Today, we delve into the fascinating, but ultimately tragic tale of the Jefferson Hotel, once a prom...
Shoals History Lessons
Learn all about our area's local history with these short history lessons.
A Legacy of Education in Florence, Alabama Remember Burrell Normal School? Maybe not, but for us who...
Robert Cloud was born on May 4, 1844, in Marshall County, Mississippi. At the age of sixteen, Cloud ...
An Ideal Location for a City — Florence* In the beginning of the world, so the Cherokees said, a bea...
Located at 221 West Tuscaloosa Street in Florence, Alabama, the Thimbelton home stands as a testamen...
The Sheffield Hotel was a 5-story brick building and had 163 rooms. The hotel was located on the cor...
Florence Ice & Coal Company opened in early 1903 and was located on Aetna Street in East Florence ne...
In the pages of an old newspaper, a vision was cast upon the fertile lands of Lauderdale County, Ala...
Robert Wesley Drane was born on October 25, 1886, in Lauderdale County, Alabama. He is best known fo...