Tag: Heritage
The Aviators
Even before the Wright Brothers flew a powered heavier-than-air machine at Kitty Hawk, N.C., in 1903, John Fowler (1862 -...
Spotlight: Matt Presley
For 15 years, Mobile native Matt Presley has been rattling off prices and uttering the famous words “Going once, going twice,...
Legendary Laws
Stop in the name of the law! And most of us do because we respect our legal system. Plus, orange jump suits...
Swamp Writer: A Camp Man and His Man Tools
Most sportsmen know about the “camp man.” This is the person who organizes activities, does most of the work, and usually...
This vs That
Bay Minette vs. Daphne WINNER: Bay Minette When Daphne refused to cede its county seat title to Bay Minette, as...
Ask McGehee: Didn’t Mobile once have two different daily newspapers?
In the late 1920s, Mobile had only one newspaper, which published a morning and weekly afternoon edition. Mississippi-born Frederick Ingate Thompson...
Spotlight on Mike Hutchison
Along the banks of Mobile Bay, on the pristine lawn of The Grand Hotel, a historic cannon erupts at 3:45 p.m....
Storytelling
In the South we tell stories. The ones that we find most compelling, those that as children we begged to hear again...
Our Catholic Forebearers
Catholics, perhaps more than any other local group, have a history and existence that is tightly woven together with that of...
Swamp Writer: Kitchen Music
“I don’t know how someone can like the Delta so much, ” my wife says to me one day as I load my...