To order any of the books below, contact John Wilson at news@chattanoogan.com

Scenic, Historic Lookout Mountain
John Wilson

A complete account of the fascinating history of Lookout Mountain, from the earliest Indian inhabitants to modem times, covering its entire length from Chattanooga to Gadsden.

Lookout Mountain's story includes Spanish Conquistadors, Sequoyah's amazing achievement of devising a Cherokee alphabet, battles between Indians and frontiersmen in the Revolution, John Ross's valiant struggle to try to prevent the Trail of Tears, Civil War strategies and conflicts, construction of elaborate hotels to accommodate the throng of sightseers, and the unusual Spiritualist religious movement.

Also, mining towns that boomed and then became ghost towns, the building of two incline railways and a steam railroad to the Point area, the establishment of several beautiful parks, the invention of miniature golf, the discovery of a towering waterfall deep inside the mountain, the opening of "Rock City" to the public, and much more.  148+ pgs, index, 136 illustrations, many rare early photographs, paperback

Hamilton County Pioneers
John Wilson

Issued in 1998 and includes the families of: Adams, Allison, Anderson, Barker, Bean, Beason, Beck, Bell, Berry, Bird, Blackwell, Boyce, Brabson, Brown, Cannon, Carter, Chesnutt, Clift, Coulter, Cowart, Cozby, Cravens, Crutchfield, Cummings, Daughtery, Divine, Douglas, Dugger, Eldridge, Elsea, Faidley, Fields, First Settlers, Foster, Foust, Fouts, Frazier, Frist, Fryar, Gamble, Gann, Gardenhire, Gillespie, Glass, Gothard, Green, Guthrie, Hair, Hamill, Harris, Hartman, Henderson, Hillsman, Hooke, Hughes, Hunter, Igou, James, Johnson, Jones, Justice, Kaylor, Kelly, Kesterson, Key, Kirklen, Lattner, Lauderdale, Lee, Legg, Levi, Lewis, Light, Long, Lusk, Luttrell, Maddux, Mahan, Massengale, Millsaps, Montgomery, Moon, Moore, McCallie, McDonald, McDonough, McGill, McMillin, McRee, Nail, Palmer, Parham, Parker, Patterson, Poe, Puckett, Ragsdale, Rawlings, Rawlston, Rice, Roark, Roddy, Ross, Rowden, Sawyer, Selcer, Shepherd, Shipley, Simmerman, Sivley, Skillern, Sniteman, Snow, Standifer, Stringer, Sylar, Tallant, Tankesley, Taylor, Thurman, Trail of Tears, Trewitt, Varnell, Varner, Vaughn, Vinson, Walker, Wallace, Wells, White, Whiteside, Williams, Wolf, Yarnell.  378 pgs, index, hardback

This book has over 14,600 names that includes:  Alexander, Andrews Raiders, Arnett, Barnes, Bisplinghoff, Blunt, Blythe, Bolton, Bowers, Boyd, Boydston, Bradfield, Bradford, Brown, Bryant, Burchard, Bush, Cameron, Campbell, Card, Carper, Carr, Cate, Champion, Chandler, Cleveland, Cocke, Coleman, Condra, Conner, Cookson, Cooley, Corbin, Corbitt, Crabtree, Davis, Denney, Dobbs, Doyle, Dragging Canoe, Edwards, Elder, Eustice, Evans, Evatt, Fitzgerald, Ford, French, Fulton, Gilliland, Goins, Grenfield, Gross, Hancock, Harvey, Hickman, Hixson, Hogan, Holder, Hutcheson, Julian, Kennedy, King, Kunz, Lenoir, Lewis, Lightfoot, Lowe, Martin, Matthews, Milliken, Mitchell, Monger, McBride, McNabb, MCW00illiams, Padgett, Parrott, Peak, Pearson, Pendergrass, Priddy, Ragon, Ramsey, Rice, Roberts, Rogers, Roy, Ruohs, Ryall, Schneider, Smith, Talley, Teenor, Tyner, Vail, Vandergriff, Van Epps, Vaughn, Vineyard, Walling, Warner, Watkins, Webster, Wilkins, Wisdom, Witt, Woodward.

Mr. Wilson said the book includes several families that are among the most difficult to sort out - because of the many different branches and families of the same name here. These include Hixson, Smith, Brown, Davis and Conner.  The Hixsons were among the county's earliest settlers and have been among the most prolific, he said. 391 pgs, index, hardback