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96. Four Little Pensacola Cousins Go to War
On July 4, 1929, the Pensacola News Journal ran a photo accompanied by an article about four little cousins playing “war” and waving...
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Jul 23, 20182 min read
95. Pensacolian Goes Down with the USS Lexington 1942
On the morning of May 8, 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea, the USS Lexington was attacked by a Japanese airstrike. During the...
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94. Pensacola Art of Midwifery Early 1900's
As the time for childbirth approached in the early 1900's of Pensacola it was customary for mid-wives to live with the intended family so...
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93. Milton Soldier Killed in the Battle of the Bulge 1944
The 28th Infantry Division sailed for England in October 1943 and landed at Normandy on July 22, 1944. They were immediately thrust into...
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Jul 14, 20182 min read
92. Pensacola's Rinehart Brothers Take on the Japanese Fleet
In the small town of Ridgeway, Missouri, a farmer and his wife gave birth to two sons. Frank Turner Rinehart and Ola May Sanders had nine...
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Jul 14, 20181 min read
91. Escambia County's First Black Outlaw (Part XIV)
For years, people thought he was buried in an unmarked grave in the Brewton Cemetery. However, researchers found that he actually had...
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Jul 13, 20181 min read
90. Escambia County's First Black Outlaw (Part XIII)
Long after his burial in an unmarked grave in the Brewton Cemetery, the Negroes refused to believe old Railroad Bill was actually dead....
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Jul 13, 20182 min read
89. Escambia County's First Black Outlaw (Part XII)
Railroad Bill's body was embalmed and placed in a metallic casket and set out on the depot platform until the mail train pulled into the...
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Jul 13, 20182 min read
88. Escambia County's First Black Outlaw (Part XI)
Slowly the story of what happened in Atmore began to spread among the law enforcement community. Apparently. Bill had been seen in the...
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Jul 13, 20182 min read
87. Escambia County's First Black Outlaw (Part X)
With the death of Sheriff McMillan, the wily outlaw’s reward rose to $1,200.00 for his capture and the manhunts increased. A couple of...
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Jul 13, 20181 min read
86. Escambia County's First Black Outlaw (Part IX)
Eventually, Bill returned to Bluff Springs where he hid out among the black populace in a small shantytown located down near the railroad...
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Jul 13, 20181 min read
85. Escambia County's First Black Outlaw (Part VIII)
Time after time Railroad Bill emerged victorious after each robbery or shoot out with the law but time was running out for the outlaw as...
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Jul 8, 20182 min read
84. Escambia County's First Black Outlaw (Part VII)
One reason for his lengthy success was that the notorious robber usually did his work alone and in a bold way. Most outlaws of his time...
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Jul 8, 20182 min read
83. Escambia County's First Black Outlaw (Part VI)
The black gunman was shrewd, cunning, and as crafty a fugitive as the lawmen in these parts had ever tangled with. Time after time the...
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Jul 5, 20182 min read
82. Escambia County's First Black Outlaw (Part V)
Another story of his changeling ability was when the same sheriff got word that Bill was probably heading for his girlfriend’s house over...
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Jul 4, 20183 min read
81. Escambia County's First Black Outlaw (Part IV)
The legends surrounding him grew and were of such heroic proportions because of stories such as stealing groceries from the rich and...
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Jul 3, 20182 min read
80. Escambia County's First Black Outlaw (Part III)
It was about that time, as the story goes, that the law in Florida required everyone to have a license to carry a rifle and of course...
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Jul 3, 20182 min read
79. Escambia County's First Black Outlaw (Part II)
And later, as the manhunt to capture him mounted in earnest, the Negroes began asking themselves late at night as to why the white...
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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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Jul 3, 20182 min read
77. Pensacola High Grad Killed on Guadalcanal 1942
One of the first land battles in the Pacific was on the banks of Alligator Creek on Guadalcanal by the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Marine...
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