When we think of World War I, we conjure visions of horrible trench warfare, machine guns, gas attacks, and endless mud. We also note how quickly the American Expeditionary Force demobilized after the Armistice of November 11, 1918.
American occupations sector, 1918-1923. (Wiregrass Archives)
Few of us think about the 250,000 troops of the US…
This is the last post in our series on train wreck photographs in the Tom Solomon Collection.
Railroading in the early 20th century could be dangerous, and train wrecks could be horrendous.
This was true for Engineer Richard G. (Dick) Morgan and his Fireman W. Brown Hunter who were driving Atlantic Coast Line passenger train…
The Wiregrass Archives is housed at the Troy University Dothan Campus.
The Wiregrass Archives at the Troy University Dothan Campus has received of one of just eight nationwide awards presented by the Society of American Archivists Foundation (SAAF).
The $5,000 Catalyst Grant, previously named the SAA Foundation Strategic Growth Grant, is helping to support a Wiregrass Archives project titled “Capturing Black History in the Wiregrass.”
Part of the project features…
Dothan was proclaimed the "Boiled Peanut Capital of the World" by the Dothan Eagle in 1929. (Wiregrass Archives)
“Dothan is the Boiled Peanut Capital of the World”
In Summer 2022, Dale Cox (a great Troy supporter and owner of Two Egg Television) alerted the Wiregrass Archives to an opportunity to secure a historical marker to memorialize the links between Dothan and boiled peanuts.
The William G. Pomeroy Foundation’s “Hungry for History” program “celebrates America’s food history…
