In October 1915, banker H. M. Sessions and farmer C. W. Baston inspected Coffee County’s first peanut crop. Photo courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives & History. Dedicated in 2019, Alabama Bicentennial Park contains 16 bronze panels portraying important events in the state’s history. Near the middle of the park,…
Retrospect: First Harvest
A farmer, a banker and the power of the peanut changed Coffee County forever