Gadsden’s ‘A Walk Through Time’ Brings History To Life With Key Figures From This Alabama Town

By Gilbert Nicholson

As Steve Hildebrant prepares for a second stint portraying Alabama Power founder William Patrick Lay at Gadsden’s “A Walk Through Time” on Sunday, Oct. 21, he recalls his introduction last year to the historic narrative.

Hildebrant, Eastern Division area manager with Alabama Power, was dressed in early 1900s clothing, poised at the grave of Lay at Gadsden’s Forrest Cemetery. Before the event started, a couple walked up, and a gentleman with papers in his hand began the conversation with an unfriendly: “Ok, let’s hear it.”

“This man had an agenda,” Hildebrant recalled.

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