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Bon Secour Bay – French for “safe harbor”- sits along the eastern edge of Mobile Bay. The settlement itself, located on the Bon Secour River, was founded during the late 19th century as a French fishing village. Since that time it has been a safe harbor for commercial fishing fleets that primarily haul in Mobile […]
November 24, 2011
It’s a Southern thing. Beautiful young ladies dressed in long, pastel antebellum-style gowns with matching bonnets and pantaloons. As they float down streets, darting in and out of shops, they’re frequently asked by amazed tourists to pose for photographs. When you see them you know you’re in the middle of yet another festival or event […]
November 18, 2011
Fruits and nuts in Fairhope. Now, now – it’s not what you might think at all. In the days before the Causeway and Interstate 10 connected the eastern and western shores of Mobile Bay, boats regularly left the Fairhope pier loaded with locally-grown fruit and nuts destined for the shipping docksof Mobile. Many other agricultural […]
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December 9, 2011
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