Tom McGehee
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One of Government Street’s most enduring landmarks is the LaClede Building with its cast-iron gallery that stretches over 250 feet west from St. Emanuel...
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A quarantine station was established on Dauphin Island for the port of Mobile in 1882. It would ultimately be one of more than 100 designed...
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There has been a St. Mary Church at the southwestern corner of Lafayette Street and Old Shell Road since just after the end of...
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Betty Bienville was a pen name used by Nettie Chandler (1869 - 1943) and her sister, Mary (1875 - 1956). Both were descendants...
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According to early city directories, Mobile had 10 cigar dealers operating in 1869 but no manufacturers. That rapidly changed. In 1875 there were...
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“The Divine Sarah” appeared in the Port City on at least three occasions. Mobile had a theater as early as 1838 and was known for...
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When World War II erupted, German U-boats were sinking American supply ships in the Atlantic faster than they could be built. Between 1939...
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After sitting vacant for more than 40 years, the southwest corner of Conception and St. Francis streets will reportedly be the site of...
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The parking lot adjoining the Battle House, as well as the neighboring Phelps Dunbar law firm building at the northeast corner of Dauphin...
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Generations of visitors to the Port City's signature antebellum museum home have been told that the little white house, above, was once...