The Vagabond

September 17, 2026

August 5, 2016

Perhaps the most fatal decision of the Civil War was made in Gadsden in October of 1864, when the Army of Tennessee, co...

July 8, 2016

This week The Vagabond starts a series about the Civil War written by historian Betty Sue McElroy sever...

July 1, 2016

Recently at the Jerry B. Jones Library in the Elliott Community Center in Alabama City, a photo of Ch...

June 24, 2016

This week the Vagabond continues with naming all the known mayors and officials of Gadsden through 1968....

June 17, 2016

This week The Vagabond continues with naming all the known mayors and officials of Gadsden. 1899 Mayor L.L. Herzberg Mayor:...

June 10, 2016

Robert Kyle, First Mayor – 1867. Officials as of June 9, 1876: Mayor: J. H. Disque; Aldermen: J. S. Pad...

June 3, 2016

The Vagabond recently came across a rare document from the early 1930’s that is now at the Etowah Historical Society...

May 13, 2016

Gadsden has had a few booms that helped to build the city to its present prosperous stage, although some of them appeared to have...

May 6, 2016

Back in February of 1868, Gadsden suffered its most disastrous fire up at that time when what was called the Masonic Lodge block was entirely...

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