Cowboys and Cattlemen of the Mimms Trail

Cowboys and Cattlemen of the Mimms Trail

In 1838 Frank McElvy established a cattle trail in the “Piney Woods” of East Central Alabama to provide beef for Columbus and for Montgomery. Cattle drives continued until the start of the Civil War in 1861. This program explores soil regions such as the Black Belt and the Piney Woods and how they shaped land development and land use. We will also look at the valuable contributions of some of East Alabama's previous local historians, Reverend Francis L. Cherry, Dr. J. M. Glenn and John Peavy Wright.