Steve Pike
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On October 2, 1944, several hundred people came to watch eight International Harvester mechanical cotton pickers clear a cotton field. On October 2, 1944,…
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Lena Angevine Warner is rightfully known as Tennessee’s pioneer nurse, working with Walter Reed to discover that mosquitos were the carriers of Yellow…
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Over 50 years ago, entertainer Danny Thomas founded St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, arguing that "no child should die in the dawn of life." St.…
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This Memphis Moments gives wing to daredevil and aviator Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie.Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie was a pioneer of flight. Born in 1902, the young…
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Robert R. Church, Sr., founded the Solvent Savings Bank and Trust Company in 1906. It was Memphis' first black-owned-and-operated bank.By 1907, the bank…
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In the fall, Southerners' fancies turn to football, and, in the 1920s, football included the amazing UT Docs. In 1920, the University of Tennessee School…
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Henry Ford founded a car company and changed our lives forever. His goal was to build a car that most families could afford, and he succeeded.The first…
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On December 4, 1956, Elvis dropped by Sun Studios to visit Sam Phillips. Although Elvis was now a recording star with RCA, he was still close to Phillips,…
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Dr. John Erskine was buried in Elmwood Cemetery on September 17, 1878. Dr Erskine was a native of Alabama. He and his older brother moved to Memphis in…
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September 10, 1884, is an important date in Memphis history, although one often forgotten. This was the day that the final spike was driven for the Yazoo…