As families are heading out to the great outdoors on this 4th of July, just remember how we became a "camping" nation. Once upon a time...

Major Francis Langhorne Dade was born on February 22, 1791 in Prince William County, Virginia. A veteran of the War of 1812, he was...

John Thomas "J.T." Mann was born in Henry County, Alabama in 1839 to the union of Young and Sarah Mann. His father was a farmer by trade...

Arrie Douglas Morris "Shorty" was born in 1901 in Monroe, Alabama, the son of Charles Douglas Morris and Velma Anna Wiggins. His father...

Christopher Columbus "Lum" Davis was born on November 19, 1871 in Lasca, Alabama, but spent most of his life in Atmore, Alabama and...

Francis "Frank" Edward Ormsbee Jr. was born on April 30, 1892 in Providence, Rhode Island to Francis Sr. and Sarah Jane Griffiths. His...

Henry White Jones was born on September 23, 1846 in Stockton, Baldwin County, Alabama to the union of Robert Jones and Clarissa Barlow....

The Milton Journal of 1896 also tried to advertise the various businesses located downtown in an attempt to let would-be settlers know...

The Milton Journal had a section called the "All Sorts," which appeared to be an assortment of sales, announcements, and such. The local...

The Century plantation called "Tannenheim" became the home of Frank Clarence Hecker and Lulu Webster. Clarence was the son of Colonel...

This is a repost, because today is the 76th Anniversary of the great landing at Normandy on June 6, 1944, forever known as D-Day. In all,...

June 4, 2019 is the 77th anniversary of one of the greatest military battles in American history and one that changed the entire...

On Christmas Day of 1896, the "Milton Journal" printed a long article on the advantages of moving to Santa Rosa County and settling down...

The S. H. Kress & Company Department store first appeared in Pensacola around 1903. The chain of stores was originally established by...

John Franklin Rogers was born on November 23, 1843 in Mt. Meigs, Montgomery County, AL to Robert David and Margaret Ann Rogers....

On August 1, 1943, fifteen patrol torpedo boats were ordered on a mission to intercept five enemy destroyers in the Solomon's. The...

Norman Conna Ware was born in Milton, Florida Ware on August 17, 1917 to George Washington Ware (1877-1931) and Nancy Carmilla Cotton...

It would do well for our current generation to realize what women had to endure not so many years ago. For instance, back then cooking...

Sunny David wrote an outstanding account of the history of Perdido Bay in his book "The Lost Bay." His story centers around the son of...

Bluff Springs used to be a thriving town during the days of the timber boon in north Escambia County. Began in 1888 as an incorporated...