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352. Pensacola's Last Confederate Veteran 1938
John Ely Spoon was born in Chambers County, Alabama on July 27, 1841, the son of Levy J. (farmer and constable) and Eliza S. Spoon....
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Sep 15, 20204 min read
351. Iron Coffin of Roberts Cemetery 1913
On February 6, 1913, a grave was being dug in the Roberts Cemetery (now known as the Gonzalez United Methodist Church Cemetery). It was...
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350. Heiress Visits Pensacola 1913
On the afternoon of February 5, 1913, a L&N train pulled into the Pensacola depot on Wright Street at 4:30 PM. Attached to the train was...
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349. Pine Barren Mill Explosion 1913
Ten minutes before the McMillan Planing Mill at Pine Barren was to shut down, one of their fireman was about to turn a release valve....
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348. Pensacola's Hero of Bastogne 1944
At 8:00 PM on the night of June 17, 1936, two hundred young men and women walked down the aisle of the Pensacola High School auditorium...
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Aug 17, 20203 min read
347. Korean War Hero Returns Home 1951
Although not a native of Pensacola, he became an adopted Pensacolian through marriage. Arthur Charles Dudley Jr. was born in Panama City,...
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346. Pensacola's Preeminent Doctor 1903
During the early morning hours of August 14, 1903, citizens of Pensacola were anxiously waiting to see what the West Indian hurricane was...
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345. Social Media in 1913
Today’s generation feel that they are the ones who invented social media! Not necessarily true! Of course, they certainly have been the...
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Jun 10, 20203 min read
344. Milton's Clerk of Court's Son Crashes 1918
Lt. Henry "Harry" Wright Thompson was born on November 14, 1891 in Bagdad, Florida, the son of William Henry Thompson (1859-1928) and...
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343. City's Anti-Kissing Articles 1905-1950
As the decades in Pensacola flew by, the act of kissing became a source of vast conversation among its citizens as reflected by the News...
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Jun 5, 20204 min read
342. Pensacola's Lost Vocalist 1911
At the turn of the last century, Pensacola toasted a talented young lady with a beautiful singing voice by the name of Emilia Montanari,...
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341. Pensacolian Shipwrecked 1918
During WWI, Pensacolians flocked to the call to arms of patriotism after Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare on US shipping....
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Jun 3, 20204 min read
352. William Columbus Beck
Private William Columbus Beck was born on July 2, 1836 in Baker County, Georgia, the son of Jesse Beck (1798-1883) and Sarah Ann Woodcock...
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340. City's First Motorcycle Officer 1913
The "Father of American Police," August Vollmer is considered to be the first to use motorcycles on patrol in 1911 in Berkley,...
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Jun 1, 20205 min read
339. Yellow Store Grocery 1907
In downtown Pensacola, there is an obscure grocery store that is well-known for their delicatessen sandwiches and salads. It's called the...
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May 31, 20203 min read
338. Milton's Blackwater Naval Battle 1864
By 1864, Ft. Barrancas commander General Alexander Asboth received news that most of the Confederates had been transferred out of the...
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May 31, 20205 min read
337. Pensacola Lawyer Goes Fisticuffs 1918
Once upon a time in Pensacola, a controversial film was introduced to our movie theaters for viewing by the public. The 1915 film was...
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May 30, 20202 min read
336. Mulat's First Influenza Victim 1918
On October 21, 1918, the small Santa Rosa community of Mulat was introduced to the sting of death from the dreaded Spanish Influenza. Up...
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May 29, 20204 min read
335. Bagdad Domestic Violence Proves Fatal 1908
Domestic violence has always been with us as long as men and women have been together throughout history. But how this issue has been...
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May 28, 20204 min read
334. Milton's Jewelry Store 1884
Once upon a time there was an uptown jewelry store in downtown Milton, owned and managed by a former soldier of the British Army. The...
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