Mentone
Area History
Fortress
built near DeSoto Falls by Prince Madoc of Wales about 1180.
History
of Alabama by Albert James Pickett, 1851, describes both DeSoto's
explorations near Mentone during early July, 1540, and the Cherokee inhabitants
of Northeast Alabama.
The
Creek War of 1813 and 1814 by H. S. Halbert and T. H. Ball, 1895, recounts
how the Cherokees helped Andrew Jackson in his conflict with the Creeks.
1837 Map
Showing Cherokee Land in Northeast Alabama
1895 Map of
the Mentone Area
Removal
of the Cherokees by Jackson
John G.
Burnett's Story Trail
of Tears
Cherokee
Treaty of 1835 Maps
Samuel's
Memory of a stockade which could have been Fort Payne.
The Cherokees vs. Andrew Jackson
Extract from A Pictorial
History of DeKalb County, Alabama, published
by Landmarks of DeKalb County, Inc., 1972.
Early
History
Creation
of DeKalb County
Civil
War
Post
War Period
Mentone
Mentone,
Alabama: A History by Zora Strayhorn, 1986.
An Overview
A Description of the Mountain
Mentone’s
First Inhabitants
The Explorers
The Civil War
Post Civil War Times
Turn of the Century
Heyday to Depression
The Camps
The Churches
Personalities and Legends
Decade of the Centennial
Bibliography and Credits
1889 Plat of
Town of Mentone by Ed Mason
The Groundhog Archives
Town Hall
Mentone Families' Quilt
Civilian Conservation Corps in DeSoto State Park
In DeKalb
County
Mentone
Springs Hotel (6MB)
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