On the Fringe of History
A long-lost document reveals an officer’s account of a reconnaissance mission from Mobile during the Battle of New Orleans.
Top 10: Ask McGehee
Brush up on your local history with a collection of our favorite 'Ask McGehee' columns.
Azalea Trail, 1951
1951’s Miss America Yolande Betbeze cuts the ribbon on the year’s Azalea Trail
Banana Pudding
Local author Emily Blejwas finds that much of Mobile’s story can be told through the history of one classic Southern dessert.
The Largest and Most Commodious Bay
A 1558 Spanish voyage yields one of the oldest descriptions of Mobile Bay.
Ask McGehee
Is it true that Walt Disney visited Mobile to consider it a possible site for Disney World?
A Presidential Breakfast
Artifacts at the History Museum of Mobile recall President Woodrow Wilson’s morning meal at the Battle House Hotel in 1913.
Ask McGehee
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.
