By Jessie Todd Johnson MSNHA graduate assistant The Tennessee Valley Historical Society was established in 1923 by Frank R. King, a native of Leighton, to tell & protect Muscle Shoals-area
From Terrence Johnson MSNHA programs coordinator Alabama’s two National Heritage Areas and two Rotary Districts are working together to protect pollinators. On April 19, leaders from Rotary Districts
By Clayton Davis MSNHA historic preservationist When driving across the O’Neil Memorial Bridge to cross between Florence and Sheffield, observers will notice an old iron railroad bridge sitting off
By Jessie Todd Johnson MSNHA graduate assistant Colbert is a well-known name in northwestern Alabama — for most people, “Colbert County” is the obvious connection — but how much do
By Jessie Todd JohnsonMSNHA graduate student Alabama does Helen Keller a disservice. We overlook how interesting and witty she was by focusing only on her “Miracle Worker” roots. I remember
By Carrie CrawfordMSNHA director In February, I traveled to Washington, D.C., for the annual Alliance of National Heritage Areas meeting. (Well, it was an annual meeting in Washington until COVID-19.
By Terrence “T.J.” Johnson MSNHA program coordinator My introduction to the Tennessee River came on my first evening in the Shoals (and the South). Driving along the Natchez Trace, I
By Jordan Collier Assistant Genealogy and Local History Librarian Florence-Lauderdale Public Library Here’s a Civil War trivia question for you: Which (in)famous Union general crossed the Tennessee River at Waterloo
By Brian CorriganMSNHA consultant When I was a child growing up in the nearby Shoals, Decatur was synonymous with the Point Mallard water park. But it turns out the River
By Becky Tsilis MSNHA office assistant & League of Outdoor Women leader In early October, MSNHA staff members Carrie Crawford, TJ Johnson and I traveled to the 2022 Alliance of
By Jordan Collier Assistant Genealogy and Local History Librarian Florence-Lauderdale Public Library It may come as a surprise that industry in antebellum Lauderdale County was remarkably advanced and diversified. Abundant
From the Tennessee RiverLine Tennessee RiverLine partners from across the region, including representatives of Tennessee RiverTowns communities & organizations from Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky, gathered in The Shoals, Sept. 14-15,