The MSNHA Blog

By Torey Badar MSNHA graduate student Note: This is the third in a series of blog posts about the “Sallie Independence Foster Collection, 1835-1889,” at the University of North Alabama

By Torey Badar MSNHA graduate student Note: This is the second in a series of blog posts about the “Sallie Independence Foster Collection, 1835-1889,” at the University of North Alabama

By Terrance Johnson MSNHA grad student & outdoor-recreation consultant Help us outfit the next generation of adventurers in Northwest Alabama. At the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area, we believe some

By Greg GreshamNorth Alabama Civil War Round Table Recently, I wrote a couple of Civil War era articles about the “Hidden Ford” on Shoal Creek. Though the combat described in the

By Dixie Norwood MSNHA graduate assistant Did you know that there was a cast iron foundry in the Shoals? In 1905, brothers W.H. and Charles Martin were salesmen for King

By Dixie Norwood MSNHA graduate assistant Did you know that Florence is home to one of the 60 Usonian structures designed by innovative 20th-century architect Frank Lloyd Wright?  The Rosenbaum

By Brian Corrigan MSNHA music-preservation consultant Muscle Shoals music marked another tragic milestone last week with the passing of Swampers drummer Roger Hawkins. Born in Indiana, in 1945, Hawkins moved

By Greg Gresham North Alabama Civil War Round Table A few weeks ago, I wrote about the skirmish that pitted Union Cavalry, under Gen. Datus Coon against generals Frank Armstrong

By Greg Gresham North Alabama Civil War Round Table         Often, while researching period documents of the Civil War, one finds names of towns, creeks, landmarks, etc.