William “Bill” J. Middlebrooks was born on April 21, 1922, the son of John Enoch Middlebrooks and Edith Howie. His father supported his...

Lt. Hartwell Riley Howington was born April 17, 1919, the son of Reverend Arthur Fletcher Howington and Cora Cornelia Kelly. He graduated...

Private Ralph Lamar Gilmore was born on September 5, 1925 in Brandenburg, Alabama to the union of David Cleveland Gilmore and Sarah Lydia...

"As the 1939 Escambia County, Alabama High School football team opened practice, several girls watching on the sideline grumbled that the...

These catalogs advertised everything you could think of under the sun. On one page there was a 1909 horseless buggy that was guaranteed...

This merchandise of every possible type and description created a cornucopia of smells that you will never forget in your lifetime. It’s...

Inside of these stores there was a jumble of merchandise in a long forgotten order that only the merchant could dare remember. There were...

The porch of all of these stores became the "communication center" for the community. It was the precursor of today's social media. Every...

In Atmore's “general stores” children as well as grownups could find just about anything they needed. Some of the stores sported soda...

There once was an institution that became the center of Americana throughout our nation. Without it, no community could survive! The...

Professor Tate stayed active even in the latter part of his life. He applied for his military pension and in so doing made contact with...

After the war, he like all Southerners had to adjust to the New South during the Reconstruction Period under President Andrew Johnson. He...

James Madison Tate was born on December 29, 1837 in Russell County, Alabama, the son of Thomas S. and Louise Reed Tate. His family...

Lt. Jesse F. Arnold, age 23, landed with his US Army regiment on the island of Leyte in the Philippines in October 1944. The landing by...

Benjamin Franklin Overman Sr. was born November 22, 1797 in Pasquotank, North Carolina, the son of Quakers Charles Overman, Jr. and Mary...

Manuel R. Carpenter was born May 22 1917, the son of Thomas Carpenter and Bertie Sanders. As the war approached, his father supported his...

After being pulled from the Ashley River, Nathan Cook and J. A. Rampey were fed and treated well until the next morning when they were...

The renown Pensacola educator Nathan Burrell Cook Sr. was born on July 20, 1835 in Lowndes County, Alabama, the son of John Pope Cook and...

One of their first attempts at prevention was the destruction of the mosquito itself by draining swamps and any other breeding ground...

Prior to the war, little was known about many of the islands in the South Pacific. One of the factors that contributed so much to our...