Before the bridge, Dauphin Island was a village of 200 with goats in the trees and cattle on the beach. A B-24 pilot named Aubrey Bishop built its first motel there, painted it bright pink, and shrimpers used it to find shore.
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Coverage of coastal Alabama history from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Baldwin County
Remembering Hurricane Ivan 10 Years Later on the Alabama Coast
Ten years after Hurricane Ivan slammed into Baldwin County’s beaches, the storm’s record-setting surge and unusual second life still resonate along the Alabama coast.