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9/3/2010 - Mobile's Legal Legacy 

One colorful figure with ties to the legal profession was Virginian Harry Maury. In 1848, as the cap

9/3/2010 - What is the History of Duffee Oak on Caroline Avenue? 

Ron Jackson, Mobile's longtime urban forester, calls the tree "Mobile's oldest citizen." Estimates o

9/1/2010 - Monumental Point 

Downtown's Unity Point Park memorializes two of Mobile's outspoken advocates of civil rights.

8/30/2010 - J.L. Bedsole and the IMAX Theater 

The name J. L. Bedsole appears on the IMAX Theater downtown. Who was he?

Joseph Linyer Beds

8/26/2010 - I remember my uncle taking me to a bowling alley downtown on Government Street sometime in the late 1950s. Where exactly was it? 

In 1849, a visitor termed Government Street "Mobile's principal street, a broad straight alley of be

8/25/2010 - Travel Through Time 

In the days of bay boats and stagecoaches, hotels dotting both sides of the Bay provided weary touri

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