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The Vagabond

March 11, 2026
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The Vagabond - Area’s first iron foundry established in 1879
August 18, 2023
By Danny Crownover Gadsden’s first iron foundry was established in 1879 by William Hagen, an expert molder, and John Flynn an...
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The Vagabond - Exchange Hotel in downtown Gadsden
August 11, 2023
By Danny Crownover On the northwest corner of Locust and Fourth streets in Gadsden stood the site of the old Exchange Hotel b...
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The Vagabond - First known person born in Gadsden
July 27, 2023
By Danny Crownover The first person to be born in the City of Gadsden was Joseph R. Hughes on March 14, 1842. He was the son...
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The Vagabond - Local piano tuner not what he appeared to be
July 21, 2023
By Danny Crownover One of the most oddball characters to ever reside in Gadsden was Darwin DeWolf, an itinerant piano tuner...

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