Mud Island Monorail Archives - StoryBoard Memphis

History Memphis Shapers StoryBoard 30 Podcast StoryBoard Media Partners

SB 30 Episode 2: Jimmy Ogle, Part II

Mark Fleischer March 12, 2019 No Comments Baseball Fair Grounds Jimmy Ogle Memphis Public Libraries Mud Island Monorail Podcast Sidney Pollack The Firm Tom Cruise WYPL

In the second part of our inaugural show interview, living Memphis legend Jimmy Ogle talks about baseball, his days around the old fair grounds, and…

View More

From The Editor Opinion

The Green Issue. It’s Not Easy Being Green

Mark Fleischer March 1, 2019 No Comments BBQ Fest Green Memphis in May Mud Island Monorail Music Fest Pyramid Riverside Drive Seinfeld Tom Cruise Tom Lee Park

It’s not easy being green. ~Kermit the Frog Think back on your favorite long-running sitcom. Got it? Now think back on the very first episode…

View More

History History In Memphis City Planning Planning & Urbanism

Mud Island: A History Part I

Josh Whitehead June 19, 2018 2 Comments 1950s 1959 1960s 1965 Hernando de Soto Bridge I-240 I-40 Interstate 40 Loosahatchie River M Bridge Memphis Memphis Downtown Airport Mud Island Mud Island Monorail Register of Deeds Wolf River Wolf River Channel

Editor’s Note: Mud Island has seen its fair share of news lately, as Tennessee’s State Building Commission’s executive subcommittee approved the addition of Mud Island and…

View More

Downtown Literature Mid-South Literature Non-Fiction Shorts

Mud Island Monorail

Niles Reddick May 16, 2018 No Comments Arkansas Bridge Downtown Memphis Memphis Mississippi River Mud Island Monorail Southern Fiction

Editor’s Note: StoryBoard Memphis is proud to introduce to our readers the Southern writer Niles Reddick. Niles, while not new to Southern readers, may be…

View More