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Gene Tapia. Eugene "Gene" H. Tapia (March 16, 1925 – April 12, 2005) was an American race car driver from Mobile, Alabama. [1] He competed in four NASCAR Grand National Series races, [1] but he is best known for racing in the #327 supermodified. He was nicknamed the "King of the Supermodifieds."
There are 137 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Mobile County, including 4 National Historic Landmarks. 113 of these sites, including all of the National Historic Landmarks, are located in Mobile, and are listed separately; the remaining 24 sites are listed here. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS ...
Sidney Clarke Phillips, Jr. (September 2, 1924 – September 26, 2015) was a United States Marine, family practice physician, and author from Mobile, Alabama. He provided source material and interviews for the making of Ken Burns ' PBS documentary film The War and the HBO miniseries The Pacific. His recollections revolve around his time as a ...
History of Alabama. Mobile was founded as the capital of colonial French Louisiana in 1702 and remained a part of New France for over 60 years. During 1720, when France warred with Spain, Mobile was on the battlefront, so the capital moved west to Biloxi. [1] In 1763, Britain took control of the colony following their victory in the Seven Years ...
The Davis Avenue Branch of the Mobile Public Library was built in 1931 to serve Mobile's African American community during the era of racial segregation. The building is a smaller version of the main library on Government Street. It now serves as the National African American Archives and Museum. It is on the African American Heritage Trail of ...
Montgomery: Alabama Department of Archives and History. "Alabama Media Group Collection". Digital Collections. Alabama Department of Archives and History. Photographic negatives taken by newspaper photographers working for the Birmingham News, the Huntsville Times, and Mobile's Press-Register between the 1920s and the early 2000s
June 27, 2023. The Automobile Alley Historic District in Mobile, Alabama is a 30 acres (12 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. [1] When first listed, it included 156-157 N. Cedar, 108 N. Dearborn, 100-101 N. Franklin, 156 N. Hamilton, 163 N. Lawrence, 453-701 St. Anthony Sts. in Mobile. [2]
Charles Stephen Trimmier (October 25, 1918 – January 23, 1967) was a Mobile, Alabama -area community leader and politician who served one term as the city's Public Works Commissioner (1961-1965), during which he also served two one-year terms as the city's Mayor. Both of his terms as Mayor of Mobile were when the title was co-extensive with ...