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August 24, 2026
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Etowah County’s Tuberculosis Hospital
June 27, 2025
By Danny Crownover Located on Lookout Mountain, it was started in June 1926. The site was a five-acre tract on the western b...
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H.W. Riddle and progress at Dwight
June 20, 2025
By Danny Crownover Back in 1950, H.W. Riddle, 73-year-old contractor, a resident of Gadsden for 63 years, saw many changes in the city since he first came he...
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Dedication of the first library
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...
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March 17, 2025
By Danny Crownover The old Striplin School. Gadsden Public Library is now located at this site. The Vagabond recalls the...
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The Vagabond - Early pioneer Charles P. Ward
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...
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The Vagabond - Bellenger family has deep history in Gadsden
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...
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The Vagabond - Livestock used to roam downtown Gadsden
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...
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The Vagabond - A quack doctor in 1880s Gadsden
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...
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The Vagabond - Anonymous Scott, a trapper from Canoe Creek
June 27, 2024
By Danny Crownover In the late 1870s and early 1880s, the general merchandise stores in Gadsden advertised that they w...

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