Tag: Heritage
The Plow
In this historic photograph from the Fairhope Single Tax Colony Archives, a Baldwin County farmer puts in his crop with a horse-drawn...
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,...
Zoo Dreaming
Like any number of rural Baldwin County folk, Johnny Wise runs a farm. He raises the usual array of livestock: cows, ...
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...
Baldwin County Treasures
Known for its lush farmland, manicured golf courses, quaint towns and beautiful beaches, Baldwin County is rich with resources. But...
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...
Hard Day’s Work
In the years surrounding the turn of the 19th century, America and the world were dealing with mechanization in an unprecedented manner....
Ask McGehee: What is the history of Baytreat at Battles Wharf in Baldwin County?
Nestled among the waterfront estates of Battles Wharf is a facility owned and operated by Mobile’s Government Street Presbyterian Church. While architecturally resembling...