A ‘Little’ Memphis in the Verde Valley, AZ Time Capsules – this story was originally published in December 2019 Story and Photos By Ken Billett…
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Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: An Elvis Story, Memphis, August 20, 2020
By G. Wayne Dowdy In another letter to Colonel John McLeod Keating, managing editor of the Memphis Daily Appeal during the 1878 yellow fever epidemic,…
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Before Libertyland: Memories of the Old Fairgrounds Amusement Park
Nothing says summer like the Fairgrounds. And nothing says Memphis like the old Fairgrounds Amusement Park of Memphis memories, a perfect diversion during these challenging…
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Off the Endangered List: The Hotel Chisca
Profile #1 in StoryBoard’s look at progress in historic preservation over the last decade HISTORIC PRESERVATION By Gordon Alexander Located at the corner of Martin…
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‘ANARCHY IN MEMPHIS’ Looking Back At The Infamous 1978 Fire (and Police) Department Strikes
1978. Forty-one years ago this summer the Memphis Fire Department Strike left over 200 structures in ruins. To hear witnesses, journalists and historians recall it,…
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