The Vagabond

January 28, 2026

March 1, 2024

By Danny Crownover In June of 1897, the Gadsden Fire Department was so busy promoting a steamboat excursion that it dec...

February 23, 2024

By Danny Crownover General W.L. Sibert (pictured at far right), who was the designer and builder of the Panama Canal and one...

February 16, 2024

By Danny Crownover Colonel R.B. Kyle, pioneer industrialist, capitalist and builder of Gadsden, told an interesting story abo...

February 9, 2024

By Danny Crownover A reader recently asked The Vagabond when the First Baptist Church of Gadsden was organized and where the...

February 2, 2024

By Danny Crownover There are two springs at Third Street and Tuscaloosa Avenue, sometimes known as Ewing Avenue, that are of historical int...

January 25, 2024

By Danny Crownover In the early 1900s, Colonel Reuben A. Mitchell conceived the idea of building a huge hydroelectric power plant...

January 19, 2024

By Danny Crownover A tall cedar tree located in the front yard of the Elliott House on Forrest Avenue was removed in 1950 f...

January 11, 2024

By Danny Crownover John W. Duncan was one of the early builders of Gadsden, and for many years was identified wit...

January 5, 2024

By Danny Crownover Major Hugh Carlisle, a Scotland native who built a country home near Guntersville in the late 19th century, be...

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