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By Mike Simmons George Smith was born in Columbus Georgia in 1853, in the midst of high emotions of a soon-to-be divided nation. He was eight years old when his […]

End of Watch Friday, March 22, 1968 An excerpt from the book, “Some Gave All,” available on Amazon By Mike Simmons Throughout the history of the area now known as

From the book, “Some Gave All,” available on Amazon By Mike Simmons End of Watch Sunday, March 18, 1906 Officer William Burnham had been a police officer for nearly three years.

By Mike Simmons When my father first became a Pensacola, Florida Police Officer in 1964, I remember how proud I was. I was proud that he would stand for what

The Death of Pensacola Police Officer Charles Bazzell An Excerpt from the book, “Some Gave All,” available on Amazon By Mike Simmons The December 23, 1910, edition of the Pensacola

By Mike Simmons Ebbin and Sadie Mae Hutton lived at 311 E. Lloyd Street. Their next-door neighbor, retired railroad worker William Tutt, lived at 311 ½ East Lloyd. They lived

Marshal Milton Frank

Governor George Johnstone

By Mike Simmons It was a typical frame house in a typical middle-class neighborhood. The house stood on Coyle Street between LaRua and Jackson Streets on the west side of

By Mike Simmons     The Saturday, October 11, 1952 edition of the Pensacola News Journal cost five cents and listed the weather as mild with a high of 72 degrees.