Story Submitted Madison County will likely never be remembered as any place to compare with the legends of the Old West as created by fiction writers plying their craft. However, there are…
Category: History
Square Dancing took center stage in Madison’s past
Mickey Starling: Greene Publishing, Inc. Social activities are a part of all cultures and dancing has been a favorite in most of them. At the turn of the 20th century in Madison…
Brutal Justice in the 1900s
Mickey Starling: Greene Publishing, Inc. In the early 1900s, justice in Madison County often resembled an episode of “Gunsmoke.” If the locals were relatively certain an individual committed a crime worthy of…
Remembering Elmer Haire
Story Submitted: Arnie Haire Born on a family farm in the Bellview area of Miller County, Ga., Elmer O. Haire was a hard worker as he grew up in the depression era….
Pork was king in the 1930s
Mickey Starling: Greene Publishing, Inc. When we think of pork today, pork chops, bacon and ham are quick to come to mind. But, back in the 1930s, pork of all cuts was…
The Agner Family
Story Submitted: Rebecca Sellars, Madison Genealogy Society Around 1861, just in time for the Civil War, Samuel and Mary Martha Tittle Agner moved into Madison county. Samuel and Mary settled six miles…
Red Devil exhibit now open
John Willoughby: Greene Publishing, Inc. One of the must-see places in Madison County popular with visitors from across the nation is the Treasures of Madison County Museum. With a new, eye-catching…
Madison’s Black Beauty was a genius
Mickey Starling: Greene Publishing, Inc. In the early 1900s, paved roads were unheard of in Madison County. On a rainy day, these roads could become pretty soft and messy and enough rain…
Ghost stories of bovine proportions
Mickey Starling: Greene Publishing, Inc. This flashback from Madison County’s past comes to The Madison Enterprise-Recorder courtesy of E.B. Browning’s book, The Florida Scene, which is available for reading in the Treasures…
Dr. Goodman presents Inglis history
John Willoughby: Greene Publishing, Inc. After church on Sunday, April 28, at approximately 2 p.m., multiple Madison County residents gathered together in the old First Baptist Church sanctuary, built in the late…
From Morocco to Marzuq The history of Shriners in Madison County
John Willoughby: Greene Publishing, Inc. For 72 years, Shriners in Madison County have been committed to helping crippled children walk by promoting the Shriners Hospitals for Children network. With over 90 local…
Santa Claus: the man behind the red suit
John Willoughby: Greene Publishing, Inc. It’s a phenomenon that’s unable to be explained and it’s a tradition that has lasted for years past and will last for years to come. On Tuesday,…
Masonry in Madison County
John Willoughby: Greene Publishing, Inc. The world’s largest and oldest-running fraternity, Freemasonry is quite a phenomenon veiled in allegories, symbolism and brotherly love, so old that no one knows for certain how or…
The beginning of Black Friday
Savannah Reams: Greene Publishing, Inc. Black Friday is an annual occurrence that is popular among millions of U.S. citizens. Many go to bed early Thanksgiving night, with intentions of waking in the…
C.D. Agner: a true patriot
Mickey Starling: Greene Publishing, Inc. I spent much of my early childhood in Pine Grove Missionary Baptist Church and, frequently, Mr. C.D. Agner would be called upon to close a service in…