In 1967 the Martin Inn is mentioned in Walt
Hammer's "Pictorial Walk Thru 'Ol High
Jackson."  Click here to read the paragraph.

Photo by Allen Warren for The 
Huntsville Times, April 18, 1992

Dream Has Gone
Civil War, Rejection of Railroad Led to Bellefonte's Demise
By Jeff  Tryon
Huntsville Times July 6, 1986

Bellefonte --  Once located between the present town of Hollywood and a nuclear power plant under construction, very little remains of the once booming river town of Bellefonte.
Tradition has it that the town disappeared because it spurned the progress represented by the advancing railroad.  (continued)

This chimney is all that's left 
of the Martin Inn.  This photo 
was made in 2004.