Rivers of Alabama

FOREWORD: "Alabama waterways flow generally north to south, and this is the basis for their order of appearance in Rivers of Alabama. In a state with America's finest waterway system there is much room for choice in selecting the most important and representative rivers. However, navigators, historians, engineers, and laymen who consider the length, depth, economic value, and historical significance of a waterway agree most often on nine major waterway systems in Alabama. These are the nine that have individual chapters in this book. Lesser river systems appear as they relate to the nine rivers considered major. When nine well-known writers and water enthusiasts combine thier efforst to present a systematic coverage of a waterway system such as Alabama's, the result is a major acievement of format and scholarship in which people outside as well as inside the state can be proud." The nine major waterways detailed in this book are: Tennessee; Black Warrior; Tombigbee; Coosa; Tallapoosa; Cahaba; Alabama; Chattahoochee; Mobile-Tensaw and Gulf Coast Area.