Author: Shannon Hollon

Shannon Hollon lives in McCalla Alabama graduated from McAdory High School and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Served 9 years in the US Navy Seabees with one tour in Afghanistan.Currently employed with US Steel and serving on the board of directors for the West Jefferson County Historical Society. http://wjchs.com/

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February 4, 2024 April 18, 2024by Donna R Causey

Join Us FREE FOR SEVEN DAY Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron member for $2 a month and comment, chat, and share your nostalgia with…

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AUTHOR SUNDAY – The Legend of Geraldine and the Green Lantern

January 10, 2021 August 26, 2021by Shannon Hollon

The old Tuscaloosa Highway is one of the oldest roads in Alabama, parts of the remains of the Old Huntsville road one of the…

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November 25, 1951, 17 killed, Woodstock, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

November 25, 2020 October 31, 2020by Shannon Hollon

Train wreck at Woodstock, Alabama - Shannon Hollon I remember as a child my late grandmother telling me of this deadly train wreck…

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AUTHOR SUNDAY – The ghost of Salem cemetery – he didn’t stop running

October 9, 2020 January 23, 2022by Shannon Hollon

The Ghost of Salem cemetery by Shannon Hollon My Great grandfather Robert Bearden (Pawpaw) was an avid coon-hunter. Robert Bearden 1898-1984 One fall night…

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I served on the faculty of the College of William and Mary for a day

August 16, 2020 May 31, 2020by Shannon Hollon

I served on the faculty of the College of William and Mary for a day by Shannon Hollon A few years ago back during…