By Torey Badar MSNHA graduate student Note: This is the first 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 Dixie Norwood MSNHA graduate assistant As we begin the month of October, storytellers throughout the MSNHA dust off their tales of the weird & spooky. But do you know
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 Greg Gresham North Alabama Civil War Round Table MSNHA note: This post includes contemporary Civil War accounts using language we consider offensive today. We have many Civil War stories
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.
By Debbie Wilson Executive director, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio What a year! Everything slowed down or came to a standstill all over the world. But not the music. Music continued
By Julia McGee M.A. in public history from the University of North Alabama, December, 2019 Former MSNHA graduate assistant (Text from “Women of the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area”) The