. History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography. Docena Coal Mine. Ensley Blast FurnacesTENNESSEE COAL, IRON & RAILROAD COMPANY HISTORY OF ALABAMA 1403 Bridgeport; and Bacheli, Bach illi, DeadBluff, perhaps the present named Gullettesor Blacks Bluff. It seems that there were no Indian settle-ments in Wilcox County during the Frenchand Indian times. There were certainly two,doubtless both Creek, in the later Americantimes, for in the first explorations up theAlabama River during the Creek War of 1813in two places on its west side in WilcoxCounty there was found an abandoned Indianvilla
. History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography. Docena Coal Mine. Ensley Blast FurnacesTENNESSEE COAL, IRON & RAILROAD COMPANY HISTORY OF ALABAMA 1403 Bridgeport; and Bacheli, Bach illi, DeadBluff, perhaps the present named Gullettesor Blacks Bluff. It seems that there were no Indian settle-ments in Wilcox County during the Frenchand Indian times. There were certainly two,doubtless both Creek, in the later Americantimes, for in the first explorations up theAlabama River during the Creek War of 1813in two places on its west side in WilcoxCounty there was found an abandoned Indianvillage, in both of which peach trees weregrowing. The discoverers called the first theLower Peach Tree, the second, the UpperPeach Tree. The site of the Lower PeachTree is perpetuated in the name of the Ameri-can village, Lower Peach Tree. The Tree retained its name until about1835, when the landing was purchased byGeorge F. Watson, Leon Ratcliffee, and H. who changed the name to Clifton,which it still retains. Wilcox County was in the Creek Domainan
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