The Vagabond

March 12, 2026

April 5, 2019

By Danny “The Vagabond” Crownover The first steamboat to ply the waters of the Coosa River was appropriat...

March 22, 2019

By Danny Crownover Gadsden’s historian Will I. Martin wrote extensively about early Gadsden. The following is a sampl...

March 15, 2019

By Danny Crownover Many boys and older men who did not participate in the Civil War stayed behind and formed Home...

March 1, 2019

By Danny Crownover The American Civil War remains the most significant event in Alabama’s history. Tensions that had been bu...

February 22, 2019

By Danny Crownover In June of 1959, two human torsos were discovered a few hours apart in Etowah and St. Clair counties and...

February 15, 2019

By Danny Crownover Last week the Vagabond wrote part one of Gadsden native, Edward (Ed) L. Gamblin leaving for Germany as an Amer...

February 8, 2019

By Danny Crownover America entered France in World War II with the D-Day landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944. Two months late...

February 1, 2019

By Danny Crownover Jacob C. Lutes was born on Feb. 19, 1836 in Lafayette, Ga. He was the son of George Lutes (born...

January 25, 2019

By Danny Crownover A blind tiger was an important source of revenue for some boats. An organization would reserve the...

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