Steve Pike
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Blair T. Hunt (1888-1978) is a name every Memphian should know. Many may remember Hunt as the principal of Booker T. Washington High School, a job he held…
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Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin (1913-1995) was dubbed the Poet Laureate of the River at the 1976 Mid-South Festival. This was a fitting title for a man who not…
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Blanche Hamilton Karsch was grocery shopping in Memphis when she learned that she had received a 3.5 million dollar inheritance. Mrs. Karsch responded…
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Six ships in the United States Navy have had the name USS Memphis. In 1858 and 1859 the first ship to be named the Memphis was used in river expedition to…
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Samuel Clemens, better known to readers worldwide as Mark Twain, had an intimate connection with Memphis. Before he achieved fame as a writer, Clemens…
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When the Civil War broke out, Memphis declared its allegiance to the Southern cause. In spite of the opposition from East Tennessee Union supporters, on…
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The Great Depression pushed cotton prices to drastically low levels. The Memphis economy was suffering.In early 1931, Arthur Halle and a group of…
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Flooding along the Mississippi River is a danger that has always existed. Today, we have some protection against the forces of nature through improved…
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May 27th, the last Monday in May, is Memorial Day. Americans pause to remember and honor those who died defending our country. The observance began at…
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The famed Spanish explorer, Hernando De Soto, the first European to see the Mississippi River, died on May 21, 1542.De Soto and his men had marched…