Two Egg - Volume One of the long awaited new history of Jackson County from local writer and historian Dale Cox is scheduled for release on Saturday, May 3, 2008.
The History of Jackson County, Florida will be the first new complete history of the county published in more than 25 years. It will be published in three volumes, the first of which focuses on the years 1674 to 1861.
Cox began writing the series of books more than two decades ago and finished it in 2007. It has been in the editing and production pages since then. "Our county has such a wonderful past and so much of it has never appeared in print," he said in confirming the project's completion "I began working on the books in 1986 because I wanted my own sons to know that there is much more to the history of Jackson County than just dry dates, old houses and forgotten names."
Cox said that the new history focuses on aspects of Jackson County's history that have received little or no attention in the past. "I wanted to put some of these stories into print," he told the Jackson County Times, "to make sure that they are better remembered by future generations than they have been by our own."
Some of the key chapters of Volume One focus on the little known Spanish missions that existed in Jackson County during the 1600s, on the county's role in the American Revolution and on the rich Native American heritage of the area.
Other chapters in the first volume focus on the county seat controversy between Marianna and Webbville, the first steamboat on the Chipola River, the Bellamy Bridge legend and a little known "war" that broke out in the southern parts of the county in 1860.
All three volumes in the series are expected to be released by the end of the year and will be available in both hard cover and paperback. The first volume will be available in May at Chipola River Book & Tea in Downtown Marianna as well as for order online through http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/, http://www.twoeggfla.com/ and http://www.battleofmarianna.net/ and through national websites such as Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.
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