Dr. Marty Olliff's monthly series continues with a look at a thriving industry in the Wiregrass in the early 20th century.
Although the Wiregrass is known for commercial-scale peanut and cotton agriculture, those were late comers to the region’s economic life. Hunting and bottom-land gardening fed the original Native American inhabitants, and white settlers merely added droving of rangy cattle and hogs to the mix.
Eventually, naval stores and small-scale logging supplemented the new inhabitants’ incomes,…
Dr. Stephen Carmody's discovery sheds new light on our understanding of Native American history and culture.
A Troy University professor has uncovered evidence of the earliest use of tobacco in North America north of Mexico, a discovery that may change our understanding of the early life and culture of Native Americans.
Dr. Stephen Carmody, an assistant professor of anthropology, along with Dr. Jon Russ of Rhodes College and Dr. Jera Davis…
Dr. Marty Olliff's monthly series continues with a focus on the Wiregrass Archives' documentation of local historic churches.
Local history is a funny thing. Unlike Great Britain, where local history is the subject of scholastic interest, in the U.S. it’s usually the concern of avocational historians who might not be trained in academic theory but who really know how to do the “spade work” required to dig deeply into the past of a…
TROY students Mya Bell and Ciara Jones collect dirt in Perote, Alabama in memory of lynching victim Tobe McGrady.
A Troy University history class is doing its part to provide a sense of justice for victims of lynching in and around Pike County.
Students in Dr. Kathryn Tucker’s class, the African American Experience, have spent part of the spring semester researching lynching, searching out locations and filling jars with dirt from the sites where…
