Arab Historical Society

Arab Historical Society Arab Historical Society, Arab, Alabama. Arab is "The Mountain Town Pioneers Built"

The Society’s mission is to preserve and teach the history of Arab and the surrounding area through monthly programs, published books, “Historic Arab” newsletter and by giving tours of the Historic Village. Until recently, developing, maintaining and funding the Historic Village has been the Society’s major project. Additionally, memorials are made to the Arab Public Library in the form of microfi

lms of past issues of local newspapers. All is made possible in cooperation with the City of Arab and by volunteers, who give of their time, and donors, who give money, building materials, and museum items. Donations are supplemented by various fundraisers throughout the year and the sales of the Society’s publications.

2025-2027 OFFICERS
President: David Bowling
Vice President: Johnny Tidmore
Secretary: Carolyn Gay
Treasurer: Wallace Gay
Board of Trustees Members: Regina Bowling, Marsha Tidmore, Janet Bright

Quite the kerfuffle in 1899. Mr. Neely (𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙩 Publisher) may have needed some space filler for that issue. Or, one mi...
04/28/2026

Quite the kerfuffle in 1899. Mr. Neely (𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙩 Publisher) may have needed some space filler for that issue. Or, one might ask, was it that big a deal?

Y'ALL COME ↦↦ Step back in time this Saturday at 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐃𝐀𝐘, happening from 9am to 4pm at the Arab Historical Village...
04/21/2026

Y'ALL COME ↦↦ Step back in time this Saturday at 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐃𝐀𝐘, happening from 9am to 4pm at the Arab Historical Village in Arab City Park.
Explore the Elvin Light Museum, tour all the historic buildings, watch the grist mill in action, and see our 1930 printing press, Ralph, hard at work. This special invitation was even printed the old-fashioned way by Johnny Tidmore using his own 1910 antique press, Susie. Check out the detail on that copper-engraved cut of an antique thresher. The pre-WWII cut was donated by Renee & Brent Winslett, along with dozens more amazing cuts.
Bring the family and experience history come to life. You don't want to miss it.

The Society is an official partner with Alabama 250! Celebrate with us at BACK WHEN DAY at the Historical Village on Sat...
04/21/2026

The Society is an official partner with Alabama 250! Celebrate with us at BACK WHEN DAY at the Historical Village on Saturday from 9am-4pm.

The list of contributions made by 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗔𝗻𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 toward Arab's progress is long. We can add newspaper correspondent to ...
03/31/2026

The list of contributions made by 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗔𝗻𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 toward Arab's progress is long. We can add newspaper correspondent to that list. The first edition of 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧 was published on Friday, August 5, 1955. Flora Ann (Mrs. Leon) Hinds is listed as a correspondent for Arab. On its banner, the 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧 states "Serving The Nation's Most Densely Populated Rural Area." Who knew??
(Compared to 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙖𝙗 𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙣𝙚's 1958 Inaugural Issue that looked perfect, the whole layout of the 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧's first issue looked rough. But the publisher Jesse Culp noted their team had a hard time working long hours with that first issue and missed the deadline.)
The second image was taken from 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭 by Johnny Tidmore and published by the Society in 2025. Link to purchase your copy is in the comments.

This is a good factual synopsis. With the exception that "Accutex" was misspelled. It was named Accutek. The photo of th...
03/21/2026

This is a good factual synopsis. With the exception that "Accutex" was misspelled. It was named Accutek. The photo of the "Arab Doctors" in a parade is great!

Janet Bright delivered funds from sale of flags and coins to the treasurer of the Arab Historical Society. She carried b...
03/16/2026

Janet Bright delivered funds from sale of flags and coins to the treasurer of the Arab Historical Society. She carried back a sprout from a caladium plant that has been in Wallace’s his family over 100 years.

All of the pages of the Aletta Winslett Scrapbook Collection are scanned, and the volumes are available at the Elvin Lig...
03/12/2026

All of the pages of the Aletta Winslett Scrapbook Collection are scanned, and the volumes are available at the Elvin Light Museum for public viewing. Many thanks to long-time Society member Charles O. Winslett for donating his wife's work to us! She started in 1987.

We will again set up a booth in Downtown Arab Alabama at the Poke Salat Festival on Saturday, May 16th, because we are s...
03/05/2026

We will again set up a booth in Downtown Arab Alabama at the Poke Salat Festival on Saturday, May 16th, because we are so glad this tradition has continued in Arab.
𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
a color clip from 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙝𝙖𝙢 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙨 (1989), featuring that year's Poke Salat King, James Mitchell.

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Arab, AL
35016

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