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Mar 12, 20173 min read

Historically Speaking: Calendar, Courthouse and Photographs--Be Involved

The Nesbit House. See notes below. It seems that the Historical Society has been working underground for the past few months. Illnesses,...

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Mar 5, 20176 min read

My mother, Mary Verenice Cooper, was born July 8, 1932, near Valley Head, Ala. She was brought into this world by Dr. Joseph Leonard...

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Mar 1, 20179 min read

The B&G Jiffway, the modern, spanking-new convenience store at I-24 and Hwy. 299 where Bea Haygood and Glenda Scott wanted to sell beer...

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Feb 26, 20173 min read

A few months ago, I wrote a history article about my great-great Aunt Josephine Hawkins Parrish. She grew up in Dekalb County, Ala., and...

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Feb 24, 20176 min read

On May 20, 1981, a tiny "filler copy" article on an inside page of The Dade County Sentinel--in those days, a well-written, newsy little...

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Feb 19, 20176 min read

Dr. Middleton with his second wife, Mallie Hale Middleton. Recently, while waiting in a doctor’s office in Chattanooga, my brother struck...

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Nov 13, 20166 min read

With Halloween approaching, I found myself in a discussion with my friend about how Halloween has changed since “our day.” During my hour...

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Oct 9, 20168 min read

Monica Thomas, who integrated the Dade school system all by her 11-year-old lonesome. There’s an old saying that “History is something...

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Aug 15, 20166 min read

Editor's note: This is third in a local history series originally published by Linda Wilson in 2015. A few weeks ago, I wrote a couple of...

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