The Vagabond

July 27, 2026

June 19, 2020

By Danny Crownover Gadsden’s very first architect was W. H. Willett, who located here around 1887. One of his big jobs was the...

June 12, 2020

By Danny Crownover In 1939, a tourist passing through Gadsden on his way home to Kentucky from a brief stay in Florida wanted...

June 5, 2020

By Danny Crownover In the beginning of the 20th century, gas lamps were being used as streetlights. Architects realized that...

May 29, 2020

By Danny Crownover The Vagabond often is asked about the big fire Gadsden experienced on July 4, 1883. This question always lea...

May 29, 2020

By Danny Crownover Gadsden attorney Gregory Cusimano recently posted a photo on the “Welcome to Gadsden & Etowah County”...

May 15, 2020

By Danny Crownover Part III Many people in Etowah County do not realize that many of the hard-working citizens of t...

May 15, 2020

By Danny Crownover Part II Many people in Etowah County do not realize that many of the hard-working citizens of the area were fro...

May 1, 2020

By Danny Crownover Part I Many people in Etowah County do not realize that many of the hard-working citizens of the area were from other...

April 24, 2020

By Danny Crownover You don’t find any old-time village blacksmith shops that used to dot the local landscape. Back in the 187...

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