The saga of Escambia County’s first black outlaw began when a Negro man by the name of Bill wandered into the town of Atmore looking for...

For whatever reason, Pensacola passed a city ordinance effective October 1, 1913 requiring all saloons to close at 10:00 PM and they MUST...

In the aftermath of World War I, America went through an evolution of what became known as “Americanism.” During this period, they...

Tate High graduate John Earnest Gannon from the class of 1935 was born April 7, 1917, the son of William E. and Margaret “Maggie” M....

The Florida Highway Patrol was formed on August 1, 1939 by the Florida Legislature and began with a full complement of sixty officers...

In the first half of the century the town of Bogia was small compared to some of its nearby neighbors, but there was still enough...

By 1900, the art of hanging as a form of execution had become very efficient throughout the United States. However, it was not without...

On June 25, 1920. a Pensacola man named Hosea Poole, appeared before the circuit court and heard the foreman of the jury read aloud his...

The “Lone Bandit” as he was known in Escambia County, Alabama, Pensacola and Milton, Florida had robbed and killed for years throughout...

On Sunday at 11:00 am, January 13, 1929 Police Chief William O'Connell (above) observed two odd looking men at the corner of Barcelona...

The US Supreme Court ruled in the case of Norris v Alabama that prohibiting black citizens from serving on a jury was unconstitutional....