Tag: Heritage
The Stakes: 1814
In the late summer of 1814, a year after the massacre at Fort Mims and five months after the Creek defeat at...
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Known as the Guesnard House, the brick Italianate structure has occupied that corner since 1859. Its architect was Scottish-born David Cumming Jr.,...
Fire and Feasting
It may already be March, but there are many people still celebrating the new year, complete with their own brand of...
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The Night Before Lundi Gras
'Twas the eve of Lundi Gras, when all through the house We were busy...
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James Conning was a New York-born jeweler who had established himself on Dauphin Street in the 1840s. Early advertisements assured customers of a...
Fallen Doves
Many years ago, when I first told my mother about my historical research on prostitution in Mobile, she responded: “Did you...
French Plantation Life on the Mobile River
Throughout the Port City’s long colonial century (1702 - 1813), there were plantations all around the Bay area. These were not like...
Flashback: Lee Harvey Oswald Visits Spring Hill
Torpedoed on national television by Dallas strip bar owner, former Chicago hood Jack Ruby, Lee Harvey Oswald on Nov. 24, 1963...
Big Stage, Big Names
The Civic Center Arena, originally named Municipal Auditorium, has hosted some of the most legendary musicians and groups in the nation....
The Drive-In Generation
I am about 7 years old, pajama-clad and holding hands with two of my sisters as we skip to the swing sets....