Preface and Acknowledgments | p. vii |
Introduction: Jackson and Madison County History | p. xi |
Early Towns in Madison County | p. 1 |
Pinson and the Pinson Mounds | p. 13 |
Ghost Town on the Hatchie | p. 19 |
Election High Jinks | p. 23 |
Riverside: Our Oldest Cemetery | p. 29 |
Jackson's Hanging Grounds | p. 39 |
We Could Have Been Kitty Hawk | p. 45 |
Our Most Famous Outlaw | p. 49 |
Jackson's Missing General | p. 55 |
Madison County's Role in the Mexican War | p. 63 |
The Battle of Britton Lane | p. 69 |
The Magic Buttons | p. 85 |
Forrest's West Tennessee Raid of 1862 | p. 89 |
Private James Coble, CSA, Lost and Found | p. 97 |
Nathan Bedford Forrest at Estanaula Landing | p. 107 |
The Man Who Burned Jackson | p. 113 |
Jackson's Most Famous Diarist | p. 121 |
Memorial Day 1997 | p. 127 |
Jackson's Gold Rush | p. 133 |
Casey's Last Ride | p. 137 |
Jackson's Unsung Hero | p. 141 |
Historic Women of Jackson | p. 145 |
The Girl Who Danced in the Moonlight | p. 149 |
The Day They Closed the Bank | p. 153 |
Big Crowds in Jackson | p. 157 |
Cops and Robbers | p. 163 |
The City of Jackson Fire Department | p. 169 |
The Boone Tree | p. 175 |
A Football Game of Long Ago | p. 183 |
Football and Turkeys: World War II Christmases in Jackson | p. 187 |
Looking Back: Christmas a Half Century Ago | p. 193 |
The Man Who Was Santa Claus | p. 199 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 203 |
Index | p. 204 |
About the Author | p. 210 |
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