The Vagabond

January 28, 2026

May 3, 2024

By Danny Crownover In July of 1898 shortly before the United States had won the Spanish-American War, citizens of...

April 26, 2024

By Danny Crownover One of the first schools in Gadsden was that of Miss Fannie Fullenwider’s classroom on Eighth Street, locat...

April 19, 2024

By Danny Crownover One of the most distinctive and most artistic building in Gadsden is the stone chapel located in Fo...

April 12, 2024

By Danny Crownover Persons who traveled in this section during the 1870s were told to stay away from Walnut Grove th...

April 5, 2024

By Danny Crownover In the 1880s, Gadsden was frequently visited by medicine shows that were occasionally entertaini...

March 29, 2024

By Danny Crownover Danny Crownover During the late 1870s and 1880s, much of the cultural, business and social life of Gadsden centered...

March 22, 2024

By Danny Crownover Guy Denson, the descendant of a pioneer and prominent family in Etowah County, left Gadsden in...

March 20, 2024

By Danny Crownover Etowah County’s tuberculosis hospital located on Lookout Mountain opened in June of 1926. The site...

March 8, 2024

By Danny Crownover In June of 1897 under the direction of Alderman Obal Christopher, the City of Gadsden began to grade and c...

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