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 shrimping from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Bayou La Batre
Bayou La Batre Sets Its Sights on a Comeback Blessing of the Fleet
After hard years marked by the Gulf oil spill, organizers of Bayou La Batre’s 62nd annual Blessing of the Fleet aimed to make the day a family celebration and a sign of the seafood community’s resilience.
Dauphin Island
Mobile Lawyer, Dauphin Island Fix at Center of Spill Response
As the BP oil spill fouled the Gulf, Mobile native Rick Kuykendall emerged as a leading claims attorney while BP agreed to fund a $15 million closing of Katrina Cut to shield Dauphin Island.
Bayou La Batre
Bayou La Batre Poised to Hire a Sitting Legislator, and the Mayor’s Cousin, for Development Job
State Rep. Spencer Collier was the front-runner for a $52,000-a-year contract to coordinate economic development for Bayou La Batre, a job to be awarded by Mayor Stan Wright, who is his cousin.
Bayou La Batre
Coden Meeting Took Up the Fight to Save Portersville Bay and Its Seafood
Casi Callaway of Mobile Bay Keepers headlined ‘Saving Our Bay, Saving Our Seafood’ at the Coden Community House, where a proposed sewer plant in south Mobile County was on the agenda.