Tag: History
Mobile’s Colonial Foodways
How six cultures influenced Mobile’s culinary traditions, shaping the unique cuisine we enjoy today.
Madame Octavia LeVert’s Salon of the South
The rise and fall of a Mobile icon.
“911 Dauphin Street”
The search to uncover her great-grandmother’s past led
Rhoda Melendez to uncover the history of the Protestant Orphans’ Asylum in Mobile and ignited her first novel.
American Laundry Company
Turn back time with this early 1900s photograph of a laundry service that once operated in downtown Mobile.
Last Man on State Street
The Search for Mobile’s Pipe-Smoking Sea Captain
Orange Beach Wharf, 1928
Turn back time and peek into Orange Beach history with this photo of swimmers from 1928.
Ask McGehee: What’s the story of the First National Bank building on St. Francis...
Although Mobile’s First National Bank will long be identified with the skyscraper which is now home to the New Year’s MoonPie, the bank had a few former homes.
The History of Three Mile Creek
Dive into the history of Three Mile Creek with this early 1900s photograph, and find out how the body of water got its name.
Mobile’s Original Floral Parade, 1905
A blossoming 1905 photograph offers a glimpse into the history of Mobile's Floral Parade.
Ask McGehee: Was Mobile’s Stocking Street named to identify it as part of the...
Stocking Street in the Leinkauf District was actually named for John Stocking, who served as Mobile’s mayor from 1831 to 1834.
