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UNIQUE HISTORY OF PENSACOLA
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Jul 3, 20182 min read
78. Escambia County's First Black Outlaw (Part I)
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...
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May 26, 20181 min read
69. Pensacola's Strange Saloon Law 1913
For whatever reason, Pensacola passed a city ordinance effective October 1, 1913 requiring all saloons to close at 10:00 PM and they MUST...
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May 3, 20183 min read
59. Pensacolian Chris Lochas and the Klu Klux Klan 1921
In the aftermath of World War I, America went through an evolution of what became known as “Americanism.” During this period, they...
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Apr 21, 20182 min read
53. Tate High Grad Wins Two Distinctions in WWII
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....
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Apr 7, 20181 min read
46. Escambia County Sheriff's Office Gets 2-way Radios 1945
The Florida Highway Patrol was formed on August 1, 1939 by the Florida Legislature and began with a full complement of sixty officers...
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Mar 23, 20182 min read
39. Noted Bogia Doctor Gunned Down on Fairfield Dr. 1949
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...
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Mar 22, 20182 min read
38. Pensacolian Hanged Twice (1900)
By 1900, the art of hanging as a form of execution had become very efficient throughout the United States. However, it was not without...
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Mar 20, 20183 min read
37. Pensacola's Last Hanging
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...
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Mar 19, 20183 min read
36. Rube Barrow, Escambia County, Alabama Outlaw
The “Lone Bandit” as he was known in Escambia County, Alabama, Pensacola and Milton, Florida had robbed and killed for years throughout...
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Mar 8, 20181 min read
22. Pensacola's Odd Laws About Women's Clothing 1929
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...
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Mar 6, 20181 min read
13. Pensacola's First Negro Juror
The US Supreme Court ruled in the case of Norris v Alabama that prohibiting black citizens from serving on a jury was unconstitutional....
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