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372. Milton's Loss 8-23-1951 Korea
Sgt. James Franklin Richardson was born on August 25, 1930 in Knoxville, TN, the fifth of eight children of Willie Richardson (1896-1974)...
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Dec 11, 20203 min read
371. Pensacola's December Loss 12-1-1950 Korea
Thomas Edward Jones, better known to his family as "Sugarboy" was born and raised in the Muscogee community of Pensacola on August 28,...
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370. Pensacola's Fillingim Family 1905
This is a series written by Professor I. E. Allen in 1905 in reference to some of Pensacola's old family in the area. This one was...
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Dec 9, 20202 min read
369. Milton Loses Sgt. George C. Smith, France 1944
On this date, December 7, 1944 a 24 year old Milton man was killed 76 years ago in France during World War II. Born in Milton on June 10,...
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Dec 8, 20206 min read
367. Pensacola Children's Xmas Wish List 1915
Note the attached Christmas wish list of very young children that were living in Pensacola in 1915. Although some are unique, most of the...
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Dec 6, 20203 min read
366. Pensacola's First WWII Casualty
Today is known as "Pearl Harbor Day," an honor set aside for the men and women killed or wounded during the attack there by Japanese...
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Dec 4, 20204 min read
365. Pensacola Trooper Dies in Yellowstone 1910
Our last article concerned a man by the name of Captain Joseph Dennis Wolfe, but this article is on his grandson William Wylie Wolfe Jr....
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Dec 1, 20204 min read
364. Judge versus Lawyer Gunfight 1869
Conflict between lawyers and judges is nothing new in this country's legal history, an issue that continues even today. However,...
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Nov 22, 20203 min read
363. Pensacola Westinghouse 1865
In the Woolsey Cemetery at the Naval Air Station lies a young 23-year old sailor, far from his home and family. He was not a Pensacolian...
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Nov 17, 20203 min read
362. Pensacola Imports German Women 1905
The term "mail order brides" is nothing new in America's annals of history and dates back to 1617 in the Jamestown settlement. However,...
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Nov 9, 20202 min read
361. Pensacola's Cleveland Indians 1913
Most Pensacolians know about the spring training exhibition game of March 31, 1929 between Baby Ruth's New York Yankees and our Pensacola...
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Nov 2, 20204 min read
360. Pensacola WWI Pilot Killed 1918
In April 1917, America was thrusts into the death and chaos of World War I when Germany refused to respect our neutrality. Numerous ships...
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Oct 30, 20202 min read
359. Pensacola's Daylight Savings Time 1918
Within two days, it will be that time of the year again when we are forced to set our clocks back one hour. And it is amazing how a...
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Oct 25, 20202 min read
358. Pensacola High Adelphians 1942
The Adelphian Club of Pensacola High School was a social organization that brought young ladies together for various events such as...
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Oct 23, 20203 min read
357. Santa Rosa's Dickerson City 1918
Once upon a time, a Chicago doctor had a wonderful dream of creating a health resort and sanitarium along Santa Rosa's beautiful...
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Oct 16, 20204 min read
356. Pensacolian Disappears in Bermuda Triangle 1918
Few mysteries in history stirs the imagination than those surrounding the Bermuda Triangle. Books, movies, and documentaries abound with...
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Oct 13, 20203 min read
355. Tyrone Power Comes To City 1943
On September 28, 1943, several notable personalities showed up in Pensacola for the sole purpose of selling "war bonds." A war bond by...
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Oct 7, 20201 min read
354. Jay's Sergeant Fred Smith USMC, 1944
Master Tech Sergeant Fred Smith of Jay, Florida was the line chief of the Marine 4th Air Wing in the Gilbert Islands in the South...
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353. Pensacola's Last Union Veteran 1936
Our last article was on Pensacola's last Confederate veteran who passed away in 1938. But who was our last known Union veteran in this...
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