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Originally released in January 2019 this episode was one of our most popular. See below
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By Dennis Wolf In 1917, Charles Davinport Wailes, Jr. was a member of the Chickasaw
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Originally released in the middle of COVID, this is one of our more popular episodes.
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The Great Bicycle Ordinance in Memphis went into effect July 1, 1940. It was created
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By Dennis Wolf Eighty-two years ago today, on April 29, 1944, a Saturday, Memphis experienced
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By Dennis Wolf In 1844, Charles Lofland purchased the land the Dunscomb house sat on
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Originally published in 2021, this is one of our favorite episodes. Today’s episode is one
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Crump started annexation and it kept going: “We are moving east.” By Joe V
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by Joe Lowry Six years after the end of World War I the Memphis Memorial
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Enjoy this blast from the past during this Christmas time! Joe and I had the
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By Joe V Lowry and William “Chip” Campbell Between June 14 and July 17, 1946,
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by Michael Vanelli Did you know there was a UT football team in Memphis that
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By Joe Lowry His men called him a “cop’s cop.“ They and the citizens of
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by Joe Lowry Mary Frances Lowry was born in Helena, Ark., on Feb. 4, 1906.
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written by Joe Lowry edited by Anne Swearingen Some of you may remember going to
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By Joe Lowry Edited by Anne Swearingen Fire Chief Edward A. Hamilton joined the department
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By Dennis Wolf A Little About Goldsmith’s Department Store Before we discuss the fire, a
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By Dennis Wolf A Brief History of the Raleigh Area Raleigh is an area of
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By Dennis Wolf Friday, May 8, 1925, was a nice day in Memphis, with the
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By Dennis Wolf The undated photo below is of the William P. Metcalf home at
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by Joe Lowry Memphis Fire Department Line of Duty Deaths and Non Line of Duty
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By Dennis Wolf This is a narrative about a woman named Alma Cox Whitworth Calvert
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By Dennis Wolf On March 6, 1947, a four-alarm fire destroyed the Walgreens Drug Store
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by Joe Lowry Memphis first attempt to add black members to the Memphis Fire Department When
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By Joe V Lowry There has been a saying used by the Police
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by Joe Lowry August 13, 1946, 7 Alarm Fire 35 firemen hurt with 12 staying
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By Dennis Wolf The Hollywood High School at 1346 Bryan Street was destroyed by fire
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by Dennis Wolf Best viewed on desktop John Calvin Coovert was a photographer in the
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By Dennis Wolf The Elk’s Club (Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks) building was
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By Dennis Wolf In the years leading up to the 1929 stock market crash, speculative
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by JVLowry I want to share Doctor John Richard Drake’s remarkable story. Back in the
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by JV Lowry Deputy Chief James Pete Leach raised me. He taught me that there
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By Michael Vanelli and Joe Lowry With special thanks to Chris Chiozza Edited by Trish
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The headline from the January 17, 1903 edition of the Commercial Appeal read: “Heap Much
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James Gold Kitchen was born in April 1881 in Virginia and came to Memphis with
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Baseball fans all seem to know about Memphis Bill Terry, but few have heard about
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Martin Airport was located where Macon and Berclair roads are now. In 1946, Lee W.
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By JV Lowry A historical account of a past and forgotten incident within the newly
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The final installment of the Favar Crowell murder. Both suspects claimed they were in New
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On Tuesday night of September 22nd, THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL received a letter in a stamped
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From the author – This is the story of a double homicide that happened in
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St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral is 165 years old this year. Listen as Mark talks with
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The Independent Insurance Companies of Memphis pooled their money and support to award the bravery
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We are very pleased to have Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris join us for this
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As a man of the law, William B. Ingram was about looking out for the
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By Charlie Lambert The ongoing criticism of the SCOTUS, especially the behavior of one particular
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Many Memphians are unaware the Chinese first immigrated to Memphis more than 150 years go.
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Here is a story of Hemry Lux and the public roles he filled as a
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When Prohibition became law in 1920, the Italians and the Irish would not have any
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By Charlie Lambert From time to time I see actors or actresses in an old
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By now, regular readers of this blog know my primary interest has always been movies.
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When I was hired on the Memphis Fire Department April 1, 1974 as a Fire
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Read Part I here. After years of abuse by Boyle and his cronies, The Memphis
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Born in 1891 to Patrick and Mary Boyle, Joseph P. Boyle was a rich mix
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The history of Chinese Memphians goes back 150 years in Memphis. Our first Chinese families
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Slave Dealers, Trading Companies, and their Product By Joe Lowry Edited by Trish
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By Charlie Lambert A few months ago I wrote an article for this blog about
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Joe V Lowry On April 5, 1891, three handsome buildings on north Main burned.
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Joe and I had the pleasure of spending time with Olive Gamble who was a
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by Charlie Lambert When certain people come into our lives and make their mark, even
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If you were around the Germantown area in the early 70’s you no doubt remember
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By Joe Lowry Edited by Trish Gully By the end of the 1800s, Memphis would
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Final installment in a 3 part series – read the 1st installment here, and the
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2nd in a 3 part series – read the 1st installment here. By William Novarese
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By William Novarese The Memphis Street Railway Company controlled all streetcar traffic in Memphis in
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By Charlie Lambert Those of you who did not grow up in Memphis, even those
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By Joe Lowry Edited by Trish Gully Memphis and Shelby County is no stranger to
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by Joe V Lowry From chasing fire engines on his bicycle to jumping up in
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by Joe V Lowry From chasing fire engines on his bicycle to jumping up in
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It all happened October 22, 1931. A four alarm fire consumed five stores on South
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by Charlie Lambert Back then, over seventy-years ago, a city bus route ran directly in
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Infamous Chairman of Memphis Board of Censors Wore Many Hats By Charlie Lambert Duck Hill,
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by J.V. Lowry In a town where there was no Mafia, and E.H. Crump made
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Today’s episode is one most long-time Memphians can relate to. Sears Crosstown was a staple
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On December 30th, with court in session, word came that the State Supreme court had
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Thomas Dies was known to be a person who followed the same political philosophies as
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Researched and written by Bill Novarese This story is based on facts taken from newspapers
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John Matthew Dolan.. a Memphis Fire Department icon was born December 19, 1866, one of
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February 26, 1953 The telling and retelling of this one event has over the years
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We are joined on this very interesting and timely subject by two experts in Graydon
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This article is a part of our Ask Away! user submitted question series. This question
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Do you have a question about Memphis history that has so far not been answered?
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By Michael Vanelli and Joe V Lowry, with research and editorial assistance by Trish Gully.
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What can be said about 2020 that hasn’t already been said? It was a tough
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In this final installment of our 3 part series on the 1978 Firefighter strike, we
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Welcome back for our second installment of the three part series about the events of
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We are pleased to present a 3 part series on one of our most requested
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Every once in a while I stumble into a story that has all kinds of
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Three years ago I sat down my childhood friend Ray Ransom, who spent his entire
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In this episode we talk all things in the Memphis Latino Community. From the beginning
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(When political power was the prize, legendary politician Edward Crump knew how to get the
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The Nashville Tennessean Newspaper was quoted as saying “he ran the day to day business
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I was truly amazed when I started doing the research on this fine Memphian. After
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We are pleased and honored to announce that Willy Bearden has joined the OMH team.
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Our guest this episode is noted Memphis author Lucius McGehee. We discuss his latest book,
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We at Our Memphis History are sadden today to report the passing of one of
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Written by Joe Lowry with research and editorial assistance by Trish Gully. It was the
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Our wonderful story is about Edward O. Cleaborn. A forgotten Memphis hero, this 18-year-old U.S.
