The Vagabond

January 28, 2026

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...

May 28, 2024

By Danny Crownover Most everybody who lived in the early years of Gadsden often heard that admonition, “Don’t take any wooden n...

May 17, 2024

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

May 10, 2024

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

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