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WINSTON COUNTY HAS FINE SCENERY
Winston county was established by act February 12, 1850, under the name of "Hancock," in honor of Governor John Hancock, of Massachusetts. Its name was changed on January 2, 1853, to Winston, in honor of John A. Winston, Governor of Alabama from 1853 to 1857. It lies in the northwest portion of the State and has an area of 630 square miles.
Winston is generally hilly, though there are occasional stretches of fine tablelands within her borders. The hill lands are especially adapted to fruit and grape culture. Corn, cotton, oats, wheat, rye, sweet potatoes and Irish potatoes are the principal crops, although strawberries and other vegetables grow luxuriously.
Winston is perhaps the best watered county in the State. Sipsey River, Clear Creek and Bushy Fork are its principal streams. These are fed by numerous rivulets and branches, which find their source in living springs of clear freestone water among the hills. Indeed, it is difficult to find a single forty-acre tract of land in Winston county that does not have from one to a dozen springs on it.
Fish are numerous in Winston streams, trout, perch, suckers and catfish abounding in great numbers. This county is also the hunter's paradise, as deer, turkey and quail are numerous.
The natural scenery in Winston county is at places exquisitely beautiful, as others sublime. Clark Creek falls, situated in the southern portion of the county, is perhaps as fine an example of unbridled power as can be found in any Southern State. There are two of these falls, about one-quarter of a mile apart. The water of the upper fall tumbles down a distance of thirty-six feet. At the lower fall the descent is thirty-four feet. These falls if properly harnessed, could be made to generate enough electricity to turn every wheel in Alabama, and will doubtless some day be a source of great wealth.
Source: Montgomery Advertiser, April 27, 1916 - Transcribed by C. Anthony
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