It’s time to reinvigorate this blog. I am a reluctant writer. I want to write and I do sometimes. But not nearly enough. So from this moment on I’ll blog daily. Even if it’s a short 2 sentence blog about something I saw, it’s going to come out in this space. Today’s post – just …
Due to COVID-19 the Memphis Public Library website has extra access to the Commercial Appeal archives all the way back to 1894. Every issue from about July 1 of that year. The search feature of the Newspapers.com site, where the archives are actually held, is very good. I’ve spent some time on the site and …
The neighborhood I grew up in is called Madison Heights. I didn’t know that at the time and only recently learned that while researching other streets and neighborhoods for my podcast, Our Memphis History. I mention it to give you an idea of how much you probably do not know about where you grew up. You …