Dianne Smith
Hon. Joel D. Murphree helped shape turn-of-the-century life in Pike County
In 1902, the Messenger did a historical sketch column on several people who helped shape the county. Among the new men who have been foremost ...
In 1902, the Messenger did a historical sketch column on several people who helped shape the county. Among the new men who have been foremost ...
In 1908, the Messenger ran this article on T. K. Brantley on his seventy-fifth birthday. The Hon. Thomas K. Brantley, one of Troy’s most esteemed ...
In 1904, William J. Blan passed away. This story of his life was in his obituary published in the Messenger. William J. Blan was born ...
In 1947, a new restaurant called the Dutch Kitchen was opened. Hobbs’s Candy Company supplied the confectionary items for the kitchen and ice cold lime-cola, ...
The Battle of Peachtree Creek, near Atlanta, was the first in a series of bloody battles for Atlanta in 1864. This was Confederate General John ...
Probably one of the most significant battles of World War I was the Battle of Chateau-Thierry, which was near Paris. This was the first major ...
All of these articles can be found in archived editions of The Troy Messenger. Stay tuned for more. The old fire engine, the hope and ...
There are always some interesting short stories in the Troy Messenger archives. Here are three stories that involve animals. The stories range from 1889 to ...
The United States declared war on Great Britain on June 18, 1812, The war lasted until 1815. Several laws were passed after the end of ...
Frank L. Zimmerman was born in 1854 in Pennsylvania to parents William and Julia Zimmerman, who were of German descent. He could trace his ancestry ...