"The Reason for the Tears" 

A History of Chambers County, Alabama 

1832-1900

by Bobby L. Lindsey 

Part 1

The Story of the Creeks... aboriginal ancestors of Chambers County, from DeSoto to the pathetic and inhumane removal, to which no portion of our American History can furnish a parallel...

Part 2

The first comprehensive history of the County ever published... From its illegal foundation in 1832 to the turn of hte century... Pictures, maps and hundreds of genealogical records... The results of years of research...

The Author

Bobby L. Linsey -- with his commission as Honorary Lifetime Member of the Creek National Council. It was presented to him by W. E. "Dode" McIntosh, Principal Chief of the Creek Indian Nation. in behalf of the tribe, for his years of research on the history of the tribe prior to their removal from Alabama to Oklahoma on "The Trail of Tears".