history while sitting at the end of a dusty dirt road and watching an October sunset slowly slip beneath the horizon. A mile or so in the distance, the white steeple of Robinsonville Baptist Church rises above the peanut and cotton fields and creates a reference point for the community's history. The memories and history that flows across these fields and hedgerows calls out to tell its story as the church stands as a silent sentinel as if guarding the legacy of the area. .
It's easy to imagine the hardy families from Monroe and Conecuh who moved here and dealt with the seemingly overwhelming...