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197. Bagdad's Stearns & Culver Lumber Mill 1903
The small community of Bagdad, Florida seems to have always been associated with Florida's lumber industry. This history goes back to...
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Feb 5, 20192 min read
196. Pensacola's Thiesen Building 1901
The Thiesen Building is located at 40 South Palafox Street on the northeast corner of Palafox Street and Romana Street. Built in 1901, it...
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195. White Star Market 1920
The White Star Market was located at 715 South Palafox Street and was owned by Elmer Ellsworth White and his wife Clara Augusta McIntosh....
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194. Dannheisser Brother's Saloon 1885
The building below was the original site of the old Dannheisser Brothers' Wholesale and Retail Liqour Company at 401 South Palafox...
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Feb 1, 20194 min read
193. Pensacola's County Prisoners 1910
In 1910, one of the road camps for the county prisoners was located out near University Mall. On Sundays, the prisoners from the camp...
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Jan 29, 20193 min read
192. Fifth Pensacolian Killed at Midway 1942
One of Pensacola's black heroes of World War II was Jim Dailey, who enlisted in the US Navy as a cook on August 10, 1935. After recruit...
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191. Fourth Pensacolian's Husband Killed at Midway 1942
One of the more notable memorials in St. John's cemetery is a simple marker for Mary Adelaide Wentworth Waldron, the daughter of George...
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Jan 28, 20192 min read
190. Third Pensacolian's Husband Killed at Midway 1942
Ensign Harold John "Elly" Ellison was born on January 17, 1917 in Buffalo, New York, the son of William Cuthbert and Mae E. Ellison....
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Jan 27, 20192 min read
189. Second Pensacolian's Husband Killed at Midway 1942
LTjg George Marvin Campbell was born on January 7, 1907 in Madras, Oregon, the son of John Edward and Sarah Alice Rodman Campbell. His...
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Jan 25, 20192 min read
188. Pensacolian's Husband Killed at Midway 1942
AP1 Robert Bruce Miles was born on August 20, 1912 in Deer Lodge, MT to the union of John Frederick Miles and Flossie Mabel Watson....
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187. Pensacolian's Husband Killed in South Pacific 1944
As so often happened during WWII, one of our Tate High School students met and married a young aviator that caught her eye in his spiffy...
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186. Pensacola Burial Customs Part IV
As I've said before, women carried the heaviest burden in the mourning process. During her first year of mourning plus one day she was...
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185. Pensacola Burial Customs Part III
Since the departed remained in the home after preparation for burial, it only made sense that the wake would be held there too. Members...
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184. Pensacola Burial Customs Part II
Many of our burial customs in Pensacola began to change because of the Protestant revival, especially about the afterlife. Also, the art...
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183. Pensacola Burial Customs Part I
Death was a part of living for our ancestors, and the burial of their love ones was a family affair. Back during the Civil War, death was...
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182. Pensacola Voting Politics During WWII
The issue of Negroes voting in the Florida primaries began to dominate the news headlines during WWII. The main issue concerning Negroes...
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181. Coffee Cup Restaurant of Pensacola
Thousands of Pensacolians each year dine at one of our most iconic restaurants in the Pensacola area. But prior to this landmark diner,...
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180. Pensacolian's Husband Protects Bougainville Beachhead 1943
Charles Lyman Penner was born in Brunswick, Maryland on February 1, 1918 to the union of Charles W. and Italene Penner. By 1940, he had...
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179. Brent's Island 1870
The following article was written by Ms. Nancy Neiger for Volume I of the Heritage of Escambia County, Florida. Ms. Neiger stated "Even...
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178. Pensacolian's Husband Killed Over Okinawa 1945
Another Navy flyer over Okinawa was Lt. Commander Billy Victor Gates who was launching off the USS Sargent Bay. He was born on June 21,...
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