Tag: History
Ask McGehee
This eight-story building with a penthouse was apparently constructed in 1958. The 1957 city directory indicates that there were three houses on the south...
Coastal Clay
It’s under our feet. It’s on the roofs of our houses. It’s the foundation of an ancient mound city in the Delta, and...
Into the Wild: Part I
Watt Key poses in front of his makeshift shelter in the forests of Alabama. ...
Ask McGehee
That church did lose the top of its steeple, but it was the 1916 hurricane that gets credit for the damage. A cross...
A Tennis Racket
Employment opportunities have never been abundant for 13-year-olds in Point Clear. After my position as fly killer at the Grand Hotel snack bar was...
Ask McGehee
Although converted to a recirculating fountain in 1967, this Downtown fixture was originally designed to be a trough, providing water to passing...
Government Housing
Watt Key poses with one leftover parallax computer that was discovered on the property of his...
Ask McGehee
Since one fall day in 1973, Alabama’s only coastal lighthouse has stood forlornly alone on Sand Island. The first lighthouse here was originally...
Schoolyard Rivalry
It’s easily the most intense college football rivalry in the country — Auburn vs. Alabama. And if you live in the Heart of Dixie,...
The Ghost of Zundel’s Wharf
AÂ typical Point Clear morning in October finds light, cool east breezes filtering through the pine trees, brushing Mobile Bay into a glassy...
