The Vagabond

By Danny Crownover Former City of Gadsden police captain Will W. Thornton had a very vivid recollection of one of his most exciting assignments, which...

By Danny Crownover In January of 1903, Judge James A. Bilbro of the Etowah County Circuit Court rendered a decision that dissolved the corporation of...

By Danny Crownover Over the years, many businesses in and around Gadsden had odd names for one reason and another. For instance, there was Sprinkle’s...

By Danny Crownover By the 1950s, one could not find any old-time village blacksmith shops around town. There was a time when Gadsden had several such...

By Danny Crownover While reminiscing at my favorite corner in downtown Gadsden at Fourth and Broad streets the other day, The Vagabond recalled an old...

By Danny Crownover The Vagabond recently came across an interesting article written Nov. 9, 1948 by local historian Will I. Martin on Josiah Dennis White...

In 1885, the Gadsden City Council elected Henry C. White as the city’s first marshal and chief of police. White made John S. Hughes his deputy. White,...

By Danny Crownover Joan (pronounced Jo Ann) Mims recently showed The Vagabond a photo of herself as a baby being held under an airplane among a group...

By Danny Crownover Did you know there is a Possum Trot and Turkey Trot in our area? Back in 1948, an article in a local newspaper noted that many places...

By Danny Crownover For many years, several folks saw the need of a historical museum in Gadsden. The late local historian Jerry Jones was one of those...