The Vagabond

November 3, 2026

September 24, 2021

By Danny Crownover Etowah County’s first courthouse in 1870 was a small red brick building of colonial design featuring four...

September 16, 2021

By Danny Crownover In 1900, there was a local story about the famous belled buzzard that attracted attention in every section of...

September 9, 2021

By Danny Crownover The Etowah Rifles volunteer military unit was mustered into service on July 4, 1883, with Judge John Harold...

August 26, 2021

By Danny Crownover Having recently read The Vagabond’s account concerning the burning of the Dwight Inn in Alabama City back in...

August 19, 2021

By Danny Crownover While driving through this area recently, The Vagabond was struck by the fact that so few crows were to be s...

August 12, 2021

By Danny Crownover On September 1, 1900, the only hotel until recent times to be built in Alabama City, the Dwight Inn, caught fire at 1 a.m. i...

August 5, 2021

By Danny Crownover In May of 1900, the City of Gadsden did itself proud by hosting the annual convention of the volunteer firemen from Georgia...

July 30, 2021

By Danny Crownover In 1902, John L. Burnett introduced a bill in the U.S. Congress which, if passed, would authorize R.R. Ashbu...

July 23, 2021

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

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