City of Valor

• https://alabamanewscenter.com/2017/11/10/three-nationally-acclaimed-heroes-put-leeds-league/

• Historical Marker: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=83916

Cemeteries 

National Registry of Historic Places 

• https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/ce89a5ee-659f-42d8-af40-aafc9ce9928b 

Newspapers: https://www.loc.gov/item/sn86050355/

Voices of Leeds 

Leeds Trails and Tours: https://leedstrailsandtours.com/

Leeds Scenic Byway

• Alabama Stagecoach Route https://alabamabyways.com/2012/09/25/leeds-stagecoach-route/

• https://www.leedsalabama.gov/210/Leeds-Scenic-Byway

Historic District 

Railroad Society 

Yearbooks 

Red Diamond Mines - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLC9aYEYGPw

Census records 

Photos 

• 1940 Downtown Leeds https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMOvqLTG2N6sS6sr37wwpYrkZTU0ZHH8DYSZHFc_PVmMTjRnOjAAg05FXrXekHp4w?key=V3ZHdU5qRkZGVWJaUHJ0dHRKN1BxR1ZtTldXMHB3

Historic characters​

• Rebecca Bace, computer security expert and pioneer in intrusion detection

• Charles Barkley, Basketball Hall of Famer

• Chandler Champion, Miss Alabama (2013)

• Ramey Channell , Leeds author, poet, portrait artist, illustrator, born in Leeds, Alabama. 

• Henry E. Erwin, U.S. Army Air Forces, Medal of Honor recipient, World War II

• Kenneth L. Farmer, Jr., U.S. Army major general (retired); U.S. Army deputy surgeon general and Army chief of staff, Medical Command

• Nathan Glick, artist and illustrator

• Caitlín R. Kiernan, author and paleontologist

• William R. Lawley, Jr., U.S. Army Air Forces, Medal of Honor recipient, World War II

• Harry Lee, former Canadian Football League player

• Mark Martin, cartoonist

• Alford L. McLaughlin, U.S. Marine Corps, Medal of Honor recipient, Korean War

• Harry Walker, Major League Baseball player and manager, two-time All Star and 1947 NL batting champion

• Dixie Walker (pitcher) (Ewart Gladstone Walker), Major League Baseball player, father of Dixie Walker (Fred E Walker, Sr.) and Harry Walker

The Legend of John Henry

Garst, John. Chasing John Henry in Alabama and Mississippi: A Personal Memoir of Work in Progress.

Tributaries: Journal of the Alabama Folklife Association, Vol. V (2002), pp. 92–129.
This article presents the most detailed modern analysis supporting a central Alabama location for the John Henry legend, including the Oak and Coosa Mountain tunnel area near Leeds.
Copies may be ordered through the Alabama Folklife Association.

Johnson, Guy B.

John Henry: Tracking Down a Negro Legend.
University of North Carolina Press, 1929.
An early and influential folklore study that critically examined multiple claimed locations for the John Henry story.

Chappell, Louis Watson.

John Henry: A Folk-Lore Study. 1933.
A companion scholarly work that further evaluated oral histories, song variants, and competing geographic claims.

Stovall, Pleasant A., and O. Pierre Havens.

Fruits of Industry: Points and Pictures Along the Central Railroad of Georgia. Savannah, 1895.
A contemporary publication documenting the Central of Georgia Railroad system shortly after the period associated with the John Henry legend.

​Historical Society Minutes 

Calendar of events, including Historical Society event dates, dates of significance in Leeds History, important US History Dates, Armed Forces Day, Flag Day, etc

• April 27th https://alabamanewscenter.com/2019/04/27/day-alabama-history-city-leeds-incorporated/

Leeds Area Pioneers 

Historical Markers

• List https://www.hmdb.org/results.asp?Search=Place&Town=Leeds&State=Alabama 

• Bass House - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=24697

• City of Leeds https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=49351

• Mt. Hebron School https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=83918

• Mt. Hebron Cemetery https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=83917

• Rowan House https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=24716

• The Depot https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=22209

• John Henry https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=22207

• Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=83916

• Shiloh Cemetery https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=49350  

• Mt Pleasant Church

Historical Markers in other areas that relate to Leeds History

• Location where Andrew Jackson's Army crossed the Coosa River at Cropwell - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=217726

• Hwy 25 history - Sidney Word Lee https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=52693

Books and other documents about Leeds

Churches

Leeds Presbyterian Church https://leedspc.org/history/

Depot

https://www.alabamacommunitiesofexcellence.org/attraction/leeds-historic-southern-railway-depot/

Historical Maps

https://pastmaps.com/explore/us/al/jefferson/leeds

Miscellaneous Links

• Encyclopedia of Alabama https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/leeds/

• City of Leeds https://www.leedsalabama.gov/

• Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds,_Alabama

• Alabama Travel https://alabama.travel/places-to-go/cities-and-towns/leeds

• Everyone Leeds https://everyoneleeds.com/

• Leeds Main Street https://www.mainstreetalabama.org/leeds/

• Leeds Chamber of Commerce https://leedsareachamber.com/

• The Travel https://www.thetravel.com/what-to-know-about-leeds-alabama/

• Mid-South Chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society https://rlhs.org/WP/mid-south-chapter-birmingham-al-2/ 

• Shelby County Website for Leeds https://www.shelbyal.com/796/Leeds 

• Gibson Family History https://gibsonfamilyhistory.com/leeds.php

• Kiddle https://kids.kiddle.co/Leeds,_Alabama

• Birmingham Wiki https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Leeds

• Waymarking https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMD7VR_Leeds_Benchmarks_in_History_Leeds_AL