The Vagabond

December 17, 2025

The Vagabond - 19th century local entrepreneur Samuel Berger

December 15, 2023

By Danny Crownover One of the most colorful of the old timers of Gadsden was merchant, capitalist and manufacturer Samue...

The Vagabond - The Aunt Katie Hughes property

December 8, 2023

By Danny Crownover One of the more interesting of the pioneers of Gadsden was Kathrine Moragane Hughes, familiarly known...

The Vagabond - Gold and rumors of gold in Gadsden area

December 1, 2023

By Danny Crownover Last week The Vagabond discussed Native Americans from this area who claimed knowledge of where deposits of gold and silver were located. Of cour...

The Vagabond - Cherokees and speculators

November 17, 2023

By Danny Crownover In September of 1870, it was reported in Gadsden that 20 Cherokee Indians had arrived in this area...

The Vagabond - First local YMCA chapter organized in 1906

October 20, 2023

By Danny Crownover An effort to establish and maintain a local YMCA chapter was made in 1886, but it was altogether a religious organization and not successful. In...

The Vagabond - Famous newspaper publisher was local product

October 13, 2023

By Danny Crownover Simpson Bobo Dean, member of a pioneer family of Gadsden who started his newspaper career as a printer’s devil for the local n...

The Vagabond - Early canning factories

September 28, 2023

By Danny Crownover Gadsden’s first canning factory was built in the early 1890s and operated by R.H. Lucas in connection with h...

The Vagabond - Local railroad bridge leaned like Tower of Pisa

September 15, 2023

By Danny Crownover Gadsden businessman W.U. Paschal literally landed here by ferryboat in 1888 when he was a boy. He was startl...

The Vagabond - Captain Elliott’s short-lived peach orchard

September 1, 2023

By Danny Crownover The largest peach orchard ever planted in Etowah County was located on the side of the mountain overlooking w...