The Vagabond

August 25, 2026

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...

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...

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