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,
Fall is a favorite season around the MSNHA office, and staff members love sharing their favorite spots: From Becky Tsilis, MSNHA office assistant & League of Outdoor Women leader —Our
There’s nothing we love more than north Alabama in the fall. Whether we’re hiking, kayaking, out taking photos or cuddled up at home with some hot cider, we know all
Carrie kindly whispered, “TJ, you’re holding your paddle upside down.” I sheepishly accepted her correction, still enthralled by my first community paddle and Tennessee River experience, with no inkling of
W hile the story of the chestnut blight has been told in many ways and in many places, a quick overview of what happened to the giants of the eastern
By Carolyn M. Barske Crawford Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area/The University of North Alabama “We really didn’t talk about the chestnut very much. The chestnut was always there and we