An excerpt from the book, Some Gave All, available on Amazon By Mike Simmons 58-year-old W. C. Rigby, known to everyone as “Clint,” was an icon in rural northern Escambia […]
By Michael Simmons At 311 South Adams Street in downtown Pensacola sits the elegant Dorr House. The website, Great American Treasures describes it as “Beautifully Restored and lovingly furnished jewel
By Mike Simmons In 1936, the Innerarity Point community, located in Escambia County, Florida, was the scene for bad news for two guys – Harval Russell Keys and Arthur Smith.
By Mike Simmons August 19, 1938, was a hot day in Pensacola. Typical of Pensacola weather, the humidity could be described as suffocating. But Detective Archie Bowman had a job
By Mike Simmons On Saturday, January 11, 1930, the Pensacola News Journal reported the deaths in Pensacola from the previous year. 523 people died in the Pensacola area in 1929
By Mike Simmons James W. Linton was at his home on Sunday night, August 7, with his wife and adult daughter. Linton, in his 50s, lived in Bluff Springs, Florida,
By Mike Simmons Pensacola, Florida, August 1, 1999, 9:04 PM When the Pensacola Police Department was notified of a man in his backyard shooting a gun, which threatened his
By Mike Simmons On Tuesday, April 11, 1961, Florida State Trooper Bill McDaniel was patrolling along U.S. Highway 90 near Boy Scout Road in Walton County when he noticed a
Sheriff J.C. Van Pelt and County Solicitor Harry Thompson Everyone knew it was coming. The 18th Amendment had been voted into existence, and the Volstead Act became law on January
An excerpt from the book, “Some Gave All,” available on Amazon. By Mike Simmons Anthony Edward “Tony” Forgione was born on August 21, 1974, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. By his
