Volume I

 

Scott Johnson Talks About Slavery

Mr. Johnson, born in 1894 to a freed slave, shares stories about America’s “peculiar institution.”

 

A Picture Album (Part 1)

James Patton, County Clerk of Walker County, shares a collection of photographs of early Huntsville, including the first local automobile, along with stories about some of the community’s most colorful residents.

 

A Picture Album (Part 2)

More photographs and stories from James Patton about Walker County including the last hanging and the earliest photograph of Sam Houston’s home.

 

Samuel Walker Houston Builds a School in Galilee

Scott Johnson recalls a milestone in local education.

Growing Up on 14th Street

Ruth Farrington Gibbs Faris remembers town life in the 1920’s.

 

Gospel Music

Mrs. Frankie Grover discusses and demonstrates the importance of vocal music in the African-American communities of the 1800’s.