007 The Selma Town Land Company
008 Songs of Selma, poems of Ossian
009 Moore's Bluff / Selma Alabama
010 Selma, Open for Business
011 Selma Courier, The first Newspaper
012 Early Selma History, 1830
013 Bucking Against the Tiger
014 Abolition and Insurrection
015 Major Grumble Marches to Aid Selma
016 The Great Leonid Meteor Storm
017 Selma Militia In Seminole War
018 The Florida Campaign
019 The Selma Rangers
020 Colors for The Selma Rangers
021 The Selma Rangers Come Home
022 Law, Order and Oppression
023 Thespians and Stage Coach Lines
024 Railroad Meetings, Alabama and Tennessee
025 The Alabama Tennessee Railroad Company
026 Female Academy / Medical Society
027 Shin Plasters
028 The Real Estate Banking Company
029 Articles of Association. (continued)
030 Articles of Association III
031 Real Estate Banking Company Stockholders
032 Real Estate Bank Notices
033 The Selma Jockey Club and Ladies Society
034 Episcopal Church Cornerstone
035 Railroad and Steamboats
036 The Selma Rangers Honored
037 Acceptance Speeches
038 The Tippecanoe and Tyler Too Club
039 The Tippecanoe Parade
040 The Female Academy
041 A Recovery Period
042 Traders and Artisans
043 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Selma
044 The Alabama and Mississippi Railroad
045 Abraham Lincoln is Elected
046 Confederate States Arsenal
047 Selma Naval Foundry and Iron Works
048 The Battle of Mobile Bay
049 General Wilson Marches on Selma
050 Wilson’s Battle for Selma
051 General Wilson Destroyed Selma
052 Selma,After the Battle
053 Court House Moved to Selma
054 Post Civil War Businessmen
055 Post Civil War Business Houses
056 Occupations and Professions


Part II Chapter II
THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
058 A perminant Town Council
059 Ordinances Adopted by Town Council
060 Ordinances Adopted and Fines levied
061 Selma Town Council Actions
062 Council Financial Statements
063 The Franklin Fire Company
064 The Cherokee Rose
065 Town Council Room Erected
066 Selma Chartered as a City
067 Strong is first Mayor
068 Selma Buys Railroad Stock
069 Council Confronts yellow Fever
070 The Selma Gas Light Company
071 West Selma Graveyard Closed
072 Head Tax Imposed
073 Board of Health Established
074 Keith Re-elected Mayor
075 Secret Vigilance Committee
076 Selma Purchased A Fire Bell
077 Selma Prepares as War Threatens
078 The Phenix Reds
079 Selma, A Military Post
080 Cannons From Selma Naval Foundry
081 The City Wharf
082 Fire Company Rosters
083 City Government Restored
084 Selma Revived
085 Small Pox Epidemic
086 Selma Masonic Building
087 Selma Board of Health
088 Street Railroad Authorized
089 Mayor and Council apointed
090 City Financial Trouble
091 Civilian Government Appointed
092 Benjamin S. Turner, Councilman
093 Policeman, Thad King Killed
094 Railroad Stock Rejected
095 Steam Fire Engine Horses
096 Selma Hook and Ladder
097 Selma & Gulf Railroad Bonds Reputed
098 A Sinking Fund Established
099 Protest for Election
100 John Hardy, Mayor of Selma
101 Selam Takes Financial Responsibility
102 Hurricane Ripped Montevallo
103 N. Woodruff Elected Mayor
104 Yellow Fever in Pensacola
105 Live Oak Cemetery


PART III.CHAPTER III.
RAILROADS AND MANUFACTORIES
107 Selma And Tennessee Railroad
108 Alabama and Tennessee Rivers Railroad
109 Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad
110 Alabama Central Railroad
111 Western Railroad of Alabama
112 The Selma and Gulf Railroad
113 The New Orleans and Selma Railroad
114 Selma and Greensboro Railroad
115 The Selma Street Railroad
116 Alabama Manufacturing Company
117 The Foulton Foundry
118 Bartlett's Soda Water of Selma
119 Selma Variety Works
120 Selma Steam Laundry
121 Dallas Steam Mill
122 Selma Marble Works
123 The Selma Gas Light Company
124 Selma Moss Factory
125 Ice in Selma
126 Peacock's Foundry
127 Cotton Compress
128 Central City Oil Mill
129 Berg's Planing Mills
130 Central City Iron Works and Machine Shops
131 Sash, Doors and Blinds of Selma
132 The Matthews Cotton Mills Company


Part IV Chapter IV
CHURCHES AND SABBATH SCHOOLS
134 Methodist Episcopal Church
135 St Paul's Episcopal Church
136 The Presbyterian Church of Selma Alabama
137 The Catholic Church in Selma
138 The Cumberland Presbyterian Church
139 East Selma Methodist Church
140 The Alabama Street Presbyterian Church
141 The Congregational Church
142 The Hebrew Congregation of Selma
143 The First Baptist Church of Selma
144 The Christian Church of Selma
145 The First Sabbath School in Selma


Part V Chapter V
SOCIETIES
146 Fraternal Lodge No. 27
147 The Masonic Institute of Selma
148 Central City Lodge No. 305
149 St. John Chapter, Royal Arch Masons
150 Selma Council, Royal and Select Masters
151 Selma Commandery No. 5 Knights Templar
152 Central Lodge No. 18, I.O.O.F.
153 Selma Encampment, No. 16 -- I.O.O.F.
154 Advance Lodge, No. 3, K. of P. (Knight of Pythias)
155 Selma, Improved Order of Red Men
156 Fraternal Societies of Selma


PART VI CHAPTER VI
MISCELLANEOUS
157 The Selma Town Land Company
158 Selma's First Newspaper, The Selma Courier
159 The Selma Daily Times
160 The Dallas Academy in Selma Alabama
161 Dallas Academy 1874 Session Report
162 Dallas Academy Report, Financal
163 Artesian Wells Supply Water for Selma
164 Selma in the Great Southern Cretaceous Belt
165 Cemeteries of Selma Alabama
166 Banks of Selma Alabama
167 Death Statistics Form Disease
168 Mortuary Statistics in Selma
169 Mortuary Statistics in Selma
170 Deaths from phthisis Pulmonalis
171 Selma Death and Birth Statistics
172 Selma, Dallas County Cotton Trade
173 Selma Visited by French General Lafayette
174 The Selma Guards
175 The Selma Telegraph
176 The Selma City Clock
177 The Selma City Fire Department 1866
178 Selma City Board of Education
179 Sheriffs of Dallas County
180 Central City Fire Company in Selma

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