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Lessons in History
In honor of our first-ever history-themed issue, MB asked Mobile Bay-area historians and researchers to share unusual, amazing or almost-forgotten stories that make up our rich history.
Utopia by the Sea: Mobile Bay’s Pilot Town
From the early 1800s until the 1906 hurricane, an idyllic village of bar pilots and their families flourished on Fort Morgan peninsula.
Mobile Bay’s 2023 Class of 40 Under 40
This year’s class of young, local professionals is raising the bar of success and inspiring optimism for this new year on the Bay.
Mobile’s Colonial Foodways
How six cultures influenced Mobile’s culinary traditions, shaping the unique cuisine we enjoy today.
The Side Hall with Wing – The Ultimate Mobile Townhouse
With plenty of space for entertaining and for privacy, this distinctive home design was popular with Mobile’s oldest families.
The Legend of Mobile’s Princess Charlotte Christina Sophia
Did an adventurer impersonating a dead Russian princess really live in French Mobile?
Mobile Bay’s 2022 Class of 40 Under 40
This year’s class of young, local professionals is raising the bar of success and inspiring optimism for this new year on the Bay.
The History of Yellow Fever in Mobile
An airtight coffin is the ominous symbol of a city paralyzed by a fearsome disease.
A History of Mobile in 22 Objects: Pottery from the Mobile-Tensaw Mounds
A fragment of pottery breaks open the pivotal role the Mobile area played in ancient cultures.
A History of Mobile in 22 Objects: John LeFlore’s Typewriter
This month’s artifact from the History Museum of Mobile — the typewriter of civil rights activist John LeFlore — is the symbol of a quiet revolution.