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In September 1979, Mobile was hit with Hurricane Frederic, its costliest storm to date. Thousands of trees fell, knocking down power lines....
The Fall of Mobile
One hundred and fifty years ago this month, on April 12, 1865, Confederate Mobile surrendered to Federal troops. The city’s strategic...
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In 1920, all of America went dry as the federal government outlawed the manufacture, transportation or sale of alcoholic beverages. And almost immediately, ...
Westward Expansion
West Mobile. Where is it exactly? What comprises it? What are we to make of it? Questions like these periodically arise as Mobile continues...
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Mobile seems to have a history of becoming dissatisfied with its public meeting spaces. Each generation has touted a new auditorium or meeting space...
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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...
A Night at Middle Bay Lighthouse
AÂ few miles off the end of our family wharf and a little to the left lies Middle Bay Lighthouse, a famous Gulf Coast...
Those Rare Mobile Winters
Mobile has four seasons, wags say – early summer, middle summer, late summer and January. By this calculus, February shouldn’t...
Young Pioneers
Jean Baptiste Le Moyne,  Sieur de Bienville, Founder Young adults have long played important roles in Alabama’s Port City. In fact,...
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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...