Tag: Tom McGehee
Ask McGehee: When did Mobile have a red light district?
The rise and fall of Mobile’s red light district from its origins to its 1918 prohibition.
Ask McGehee: What was the cause of the great explosion in Mobile at the end...
Although the war had ended with Mobile largely unscathed, that all changed at 2:15 p.m. on May 26, 1865. An explosion larger than any imagined during the wars rocked the city.
Ask McGehee: Who was the Saenger behind Mobile’s Saenger Theatre?
Brothers Julian and Abe Saenger established the Saenger Amusement Company in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1910.
Ask McGehee: I enjoyed the recent article about prohibition in Mobile. Wasn’t a civic...
Discover the amusing tale of the Rotary Club of Mobile's epic Prohibition-era prank in 1915 that made national headlines.
Ask McGehee: What is the history of the Spring Hill Hotel?
According to the May 3, 1903 edition of the Mobile Press-Register, the new Spring Hill Hotel was under construction on the south side of Old Shell Road, just east of today’s McGregor Avenue.
Ask McGehee: Where did the name of the Leinkauf historic district originate?
That designated district, located south of Government Street, is named for the historic public school located on Church Street.
Ask McGehee: What is the history of Constantine’s Restaurant?
Constantine Panayiotou was a Greek immigrant who had come to Chicago in 1913 where he started out as a dishwasher and learned the restaurant...
