Tag: History
These Rugged Days: Alabama in the Civil War
  The war became much more immediate on Dec. 9 , when what were likely Alabama’s first shots in anger rumbled over...
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A revitalization effort is underway for the Mothers’ Army and Navy League Memorial at the intersection of Government Street and Airport Boulevard. The National...
UMS Band, 1905
The young faces of the military school band are given new life.  ORIGINAL PHOTO FROM THE DOY LEALE MCCALL RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY, ...
The Point Clear Library
ABOVE Established in 1920, the diminutive Point Clear Library was born out of a reading...
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The small red house at 3703 Old Shell Road was reportedly built by George Pfau in 1862. Where else but in Mobile would a...
Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, 1937
Three fishermen display their catch at the famous tournament. ORIGINAL PHOTO FROM THE DOY LEALE MCCALL RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY, USA ARCHIVES  • COLORIZATION BY DYNAMICHROME LIMITED...
The Shipwrecks of Mobile Bay
From the upper Delta to the lower Bay and adjacent Gulf waters, shipwrecks crowd our shores. It’s little wonder, since people have...
It’s the Humidity
It’s in the air we breathe, but what do you know about humidity?
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Even a remote community such as Point Clear had its share of transients. Sometimes they arrived on bicycles, sometimes on foot with tall...
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While many Mobilians may believe that the Government Street median east of Royal Street was created to hold the 1900 statue of Admiral Raphael...
