Tag: Heritage
The Chuckfee Revival
I spent the month before reinforcing the mudsills under the camp and nailing up extra floor joists. Then, I called my insurance...
Ask McGehee: My great-grandparents were married at Mobile’s First German Evangelical Church in 1907....
In December of 1867, a group of local German immigrants purchased property on the north side of St. Francis Street, between...
Face to Face with Nature
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ABOVE LEFT An Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly collects nectar from a Tithonia, also known as a Mexican sunflower, in Fairhope. A member of the Asteraceae family,...
Spotlight: Seth Peden & Fairhope Boy Scouts of America Troop 47
Given today’s fast-paced youth culture, the need for instilling values such as leadership, trustworthiness and self-reliance has never been greater. The...
Ask McGehee: What is the history of the vacant Van Antwerp Building?
Ground was broken for Mobile’s Van Antwerp Building in 1906. Druggist Garrett Van Antwerp (1833 - 1911) had been in business on the...
Random Proud
It may have been the worst looking vessel I’d ever seen: a blue-hulled houseboat about 40 feet long, tied to a plank...
Old Time Rock ‘N’ Roll
In January, Heart’s founding guitarist, Roger Fisher, below left, sent an invitation to select friends and fans for the band’s induction into the Rock...
Our Cuban Connection
A cast bronze statue of Frenchman Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville stands in Mobile’s Cooper Riverside Park, serenely facing the port of the...
A Legendary Penman
I meet Winston Groom at a Downtown Fairhope eatery on a gloomy, gray, wet and chilly day, “good writing weather,...
Spotlight: Sjon A. Harless
Mobile native Sjon A. Harless has been catching world-record fish for seven years. The International Game and Fish Association’s top female saltwater angler...