Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal
The American West. Romantic and colorful, the setting and mystery behind the wild lifestyle offers the basis for many stories and figures. Billy the Kid, John Wesley Hardin, Annie Oakley…were […]
Sweet Tea Murders
Sweet Tea Murders
Sweet Tea Murders
“Happy” Shuttleworth
February 9, 1894 – Milton Hershey established the Hershey Chocolate Company in Lancaster, PA. He probably never knew what a change in American culture his company would bring. In Pensacola,
Sweet Tea Murders
The Police Truncheon
The name was first used in conjunction with police officers in the 1800s, but they have a long, interesting history. Their descendants are still carried by some Pensacola Police Officers
Books by Mike Simmons, Available on Amazon
Pensacola’s Finest paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Pensacolas-Finest-Pensacola-Police-Department/dp/1737109832/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Mike+Simmons&qid=1690838550&s=books&sr=1-2 Pensacola’s Finest ebook: https://www.amazon.com/Pensacolas-Finest-Pensacola-Police-Department-ebook/dp/B08RRZB9X7/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Mike+Simmons&qid=1690838550&s=books&sr=1-2 I’m a Dead Man paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Im-Dead-Man-Assassination-Pensacola/dp/B08VFPQJ1G/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Mike+Simmons&qid=1690838550&s=books&sr=1-4 I’m a Dead Man ebook: https://www.amazon.com/Im-Dead-Man-Assassination-Pensacola-ebook/dp/B08VHW99XB/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Mike+Simmons&qid=1690838550&s=books&sr=1-4 Pensacola’s Finest in Pictures paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Pensacolas-Finest-Pictures-photographic-Department/dp/B08ZQGSL8Q/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1690838550&sr=1-11 Pensacola’s Finest in Pictures
John Wesley Hardin
Did you know that gunslinger John Wesley Hardin, old west gunslinger and outlaw, was captured in Pensacola? Hardin was infamous for shooting and killing 21 men, one for simply snoring
Sam Browne Belts
Sam Browne belts: Here is a 1938 photo of members of the Pensacola Police Department in front of the police station at 407 S. Jefferson Street (now the Pensacola Museum