The Boll Weevil Review
Essays on Central Alabama’s Past
Vol. 1, No. 1
By Mary Ann Neeley
This paperback, printed in 1995, Essays of Central Alabama’s past, sells for $7.50 and includes shipping and handling.
The boll weevil, indigenous to Mexico, crossed the Rio Grande River at Brownsville, Texas in 1893. It entered Alabama in 1918 and has become the single greatest enemy of cotton planters.

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Old Oakwood Cemetery
A Brief History
Written by Tommy Oliver and complied by Carole King
The first edition of this book was published in 1988 by the Society of Pioneers of Montgomery, Inc. When the book sold out, the society transferred all rights to Landmarks Foundation of Montgomery, Inc. Landmarks has since revised and enlarged the booklet.
This second edition, complete with additional research, index and a map, sells for $7.50, including shipping & handling.
Oakwood Cemetery, maintained by the City of Montgomery has been the resting place for Montgomery citizens since 1818.

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Old Alabama Town - An Illustrated Guide
Written by Marry Ann Neeley
This book is the first comprehensive guide to a premier Alabama historical and architectural landmark, lavishly illustrated and affordably priced. Old Alabama Town, An Illustrated Guide is a visual and historical chronicle of one of the South’s important architectural landmarks.

This full-color paperback guide illustrates and provides an overview of each structure and is supplemented by a map, archival photographs and 60 contemporary color photographs. Useful to tourists, preservationists, students and scholars of Alabama history and architecture, as well as those interested in an interpretive museum of southern life.

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