In 1989, the late Dr. Daniel H. Thomas, scholar, historian, and distinguished Elmore County native, wrote this memoir, which was subsequently published in the Eclectic Observer. Thomas knew Elmore County well because he went to school there, listened to tales of the old-timers, and walked along the river banks where Indian and French artifacts could still be found. Thomas was also the author of Fort Toulouse: The French Outpost at the Alabamas on the Coosa. At the time of his death, he was professor emeritus of history at the University of Rhode Island.
