Linda Derry
Site director of the Old Cahaba Archaeological Park with decades of experience at the site, providing historical context, local stories, and interpretive commentary about Cahaba's past.
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Feb 20, 2026 • 14min
Old Cahawba (Classic)
Linda Derry, site director of Old Cahawba Archaeological Park with decades at the site, guides listeners through Cahaba's layered past. She debunks name myths and recounts its rowdy frontier capital days. She traces the town's 1850s boom, Civil War disruptions, Reconstruction-era Black leadership, decline, and 20th-century revival as a historic park.
