Clyde Windsor, President
PO Drawer 1080
Tuskegee, AL 36087
Phone: (334) 727-2340
Fax: (334) 727-2341
seashainc@aol.com
Counties
Served:
Barbour, Bullock, Coosa, Crenshaw, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Pike, Russell, Tallapoosa
Incorporated:
1967
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Photos by Billie Brown
 Barbour
County is known for its historic homes and bass fishing. Bullock County provides top-notch hunting and fishing.
It hosts the annual Field Dog Trials in November, and the largest national amateur dog trials in February.
Coosa County is extremely rural, with four elementary schools and only one high school. Only 53 percent
of its residents have graduated from high school; only 6 percent are college graduates.
It is known for Hatchet Creek, which flows from the northeast corner of the county to the southwest,
offering excellent canoeing.
Crenshaw County is home to
Crenshaw County Lake, antique stores, flea markets, and an artesian well. It serves as a main thoroughfare
to northwest Florida beaches. Its economy relies on agriculture. The largest business in the county is
Sister Schubert’s Homemade Rolls. Elmore County is the site of the Fort Toulouse State Park, Jasmine Hill
Gardens, and Jordan and Martin Lakes. It also is reliant on agriculture, though industries such as textiles
and aerospace are gaining importance.
Founded by Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee
University is one of the oldest historically black schools in the nation, and where George Washington Carver
did his pioneering work on plan genetics and crop rotation. It is located in Macon County, which grows cotton,
corn, and vegetable crops, and also relies on the university, the Veterans’ Hospital, and the sand and gravel
industry for its economy. Pike County was organized in 1821. It was so large at first that it was called the
"State of Pike." It’s economy is almost completely agricultural. It is home to Pocossin, an evergreen area that
boast plants found nowhere else in the world beyond deserts.
Russell County is more urban than rural,
but still has many agricultural crops growing in its area. It is home to the Fort Mitchell National Cemetery
and contains a portion of the Trail of Tears, the route of the infamous forced march of Cherokee Indians from
their native lands to Oklahoma. Less than 60 percent of the population are high school graduates; only 8 percent
are college graduates. Tallapoosa County was the site of a gold rush in the 1840’s. Mining operations were carried
out in the county as late as the 1930’s.
Many of these counties lie in a circle
around the city of Montgomery, a cradle of the Civil Rights Movement. While some retain urban centers, all
have significant rural areas. The overall population is 630,000, 44 percent of whom are African-Americans.
Average poverty rates (according to U.S. Census) average nearly 20% for counties, with highs of 31% in Lowndes
and Macon counties.
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