Memory of a Boat Builder
Norman Altice isn’t the best-known wooden boat builder to churn out vessels in the Mobile Bay area, but his boats, and his memory, just beg for preservation.
The Beginning of Beckwith
There's more than meets the eye in this historic photograph of pioneers at Camp Beckwith.
Mobile’s King of Chess
Dig into Mobile’s connection to “The Queen’s Gambit” through the story of legendary player Paul Morphy.
Ask McGehee Over the Years
Take a look at some of the more interesting stories historian Tom McGehee has dug up through the years.
A History of Mobile in 22 Objects: Chief Slac’s Threads
Take a closer look at the story of Mardi Gras, told through Chief Slac’s Joe Cain Day costume from the 1970s.
Telling Her Own Story: Civil Rights Activist Dorothy P. Williams
A recently rescued oral history interview helps illuminate the life of an important and dynamic figure in Mobile history.
When Eugene Wrote for Us: Memories of the ’80s
Decades abroad never dimmed the signposts pointing Eugene Walter back to Mobile.
