…Custody’ of ‘Flying Saucer’”, from the Florence Times, Saturday, July 12, 1947, p. 1. The article reported that the Florence Police Department had “gained custody” of a flying saucer, which…
…the small permanent population, the city keeps multiple large scenic parks, a golf course, an airport and trails connecting its amenities for cyclists & pedestrians. The connectivity & accessibility of…
…a thousand years ago. This Native American legacy is embedded in regional cultural memory, as locals refer to the Shoals portion of the Tennessee River as the “Singing River”–a possible…
…a plan, both locally and regionally. “I think it went really well,” said Carrie Barske Crawford, director of the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area. “I think it’s great to learn…
…but in my travels I have discovered regionally unique slaws. North Carolina has a specific tomato-and-vinegar-based red slaw. Alabama has white sauce and vinegar-based & mustard-based slaw. Texas has mayonnaise…
…in Sheffield. This soon became The King Stove & Range Company, dedicated to custom-made coal & wood heaters, cooking stoves and ranges. It took 12 years for the brothers to…
Photo courtesy U. G. White Mercantile Ulysses Grant White started U.G. White Hardware and Implement Company in 1917, and the store continues to anchor Athens’ thriving downtown. Visitors & customers…
…some tribes’ adoption of various Euro-American institutions and customs, they were still unequal in the eyes of many Americans. Trail of Tears European explorers and the U.S. government made many…
…black and white customers. A few like Jesse Patton and “boss [bicycle] mechanic” Percy Casey had biographical sketches published in the white papers. Above, newspaper ads for Hilton Key’s (1832-1896)…
These historic sites chronicle the history of race relations during the Civil War and into the 20th century. Fort Henderson was staffed mainly by black soldiers, who were subsequently captured…
Interior of the Village School Auditorium, Hidden Spaces Project The U.S. government built these stucco and red-tiled-roofed bungalows to house workers for a World War I nitrate plant. Later named…
MSNHA photo Begun in 1918 and finished in 1924, the imposing Wilson Lock and Dam is a neoclassical-style engineering marvel that the newly created TVA acquired in 1933. The navigational…
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