Tag: History
The Grand Hotel
Point Clear has always provided a quality of life that allows it to stand on its own, but the Grand Hotel makes it...
Views from the Hill Top
During the early 19th century, in an effort to escape the humidity of the Mobile River and the yellow fever epidemic that came with...
First Cars
IÂ always assumed that the clandestine street racers I heard late at night originated from, or at least had connections with, the shade...
The Fall of Mobile
One hundred and fifty years ago this month, on April 12, 1865, Confederate Mobile surrendered to Federal troops. The city’s strategic...
Ask McGehee
In 1920, all of America went dry as the federal government outlawed the manufacture, transportation or sale of alcoholic beverages. And almost immediately, ...
Westward Expansion
West Mobile. Where is it exactly? What comprises it? What are we to make of it? Questions like these periodically arise as Mobile continues...
South on the Rise
THENÂ Even when the school opened back in 1964, its founders were always looking toward future expansion. Here, USA founding president Dr. Frederick P. Whiddon...
Marked by Excellence
Big, colorful and visible from blocks away, simple cut-metal markers designate Mobile’s most historic and beautifully restored properties. From downtown Dauphin Street...
Our Wild Pet Rooster
Late winter on the Bay is wet and windy and cold. I recall staring out the front windows, watching waves crash against the...
Ask McGehee
Mobile seems to have a history of becoming dissatisfied with its public meeting spaces. Each generation has touted a new auditorium or meeting space...