Residents felt they were part of a unique community-one brought together by mechanized production, but unified by the common goal of wholesome family life in a friendly small town.

Eventually, Blue Mountain established itself as a textile headquarters, and the town’s mill kept families working for decades. However, with Anniston’s founding during Reconstruction, the entire Calhoun County area experienced a resurgence, mostly driven by iron production. She is now a web designer at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.Īfter the Civil War, Blue Mountain’s future looked rather bleak. She spent six years at Auburn University as the editor of the Alabama Review and continues to play a role in the Alabama Historical Association. He recently published “The Story of Captain Sam Dale (Thlucco) and his Double-Barrel Shotgun,” which appeared in Echoes, a monthly magazine of the Escambia County Historical Society, and was republished in the Evergreen Courant, the Monroe Journal, and the Brewton Standard.Ĭarey Cauthen is a native of Birmingham who worked in Washington, D.C., as an editor before moving back to Alabama. Lowrey III, a native of Burnt Corn, is a CPA in Greenville, South Carolina, the home of his late wife. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2012. “‘A Packet from Canada’-Telling Conspiracy Stories on the 1813 Creek Frontier.” In Tohopeka: Rethinking the Creek War and War of 1812. Kathryn Braund. A Conquering Spirit: Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813–1814. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2006. The Creek War of 18. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1995. History of Conecuh County, Alabama. Columbus, GA: Thos. * The Battle of Burnt Corn Creek found on the Encyclopedia of Alabama's website. For additional reading on Burnt Corn, the authors recommend the following sources:

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