The Vagabond

June 8, 2026

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...

April 29, 2016

One of the funniest things to happen in Gadsden during the so-called “Gay Nineties” (1890’s) was the purchase of a “dead man” by fou...

April 22, 2016

It is very unlikely that few if any Gadsden residents can locate where the smallest brick business house on Broad Street or, for that mat...

April 8, 2016

When there was much discussion of hydroelectric power over the country in the 1900’s, Gadsden was talking about the Coosa River as...

April 1, 2016

The Emma Sansom statue on Broad Street in Gadsden was dedicated back in 2007, and many locals celebrated the unveiling. This w...

March 25, 2016

The Ringling Brothers Circus made its first appearance in Gadsden on Nov. 8, 1899. The show had been in Birmingham and Anniston and...

March 18, 2016

Last week The Vagabond met a young lady from Huntsville, Sarah Belanger, who is writing a book about Prohibition in Northeast Alabama. T...

March 11, 2016

Charles Reese recently spoke to the Etowah Historical Society about his father, Vernon “Toby” Reese, a famous country star from Gadsden....

February 26, 2016

Last week the Vagabond discussed the early streetcars in the Gadsden area, the first ones being drawn by horse and later ones by steam l...

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