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FROM THE VAULT: How Squash, Beans, and Corn Became Southern Food
It is romantic to think of Native Americans stalking through the forest with a bow and arrow in search of food. But by the European entrada, most of the calories…
Read MoreThomas Rowan was the son of Irish immigrants, who settled in Saint Clair County, Alabama in c.1854. He later purchased 130 acres in Leeds and built a home along an…
Read MoreGoing to Bat for Alabama’s Flying Mammals
On a sunshiny Saturday at Desoto State Park in Fort Payne, very small winged creatures that prefer to make their home in dark caves came out to say hello. Or…
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