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Saving, Sacrificing and Sailing: A Tom Lee Poem

Jeanine Jones February 24, 2022 No Comments Memphis HistorypoetryTom Lee

Saving, Sacrificing and Sailing By Jeanine Jones No walking on water or calming the sea Though, like the savior, he stretched his hands to thee…

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Gayoso Bayou and Catfish Bay: Where are They Now?

Caroline Carrico January 26, 2022 4 Comments Catfish BayGayoso BayouThe PinchWaterWolf River

Beginning as an open floodway and transformed to an underground drainage system, Gayoso Bayou has become one of Memphis’s hidden waterways. “Bayou” can either refer…

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History Literature

Feeding a Movement: Interview with Suzanne Cope

Chapter16 Community January 13, 2022 No Comments Aram GoudsouzianChapter16Suzanne Cope

Suzanne Cope profiles Black women who used food to fight for freedom By Aram Goudsouzian for Chapter16.org originally published January 12, 2022 We often associate the civil…

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Featured Story History Wayne Dowdy's Dateline Memphis

Dateline: Memphis November 1931 – January 1932

Wayne Dowdy January 10, 2022 No Comments footballGreat DepressionMemphis HistoryWayne Dowdy

  This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue I of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in November 2021, page 13. ____________________ By G. Wayne Dowdy Your correspondent reports…

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1935 Court Square Santa
Featured Story History

Memories of Christmas Magic in Memphis’s Court Square

Caroline Carrico December 16, 2021 1 Comment ChristmasCourt SquareDowntown MemphisSanta Claus

Today, Memphians have several beloved ways to celebrate the holiday season, from Starry Nights, Zoo Lights, and Holiday Wonders at the Garden, to visiting Santa…

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Ford Motor Company chooses Memphis; 1912
Featured Story History

Memphis Ford Plant: Back to the Future

Caroline Carrico November 29, 2021 No Comments Ford Motor CompanyFordhurstManufacturingSouth MemphisUnion AvenueWorld War II

Ford Motor Company recently announced plans to build its Blue Oval City manufacturing plant at the Megasite of West Tennessee, a $5.6 billion investment on…

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Empty flagpoles
History Opinion

Memphis Vexillology: The Case Of The Municipal Flag

Caroline Carrico November 4, 2021 2 Comments City of Memphisflagsymbol

Close your eyes.  Can you picture the flag of the City of Memphis?  Did you come up with anything? Did you even know that the…

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Featured Story History

Swift Peter: Frights in the Night

Caroline Carrico October 14, 2021 No Comments cyrptidJim CrowlegendMemphisMidtownSwift Peter

The Dark Intentions of Midtown’s Cryptid The Pacific Northwest has Sasquatch, Scotland has Nessie, and Midtown Memphis, for a few weeks in February 1927, had…

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Featured Story History

StoryBoard announces the A. Schwab Project: A Complete History

Mark Fleischer October 1, 2021 No Comments A. SchwabBeale Street

StoryBoard embarks on its most ambitious project to-date with a complete history and archive of Memphis’ most enduring and famous store Both from original content…

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Get out of Town History Personal Narrative

The Historic Hotel Metropolitan in Paducah, Kentucky

Ken Billett August 6, 2021 No Comments Paducah KentuckyThe Green BookThe Metropolitan Hotel

Beginning with Paducah’s Hotel Metropolitan, Ken Billett’s new travel column takes us to historically significant places within a weekend’s drive from Memphis Words and photos…

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