Mobile’s Magnolia Cemetery to Host Annual Confederate Generals’ Salute
An annual military salute honoring two Confederate generals and more than 1,100 Civil War dead is set for Mobile's historic Magnolia Cemetery.
Councilman Levon Manzie Pledges ‘Tangible Results’ for District 2 in 2015
Mobile City Councilman Levon Manzie outlined plans for more police patrols, capital projects and community engagement in District 2 for 2015.
Mobile Historic Commission Honors St. Mary Catholic Renovation and Oakleigh Research
The Mobile Historic Development Commission honored the St. Mary Catholic Church renovation and research into Oakleigh's Cook's House at its annual awards.
Fort Morgan Residents Weigh Incorporation to Shape the Peninsula’s Future
With a long court fight over annexation settled, the Fort Morgan Civic Association weighed whether to incorporate as a city, seeking local control over development along the narrow Baldwin County…
Malbis Documentary Preserved the Story of a Greek Colony in Baldwin County
A 2014 documentary traced the history of Malbis Plantation, a Greek immigrant community whose legacy remains visible in Baldwin County.
Mobile’s 2011 Historic Homes Tour Showcases Government Street’s Architectural Treasures
The 2011 Mobile Historic Homes Tour invited visitors to explore some of the city’s most distinguished residences and sacred spaces along Government Street, one of Mobile’s most celebrated and historically…
Church Street Graveyard: Mobile’s City of the Dead and the Fever That Filled It
Behind mossy brick walls a few blocks from downtown Mobile lies Church Street Graveyard, where yellow fever epidemics of the 1800s filled the ground faster than headstones could be carved.
Inside The Blind Mule: How a Downtown Mobile Bar Became an Unlikely Art Gallery
At The Blind Mule on North Claiborne Street, curator Zach Depolo has turned bar walls into rotating gallery space for emerging Mobile artists like Ryan Jetten, Sol Davis and Ashelea…
The Story Behind Africatown: How the Clotilda’s 1860 Voyage Founded a Mobile Community
Nearly two centuries after the United States banned the importation of enslaved people, a Mobile-area businessman financed one final, illegal voyage across the Atlantic — and the community founded by…
Royal Street Goes Both Ways Again as Downtown Mobile Undoes Decades of One-Way Traffic
Mobile moved in late 2006 to restore two-way traffic on Royal Street and blocks of Dauphin and St. Francis, an $800,000 project tied to the Battle House Hotel and the…