Ellenton: Its Early Years.

Kearney, NE: Morris Publishing, (2003). Octavo, paperbound (slick, b&w photo. illus. marbled coral wrappers), iii + 153 pp. Former-owner inscription; otherwise, Fine. Contents: In the Beginning -- The times of the earliest indigenous people; The Plantation -- The story of Major Robert Gamble’s plantation; The War Between the States -- A look at the hardships endured along the river; Ellenton Emerges -- The Gamble Plantation and its demise; The Fuller’s Earth Plant -- Operation at Rocky Bluff between 1903 to 1922; 1918 -- A close view of the year 1918; Hometown Tragedies -- Three tragedies strike within fifteen months; The Church -- The center of Ellenton’s activities; THe School -- An unusual school with a unique principal; World War II -- The best and worst of times growing up; Musings, Mullet & Mischief -- A smorgasbord of lingering memories.