Ask McGehee
What is the history of the recently vacated federal courthouse on St. Joseph Street?
Battle House Fire, 1905
On the night of Feb. 12, 1905, a cook at the Battle House Hotel discovered a fire burning in a storage room located above...
Paddy Scott
Encounter Mobile Bay’s notorious piratical scoundrel.
Ask McGehee
Was there another train wreck similar to the Sunset Limited disaster?
The Bonnie Blue Flag That Bears A Single Star
A flag often confused with the Confederacy instead represents a fascinating page in our local history.
The British Royal Navy Pays Mobile a Visit
A little more than 200 years ago, the world’s most frightening fleet anchored off our shores and stayed for months.
Smith’s Bakery, circa 1902
Gordon Smith, pictured first row on the far left, is just one of many merchants of his generation who traveled to Mobile with dreams...
Davis Avenue Pool Hall, 1939
Do you recognize anyone from this photo taken at Jim’s Billiards on Davis Avenue?
Ask McGehee
Did the Bankhead Tunnel ever have toll booths?
Mobile’s Haunted Present
The Bay’s historic ghosts still materialize today in spooky ways.