Category: Trade Days

Edwards their man will be buried so deep beneath the great flood of Powers ballots

Last Monday being county court day in McKee, there was quite a large crowd gathered in from different parts of the county.

July 26, 2019 Trade Days / Virginia

All kinds of tricking in those times, you know it

All that produce was traded right there. Once a month on the first Monday of the month they had what they called a Court Day.

January 23, 2019 Alabama / Appalachian crime / Bootlegging/bootleggers / Moonshiners / Trade Days

Sipping free whiskey and acting like they’re in hog heaven

We’re hiding in the brush; the deputy & Giles are stretched out in front of the still sipping free whiskey, acting like they’re in hog heaven.

West side of Scottsboro's Court square taken at a 1936 First Monday

November 1, 2017 Alabama / Trade Days

By a series of good trades, they come out the winner

It has been a custom for more than twenty years to have trade days in Scottsboro on every first Monday in the month; this is also when Probate Court meets.

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