. History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography. uth, whereindications of the blue lime rock, similar tothat found on the Alabama and TombigbeeRivers, are met with. From this point to themouth the bluffs are again nearly perpendicu-lar and vary in height from 20 to 100 feet,changing from one side of the river to theother, and originally heavily timbered withnearly every species of hardwood, with hereand there a few pine and cypress trees. Theriver traverses Fayette and Tuscaloosa Coun-ties and forms a part of the boundary be-tween Pickens and Greene Counties. The course of the river i
. History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography. uth, whereindications of the blue lime rock, similar tothat found on the Alabama and TombigbeeRivers, are met with. From this point to themouth the bluffs are again nearly perpendicu-lar and vary in height from 20 to 100 feet,changing from one side of the river to theother, and originally heavily timbered withnearly every species of hardwood, with hereand there a few pine and cypress trees. Theriver traverses Fayette and Tuscaloosa Coun-ties and forms a part of the boundary be-tween Pickens and Greene Counties. The course of the river is exceedingly tor-tuous, and it has never been navigable, ex-cept by rafts and flatboats during very highwater. The preliminary survey of the Sipsey Rivermade by the War Department in 1879 wassupplemented by a final examination in 1890,but no project for improvement was adopted,and no steps have since been taken towardmaking the river navigable for keelboats orsteamboats. No development of water power has beenundertaken on the Sipsey except by the erec-. William Preston Screws Colonel 167th Rainbow Div., A. E. F. and regular U. S. Army officer
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