Way Back When: Fairhope History with Harriet Outlaw
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Spanish Fort Tourist Court
Way Back When in Baldwin County with Harriet Outlaw: Spanish Fort Estates – A story of three Georges
Way Back When our son David Outlaw was one of the youngsters who had the job of hoisting and lowering the gigantic American flag on the top of the hill at Spanish Fort in the 1970s-'80s, he rode his … more
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The Pine Knot Special boasted a smokestack converted from coal to wood burning furnace to use the trees destroyed by the 1906 hurricane.
Way Back When in Baldwin County with Harriet Outlaw: The 10:10 was a mighty fine train
You never know which stories you tell will become a part of your legacy. I once told my wee twin grandsons that in Bay Minette in the 1920s, the main source of entertainment for teenagers like … more
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Kay Nuzum illustrated a Horse Mail Rider from early days in Baldwin County.
Way Back When in Baldwin County with Harriet Outlaw: Everybody had a horse….
The reader can pick a title for this column: Horse Feathers, Horse Tails, Straight from the Horse's Mouth or He Went to See a Man About a Horse. Any time my nosy little self would ask where … more
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Flower girls preceded the king and queen in the coronation ceremony at Daphne May Day which included representatives of other schools.
Way Back When in Baldwin County with Harriet Outlaw: May pole dances
Have you ever pranced around a maypole weaving the ribbons over and under the other dancers' ribbons? Takes lots of practice to keep the pattern straight and prevent knots that take forever to … more
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Way Back When in Baldwin County with Harriet Outlaw: Boykin published American Banner newspaper, school in Bay Minette for Black readers, students
When Sam Crosby greets most people he knows well, he says, "Hello, my Friend." What a privilege to be one of his friends. This man is a wealth of knowledge, honor, ambition, faith and a sense of what … more
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Weeks cabin moved from Weeks Bay to Bon Secour by George Brown. Photo courtesy of Baldwin County Historic Development Commission, John Sledge 1985 Survey
Way Back When in Baldwin County with Harriet Outlaw: Bon Secour's mystery "fort"
One of the best things about being old is that I was alive to do things Way Back When that I can't do today. We read a news story in 1987 about John Sledge researching the age of the Weeks cabin … more
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Wooden Bell Fountain school was built in 1924 but burned in 1957.
Way Back When in Baldwin County with Harriet Outlaw: Bell Fountain School was the last one-room school in Alabama
Little Larry Morris ran down the lane to catch the bus to Bell Fountain school one cold January morning in 1957. When the bus dropped him and a few others at the quaint wooden building, he ran to … more
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Boys at the Pioneer Camp lived in tents. The boy in the center is the father of Sen. Bradley Byrne. (Photo courtesy of Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast)
Way Back When in Baldwin County with Harriet Outlaw: Fairhope's Beckwith was a pioneer camp
Mama watched teenage Herbie pack up a croaker sack to take with him on his first trip away from home in Birmingham. He poked in one change of pants and two shirts, but mostly the sack was filled with … more
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Walter Overton lived in Bon Secour for more than 30 years. He is pictured in his studio with two of his watercolors hanging behind him.
Way Back When in Baldwin County with Harriet Outlaw: 'Southland Sketches' artist called Bon Secour home
Way Back When the Sunday newspaper was the highlight of our week, I couldn't wait to run out and get it from the front yard, take off the rubberband and pull out the colorful comics. However, my … more
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Dr. Littles had a historical maker installed to honor the heritage of the Jenkins Family.
Way Back When in Baldwin County with Harriet Outlaw: Mr. Jenkins had a farm
And on that farm, he had everything! They had cattle, crops, modern equipment, a turpentine distillery, a sugar cane mill, a gas station, a store, housing for workers, an electric generating … more
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Jim erected a historic marker at the entrance to the winery in Perdido, Alabama.
Way Back When in Perdido with Harriet Outlaw: We all made homemade wine
Way back when I was about 20 years old, I decided to try to make my own wine. I learned a lot in the process and decided that would probably be my only attempt. Actually, it wasn't too bad but … more
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Way Back When in Baldwin County with Harriet Outlaw: Hatchett Chandler 'saved' Fort Morgan
Do you remember "way back when" a colorful character saved Fort Morgan from ruin? At least, he is usually credited with that recognition. I came into the kitchen one Saturday morning to find my … more
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Marie and Mildred Maier of Silverhill pose as original Doublemint Twins in a 1939 advertisement in Chicago.
Way Back When in Baldwin County with Harriet Outlaw: Double your pleasure, double your fun
I can hear you singing the rest of the jingle for Doublemint gum if you can remember way back when the Doublemint Twins sang it in perfect harmony. But did you know the first spokes-twins were … more
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Inlow Family memory tree, 2024. Parker, Jessica, Harrison and Bradley Inlow help hang the ornaments they made in grade school.
Way Back When on the Gulf Coast with Harriet Outlaw: Classroom Christmases
One day before Christmas Way Back When I was in first grade, I couldn't wait to get to school. We were going to make clay pots to give our parents for Christmas. My teacher had dug the clay from … more
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Harriet Outlaw sit at the front right at her family Thanksgiving table as a child.
Way Back When in Baldwin County holidays with Harriet Outlaw: Table Talk
Y'all remember way back when people sat around the dinner table and talked forever? In the world we live in today, most of us do not live the Norman Rockwell image of family mealtime where … more
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Artifacts found at the USA Archeological dig at the Indian Canal in Gulf Shores 2017-2019 led by Gregory Waslekov.
Way Back When with Harriet Outlaw: Indian Canal is uncovered in Gulf Shores
When I was little, I dreamed of being an archaeologist. I even learned to spell it before Spellcheck took over my writing. I pictured myself using that cute little brush to clean centuries of dirt … more
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After Dr. Campbell received his Doctoral Diploma he added a third floor to his hotel on Railroad Street in Bay Minette. The third floor was especially for patients undergoing treatments at the Sanitorium. In the tragic fire, the two victims were living on the third floor.
Way Back When in Bay Minette with Harriet Outlaw: Sanitoriums were classy health hotels
Do you remember way back when people used to go to hotels built especially for health purposes? Did you know there was one in Bay Minette – the Campbell Sanitorium? My Aunt Rosie and Uncle Carl … more
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Way Back When in Fairhope with Harriet Outlaw: Egyptian murals adorned Fairhope buildings
Do you remember way back when there were Egyptian murals painted on the walls of three Fairhope buildings? I sure can. We were visiting Fairhope one day in the 1970s and saw a young man painting … more
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Fairhope's Outlaw to begin new series with Gulf Coast Media
Do you remember way back when? ... Gulf Coast Media ran a series of columns written by Harriet Outlaw? Readers looked forward to the bi-weekly tales from our area. She wrote about Spanish moss, … more
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