1893 Map of Jasper

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Jasper serves as the central hub for this late nineteenth-century portrait of Alabama’s coal country, where the nascent mining industry and a complex network of river crossings define the landscape. The geography is dictated by the deeply carved paths of the Sipsey Fork and Mulberry Fork, which converge at the Black Warrior River. Before the era of modern bridges, local commerce relied heavily on family-named transit points like Snow Fy. and Goodwin Fd..