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The Memphis Commercial Appeal Mid South Memories section March 17, 1887 reported the following.  ” Dr. A.M. Kimbro has opened an Electric Infirmary at 381 Main which is believed to be the largest of its kind in the South.  Treatments … Continue reading →

During the great Mississippi River ice gorge of January and February 1918 the GEORGIA LEE and the DESOTO were crushed and sunk.   Following the great flood of 1937 which forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people and flooded … Continue reading →

1865 1866 Long’s Directory dodging the tax man In 1865 the citizens of Memphis were not happy having to pay Federal taxes with the result that the compilers of the Long’s Memphis City Directory had difficulty getting people to identify … Continue reading →

The Memphis Commercial Appeal March 12, 2012 Mid-South Memories section reported the following for March 12, 1887,  “One of the chain gang prisoners became unruly at the jail yesterday and a guard attempted to put him in the dungeon.  The … Continue reading →

The Memphis Commercial Appeal reported in the Mid-South Memories section March 8, 2012 the following:  “The river here is as high as it was in 1882, being two feet and one inch above the danger line.  But Captain Cheek of … Continue reading →

There are a number of new Lee Line pictures on the site from the University of Louisville and the University of Wisconsin collections.  I have 4 more pictures coming from the U of Wisconsin collection which will be added to … Continue reading →

                          This picture was sent to me by Keith Norrington Curator of the Howard Shipyard Museum Jeffersonville Indiana with the following history.  “I am attaching a photo of … Continue reading →

  ULPA-1986.90.0547 Stacker Lee Howard-Shipyard Univ. Louisville Collection This picture of the STACKER LEE is from the University of Louisville Howard Shipyard collection.   The STACKER LEE was a consistent money maker for the Lee Line until she sank 4 miles north of … Continue reading →

Goodspeed’s History of Hamilton, Knox and Shelby Counties of Tennessee origionally published in 1887 and republished 1974 pages 870, 871 and 872 records the building of a naval yard at Memphis.  “After the failure of numerous special projects to build up … Continue reading →