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Ask McGehee: What’s the history of The Antoinette Apartments on Government Street?
In August of 1911, Mobile’s Register reported “work commenced last week on dismantling of the Government Street home which was occupied by...
Beatlemania Below the Mason-Dixon
1963 was a difficult year for Americans. In the midst of an already tumultuous decade, the country was mourning the loss of...
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The Sixties
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the ’60s, the era of free love, giving peace a...
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In the fall, I always look forward to the chrysanthemums display at Bellingrath Gardens. What is their history?
The Canoe Fight
This month marks the 200th anniversary of one of the most storied incidents in Alabama history, the Canoe Fight. It took place...
A Class of Their Own
Like most Americans, Fearn LaBan heard about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor over the radio. He was sitting at his grandmother’s...
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The Chinese filling station, which stood on the northwest corner of Government and Dearborn streets, was the creation of architect C....
The Life and Times of a Stauter
Nearly 80 years ago, a tall young man who had grown up roaming the swamps and bays of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta created...
Ask McGehee: What is the history of Catholic Cemetery out in Toulminville?
Mobile’s original Catholic Cemetery or “Campo Santo” (Sacred Ground) was in the area now called Cathedral Square, a space stretching west from...
Treasures from Puck
When Mary Van Antwerp’s red treasure box is opened, time does a backward somersault. It is no longer 2013 but 1937, ...