Way Back When: Fairhope History with Harriet Outlaw
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Way Back When in Baldwin County with Harriet Outlaw: Marines raised the flag on Iwo Jima
Mr. Jack Thomas was in his eighth decade when he told me the story of his older brother who raised the first flag on Mount Suribachi in Iwo Jima. The story was brought on by the dedication a new park … more
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Way Back When in Baldwin County with Harriet Outlaw: Movies
Way Back When Saturdays were spent at the local movie house, the afternoon matinees were for kids who earned the 25-cent admission by returning glass soda bottles to the grocery stores and filling … more
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Way Back When in Baldwin County with Harriet Outlaw: We were so afeared
Being afraid is nothing like being afeared, a wonderful middle English word that we don't hear often these days. Lots of people are entertained by tales of terror, and perhaps today's society is … more
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Little Bohemian Hall hosted a wedding in 1921.
Way Back When in Baldwin County with Harriet Outlaw: Little Bohemian Hall in Silverhill
Some buildings turn to dust and ashes, buried in memories. But some are saved because of remarkable efforts of someone who cared. Little Bohemian Hall in Silverhill is a perfect example of such … more
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Newport Industries in Bay Minette.
Way Back When in Baldwin County with Harriet Outlaw: Bay Minette smelled like bread and butter - Newport Industries in North Baldwin
When we drove through Bay Minette Way Back When, we children would hold our noses and gag, but my mother always said, "Mmm, that smells like bread and butter to every family who earns a living there. … more
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Nik Coles purchased the historic home of the Swift family in 1976. He considered the east-facing side the front of the house and often sat on the upstairs porch enjoying the sunrise over the Bon Secour River.
Way Back When in Baldwin County with Harriet Outlaw: Nik Coles gave away his house
Mr. Nik gave away his house. I first walked through the historic home on the Bon Secour River in the ancient year of 1992, Way Back When Nik Coles lived there. I was invited by Dess Sangster and … more
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Alan Samry represents Frank Brown in a program at the Fairhope Public Library.
Way Back When with Harriet Outlaw: Frank Brown built a town…and much, much more
So much has already been written about the orange brick buildings seen all over the county that I wasn't thinking they were Way Back When fodder…but when David Bagwell asked me to do a story … more
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Sandra Weekley with sportscaster Danny Sheridan.
Way Back When with Harriet Outlaw: The Blue Gill became the big fish on the Causeway
One morning when things were a little slow at the Blue Gill, 8-year-old Sandra saw Mama crawl through the window and sit on the deck fishing to her heart's content. When she hooked a nice-size … more
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Summerdale Post Office was first named Sonora but changed to Summerdale after a real estate developer who also ran the Summers Hotel.
Way Back When in Baldwin County with Harriet Outlaw: Summerdale was Sumatra Tobacco Company
Way Back When we were on a road trip through Virginia I saw my first tobacco fields. I just had to get out and pick a leaf to bring home to show my students. Ha, joke was on me. I knew so … more
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Jule Moon celebrates her 106th birthday.
Way Back When in Baldwin County with Harriet Outlaw: How Jule got her groove back then
Way Back When Jule Moon was born in 1919, who could have imagined the changes she would see? Jule recently celebrated her 106th birthday with a groovy party full of friends and family jukin' to tunes … more
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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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