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What’s the history of the old Providence Hospital being demolished on Spring Hill Avenue?
Gumbo: Africans and Creoles on the Gulf Coast
Local author Emily Blejwas boils down the history of Creoles in Mobile.
Mystic Restoration
A partnership between the 1857 Foundation and a local, prominent mystic society allowed for the full restoration of one of downtown Mobile’s beloved architectural old dames.
The Slave Who Went to Congress
Mobile author Frye Gaillard coauthors a children’s book about a little-known story in Alabama history.
Ask McGehee
When did Alcoa operate in Mobile?
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What is Mobile’s beer brewing history?
Bay Shell Road, c. 1900
Mobile’s second shell-paved route, Bay Shell Road, once had a reputation for being the “most famous of all Alabama driveways,” according to a 1912...
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Did Mobile really have a nutria rodeo?
Backyard Gridiron, 1938
Boys enjoy a game of football in Spring Hill
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What is the history of Hartwell Field, and was it Mobile’s first baseball park?
