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War of 1812: The 200th Anniversary
Most of us know only that the War of 1812 occurred in 1812, and that it wasn’t all that important. The fact...
Ask McGehee: When was Government Plaza built, and how did that design ever get...
A Mobile County Courthouse had stood on the southwest corner of Government and Royal streets since 1822. The fifth and last incarnation had...
Authentic Throwbacks
Every Smalltown, U.S.A. has them; these are ours – people and places that stand the tests of time with grace and vigor. Birmingham photographer...
Ask McGehee: Recently a brick building on Government Street, just east of Broad Street,...
The building, located at 850 Government St., dated to around 1944 when it housed a new A&P grocery store. Until 1928,...
The Greek Legacy
Greeks in Mobile and Baldwin counties When my wife and I moved to Mobile, in August 1970, we were living...
Daphne, the Jubilee City
Daphne is home to people who came to partake of the rich resources of Mobile Bay’s eastern shore. They gathered to collect seafood miraculously...
Point Clear Eats
Hollinger House is a happy place. Six generations of the family have spent the vacation season here since the classic old Bay house...
Bay Song
You and I are not the first to bask in the magnetism of Mobile Bay. Aboriginal Indians inhabited Montrose long ago and made...
Best Picture
#1Â If you're going to splurge on anything, it should be your wedding photos. This is the one thing from your wedding that...
Mobile Spirits
Mobile has been many things to many people, but never a hotbed of temperance. In Colonial times, the home brew of choice was often...