Tales of Madison: Historical Sketches of Jackson and Madison County, Tennessee Book

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