History of The Monroe County Historical Society, Inc. Historic Monroe: An Introduction By Charles Granville Hamilton The Mississippian Railroad By Doris Evelyn Funderburk A Review of “Nettleton, The Town Which Honored Me” By Mary Elizabeth Coltrane The Hester Site: An Interview Glenn Beachum and Sam Brookers with Mary Elizabeth Hamilton A Monroe County First: By Maude Hailes Kolb Charter Members Necrology Report Editorial Staff Helen Mattox Crawford, Katherine Sykes Hall Evans, Charles Granville Hamilton, Helen Betty Reid Jones, Norma Lucille Rogers, Clyde Wilson, Janie Patton – Transcriber