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116. Pensacola Women Serving in the Navy During WWII

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Aug 29, 20181 min read

116. Pensacola Women Serving in the Navy During WWII

At the beginning of WWII, so many men were needed to fight overseas that it created a vacuum in the military jobs they left behind. That...

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115. Milton Paratrooper Killed in Holland 1944

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Aug 29, 20182 min read

115. Milton Paratrooper Killed in Holland 1944

Operation Market Garden was an unsuccessful operation that was fought in Holland. Sadly, the success of the operation depended on the...

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114. Pensacolian Killed in Manila Battle 1945

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Aug 11, 20182 min read

114. Pensacolian Killed in Manila Battle 1945

To recapture the city of Manila in the Philippines, the US Sixth Army landed on the beaches of Lingayen Gulf on January 9, 1945. Meeting...

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113. Milton Sailor Killed on USS Rowan 1943

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Aug 9, 20182 min read

113. Milton Sailor Killed on USS Rowan 1943

James "Jim" William Harter was born August 24, 1920, the youngest child of Jessie Margaret Jernigan (1874-1954) and John Leonidas Harter...

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112. The Brothels of Pensacola (Part III & IV)

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Aug 9, 20183 min read

112. The Brothels of Pensacola (Part III & IV)

Of course, death was not the only way out of the life style the soiled doves chose for themselves or perhaps was thrust upon them. One...

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111. The Brothels of Pensacola (Part VII)

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Aug 9, 20182 min read

111. The Brothels of Pensacola (Part VII)

While some saloons in the downtown area sought and earned a highly respectable reputation, others could more accurately be described as...

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110. The Brothels of Pensacola (Part VI)

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Aug 9, 20182 min read

110. The Brothels of Pensacola (Part VI)

One of infamous houses of “lesser quality” was the “Black Mariah” where prices ranged from $1.00 to $2.00 per encounter. These girls of...

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Aug 9, 20182 min read

109. The Brothels of Pensacola (Part V)

Several of the more distinguished Pensacola brothels belonged to such famous proprietors as Percy Nelson, Violet Arnold, and Miss Hazel,...

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Aug 8, 20182 min read

108. The Scourge of Dropsy (1900)

Most young people of today associate the word "dropsy" with the fumbling of their grandparents. However, throughout history, dropsy was a...

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107. The Brothels of Pensacola (Part II)

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Aug 8, 20182 min read

107. The Brothels of Pensacola (Part II)

The price for a turn of the century "soiled dove" can be gleaned from the death records of these ladies, all of which had their...

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Aug 8, 20182 min read

106. The Brothels of Pensacola (Part I)

Pensacola's economic boom at the turn of the century caused another problem to surface downtown and along the waterfront. With the...

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105. Pensacolian Lost in the Pacific 1944

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Aug 6, 20182 min read

105. Pensacolian Lost in the Pacific 1944

The Munda airfield on the island of New Georgia was fought over by more Pensacolians that most people knew. Another hometown boy was Cpl....

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104. Pensacolian Disappears Over New Guinea 1944

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Jul 30, 20181 min read

104. Pensacolian Disappears Over New Guinea 1944

One of several Pensacolians killed in New Guinea was AMM 2nd Class Joseph Edward Brown Jr. of Route #4, Pensacola. He was the son of...

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103. Pensacola's Early Transportation System (VI)

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Jul 29, 20181 min read

103. Pensacola's Early Transportation System (VI)

Even with the addition of the new roads and bridges around the Pensacola area the main mode of travel outside of the city was still the...

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102. Pensacola's Early Transportation System (Part V)

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Jul 29, 20182 min read

102. Pensacola's Early Transportation System (Part V)

Additions to the local highway system was bringing travelers into Pensacola, but the real attraction would be to get them out to...

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101. Pensacola's Early Transportation System (Part IV)

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Jul 29, 20182 min read

101. Pensacola's Early Transportation System (Part IV)

As the Naval Air Station continued to build in importance as the “Cradle of Naval Aviation,” more and more facilities were needed to keep...

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100. Pensacola's Early Transportation System (Part III)

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Jul 29, 20182 min read

100. Pensacola's Early Transportation System (Part III)

By 1926, it was plain that with the advent of the automobile that better roads would have to be built to accommodate this new mode of...

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99. Pensacola's Early Transportation System (Part II)

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Jul 28, 20182 min read

99. Pensacola's Early Transportation System (Part II)

By 1920, the railway was very much alive and healthy as it carried its passengers to and from their various destinations around Pensacola...

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98. Pensacola's Early Transportation System (Part I)

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Jul 28, 20182 min read

98. Pensacola's Early Transportation System (Part I)

One of the first attempts at public transportation in Pensacola was in July 1884, when Conrad Kupfrain, Henry Pfeiffer, and John Cosgrove...

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97. Pensacola's Early Hurricane Warning System

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Jul 26, 20181 min read

97. Pensacola's Early Hurricane Warning System

Without television coverage, citizens had to depend on other methods for notification of pending storms. So they developed a system of...

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