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The Freedom Riders mural on Gurnee Avenue in Anniston, Alabama, depicting a Greyhound bus with the question 'Could You Get On The Bus?' painted above it

The Burning Bus

Freedom Riders National Monument  ·  Anniston, Alabama

Pixel pilgrims walking through a forest — Ecclesia Community

A Fresh Expression of Church in Northeast Alabama

Ecclesia Community  ·  Anniston, Alabama

He Bought Flowers Every Week

  ·  Anniston, Alabama

Jean Ellison in a pink Mom-To-Go apron, fist raised, outdoors in Anniston

The View from the Boat

Jean Ellison  ·  Anniston, Alabama

The Chief Ladiga Trail covered in snow, bare trees and blue sky, December 2017

Chief Ladiga, 1832

Chief Ladiga Trail  ·  Anniston to Piedmont, Alabama

Lewis Downing leaning on the glass counter at Downing and Sons, with garden and seed products on shelves behind him

1030 Gurnee

Lewis Downing  ·  Anniston, Alabama

More Stories

Meet the people behind the businesses, shops, and traditions that make this region what it is.

Patrick Wigley on a mountain bike trail, wearing a green jersey and helmet

Wig's Wheels

Wig's Wheels  ·  anniston-al

Ciara Smith-Roston, mayor of Anniston, Alabama

She Started at Sixteen

Ciara Smith-Roston  ·  Anniston, Alabama

Shannon Jenkins, President and CEO of United Way of East Central Alabama

"Don't Be
Afraid to
Dream"

Shannon Jenkins  ·  Anniston, Alabama

Samuel Sawyer at the farmers market with mushrooms and tinctures at the Aquality Farms booth

A NEW WAY OF
GROWING

Aquality Farms  ·  Anniston, Alabama

Noccalula Falls viewed from the gorge floor, Gadsden, Alabama

Where the Water Thunders

Noccalula Falls Park  ·  Gadsden, Alabama

Hedcut portrait of April LaFollette, Executive Director of Interfaith Ministries of Calhoun County

Churches Stopped Competing

Interfaith Ministries of Calhoun County  ·  Anniston, Alabama

A child explores the lobby of the Anniston Museum of Natural History

Where Wonder Grows Wild

Anniston Museums & Gardens  ·  Anniston, Alabama

Pixel pilgrims walking through a forest — Ecclesia Community

A Fresh Expression of Church in Northeast Alabama

Ecclesia Community  ·  Anniston, Alabama

He Bought Flowers Every Week

He Bought Flowers Every Week

  ·  Anniston, Alabama

Jean Ellison in a pink Mom-To-Go apron, fist raised, outdoors in Anniston

The View from the Boat

Jean Ellison  ·  Anniston, Alabama

The Chief Ladiga Trail covered in snow, bare trees and blue sky, December 2017

Chief Ladiga, 1832

Chief Ladiga Trail  ·  Anniston to Piedmont, Alabama

Lewis Downing leaning on the glass counter at Downing and Sons, with garden and seed products on shelves behind him

1030 Gurnee

Lewis Downing  ·  Anniston, Alabama

The Freedom Riders mural on Gurnee Avenue in Anniston, Alabama, depicting a Greyhound bus with the question 'Could You Get On The Bus?' painted above it

The Burning Bus

Freedom Riders National Monument  ·  Anniston, Alabama

No Shade

From the Journal

No Shade

Last Easter I was manic. This Easter someone handed me a cup.

Now Available · Vol. 1

Southern Legends
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Five profiles. 200 copies. $15.
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The Collected Book

Southern Legends:
the profiles, the places, the history.

Every profile is a chapter. Every essay is a source. When there are enough of them, we’re compiling them into the book Northeast Alabama has never had. The mythology is what the chamber prints. This is the reality.

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