The Vagabond

March 11, 2026

May 30, 2025

By Danny Crownover One of the most interesting events reported in 1900 was the dedication of the Howard Gardner Nichols Memorial Library and...

March 17, 2025

By Danny Crownover The old Striplin School. Gadsden Public Library is now located at this site. The Vagabond recalls the...

August 9, 2024

By Danny Crownover Charles P. Ward, a native of Centre, was a product of the Old South by right of birth and breeding and w...

August 2, 2024

By Danny Crownover William Clinton Bellenger, a leading merchant of Gadsden for many years, was born in Fulton County, Ga., on Ap...

July 26, 2024

By Danny Crownover Visitors to Gadsden in the past, especially those who were reared in sizeable cities, wished to know why th...

July 5, 2024

By Danny Crownover In May of 1888, a local newspaper reported that Dr. M.R. Ferguson, who was one of the most colorful figures of Etowah Cou...

June 27, 2024

By Danny Crownover In the late 1870s and early 1880s, the general merchandise stores in Gadsden advertised that they w...

June 21, 2024

By Danny Crownover In May of 1895, citizens of Gadsden were elated over the news that Dr. A.B. Jones, who had been operating...

May 31, 2024

By Danny Crownover Turkeytown native Char-les Edward Stewart retired as clerk of the United States District Court in Washingt...

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