The Vagabond

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By Danny Crownover In 1934, the Southern Manufacturing Company used a steam whistle on its main plant...

May 10, 2024

By Danny Crownover In the early days of Gadsden, itinerant photographers put up tents and did business...

May 3, 2024

By Danny Crownover In July of 1898 shortly before the United States had won the Spanish-American...

April 26, 2024

By Danny Crownover One of the first schools in Gadsden was that of Miss Fannie Fullenwider’s classroom...

April 19, 2024

By Danny Crownover One of the most distinctive and most artistic building in Gadsden is the stone...

April 12, 2024

By Danny Crownover Persons who traveled in this section during the 1870s were told to stay away from...

April 5, 2024

By Danny Crownover In the 1880s, Gadsden was frequently visited by medicine shows that were occasionally...

March 29, 2024

By Danny Crownover Danny Crownover During the late 1870s and 1880s, much of the cultural, business...

March 22, 2024

By Danny Crownover Guy Denson, the descendant of a pioneer and prominent family in Etowah County,...

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