Why Is It Named That? - Paperback

by Dex Nilsson (Author)

Contains stories behind over 300 of the place names of Huntsville and Madison County, Alabama -- streets and roads, buildings, parks, mountains and streams, schools, and more. This edition of the book is specially issued in time for Alabama's bicentennial in 2019. From these stories, the 200-year history of the area emerges.

Author Biography

Dex Nilsson is author of several books including Discover Why It's Called ... about how 150 places on the Maryland Eastern Shore got their names and The Names of Washington, D.C., about 275 places in the nation's capital. He arrived in Huntsville, Alabama, in 1954. He holds a B.S. degree from Purdue with majors in chemistry and English, and has worked as a publications manager for Thiokol Chemical Corporation, later for General Electric Company in Huntsville and Maryland.