Episode 87 - Pete Sparks on the 2025 AHA Fall Pilgrimage in Guntersville

Air Date: September 15, 2025 Dr. Pete Sparks, president of the
Guntersville Historical Society, discusses the Alabama Historical
Association Fall Pilgrimage in October 2025. He examines four
highlights of Guntersville history, describes the sites on the
pre-pilgrimage tours, and talks about the local buildings on the
pilgrimage tour proper. Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/254zxwpd
Links mentioned in the episode – Alabama Historical Association:
https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Guntersville Historical Society:
https://www.facebook.com/guntersvillehistoricalsociety/ AHP Episode
71 (SoundCloud link): https://soundcloud.com/alabamahistory/aha-071
Guntersville, AL:
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/guntersville/ Marshall
County, AL:
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/marshall-county/ Andrew
Jackson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson Treaty of New
Echota, 1835: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_New_Echota
Trail of Tears:
https://www.nps.gov/trte/learn/historyculture/index.htm Lake
Guntersville State Park:
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/lake-guntersville-state-park/
Guntersville Dam and Lake:
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/guntersville-dam-and-lake/
Guntersville Museum:
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/guntersville-museum-cultural-center/
Cathedral Caverns State Park:
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/cathedral-caverns-state-park/
Kate Duncan Smith DAR School:
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/kate-duncan-smith-dar-school/
Midnight Cry: A Shooting on Sand Mountain:
https://www.ugapress.org/9781588385338/midnight-cry/ Dr. Lesa
Carnes Shaul:
https://www.uwa.edu/news/uwa-professor-pens-true-crime-thriller-about-1950s-shooting-on-sand-mountain/
Col. Montgomery Gilbreath House:
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=235551 Henry House:
https://www.henryhouse1893.com/story First Presbyterian Church:
https://tennesseerivervalleygeotourism.org/entries/first-presbyterian-church-guntersville/b48dc844-3322-419a-a5e1-1b5925fb66cc
First United Methodist Church:
https://tennesseerivervalleygeotourism.org/entries/first-methodist-church-of-guntersville/527e03cf-412a-42f0-a69a-28cf66dc9920
John Allan Wyeth:
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/john-allan-wyeth/ Old
Rock School:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Rock_School_(Guntersville,_Alabama)
Old Post Office and DeSoto Mural: http://wpamurals.org/guntersv.htm
Guntersville Railroad Depot: https://gvdepot.org/history/ The
Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in
1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide
historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for
meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings,
historical markers, and other programs. See the website
www.alabamahistory.net.