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Edinburgh museums share stories
By Jessie Todd Johnson MSNHA graduate assistant Cultural heritage in Scotland is not much different than it is here. We spent our second week in Scotland in Edinburgh, where we visited a...
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Arthur Alexander early creator of ‘Muscle Shoals Sound’
By Jessie Todd Johnson MSNHA graduate assistant What do the Beatles, the Stones & Bob Dylan all have in common? I know, what a random grouping & bizarre riddle for me to ask us regular...
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Country music grew in 1970s
By Jessie Johnson MSNHA graduate assistant When you think about the music scene in the Shoals, you do not think of country. You might think of Aretha Franklin, Percy Sledge or the Rolling Stones. Soul...
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Wishbone Productions helped start UNA entertainment program
By Jessie Johnson MSNHA graduate assistant The Shoals has several recording studios. Some of them are more famous than others but all have contributed to the area’s international reputation. One...
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Hidden Spaces’ Hometown Tour Guides: Wayne Kuykendall
By Abraham Rowe In an effort to learn more about our communities from an insider perspective, the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Areas’s Hidden Spaces project asks folks from all across northwest...
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Leave the leaves!
By Terrence Johnson MSNHA programs coordinator An American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) forages along the Appalachian Trail in Adams, MA during its presumed southward fall migration. Photo: TJ Johnson...
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MSNHA staffers attend national meeting in New England
By Carrie Crawford MSNHA director Growing up in New England has made me very partial to fall. While we certainly have fall in Alabama, it doesn’t quite compare to a New England fall (sorry!!). It...
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Commemorating Veterans Day and Jesse Owens Museum
By Jessie Johnson MSNHA graduate assistant Local museums are some of my favorite places to visit. I love learning about people and places I do not know much about. It makes me feel like I am connecting...
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George Washington Goethals and the Muscle Shoals Canal
By Alana Rogers MSNHA graduate assistant Although you may not recognize his name, George Washington Goethals ranks was one of the most instrumental people who contributed to making the Shoals area what...
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A Cannon Ball’s Tale
By Greg Gresham North Alabama Civil War Round Table If you’ve ever been in Pope’s Tavern Museum, you might remember seeing an extremely large cannonball, much bigger than anything you will ever see at...
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