My great grandfather, Elias Fort Harrell, operated Fortune's Ferry across the Cahaba River at about the location of US 80. I believe he operated the ferry until about 1890 when it was probably replaced by a bridge. Does anyone have any specific information about this ferry and when it ceased operation? I believe someone in the late 1800s, perhaps E.F. Harrell, contributed a column to the Selma paper with the heading, "From Fortune's Ferry" containing local news from Harrell's Crossroads and Marion Junction (formerly Forts). Does anyone have clippings of this column or other information? I would also like to correspond with other descendants of Elias Fort Harrell, as well as descendants of his father, Hardiman Israel Harrell, and grandfather, Gabriel Holmes Harrell. William Glenn "Bill" Hayes My middle name comes from Elias Glenn Harrell (called Glenn), my grandmother Tennessee Harrell's brother.