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Chasing Shadows: Carrabelle becomes a town on Christmas Eve By Tamara Allen Special to the Times Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series on the founding of Carrabelle. In 1877, a real estate developer from Minnesota named Oliver Hudson Kelley set up a tent on the east side of the river where the Crooked and New Rivers joined and emptied into Apalachicola Sound. He moved in his wife and four daughters and declared himself the mayor. He began immediately to organize a community named...

keyboard_arrow_right The countries of Europe went to war in the summer of 1914 with enthusiasm and the belief that the conflict would be over by Christmas (December 25) of that year. Within only a few months, however, hundreds of thousands of soldiers had been killed in heavy fighting. The German advance had been checked at the Marne, and the “Race to the Sea” between Germany and the Allies had played out at Ypres. The result was a bloody stalemate, with a front that stretched from the Swis...

A World War II letter returned, unopened: Midland woman remembers her soldier uncle Midland woman remembers her soldier uncle, who perished in Philippines Dec. 18, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of14 Midland resident Betty Root poses for a portrait, holding a letter she wrote at age four to her uncle Alvin Gillett, a private in the U.S. Army who served during World War II and died of his wounds on Dec. 14, 1944. Months after she scribbled her name on the back of the envelope, the letter came bac...

What might have happened had these fights gone differently? Key Point: Old empires often rose or fell over the course of only a few battles. Here is how these epic clashes changed the course of entire civilizations. Battles can make or break states and change the destiny of nations forever. As such, they represent some of humanity’s most important events. While there have been dozens of important, interesting battles over the past five thousand years of recorded warfare, here are five that c...

The day HMS Exeter took on the pride of the German navy - and won In December 1939, HMS Exeter, along with HMS Ajax and HMS Achilles, fought a ferocious engagement against Germanys Admiral Graf Spee. It produced one of the most famous - and bizarre - endings to a naval battle ever seen The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Sign up for our Exeter newsletter and youll never miss a big story againInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Keep me updated When you subscribe...

Commentary: The little evergreen on Wiseman Blvd. Rafael Castillo For the Express-News Dec. 11, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail This decorated humble tree brought a smile and lifted my spirits. I’m grateful to the folks who have been dutifully decorating it all these years.Rafael Castillo /For the Express-News On tree-lined acreage at the corner of Wiseman Boulevard and Westover Hills sits a short, humble evergreen. It’s wrapped with golden garland interspersed with peppermint ribbons. Poinsetti...

By WYATT OLSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: December 10, 2020 When Beverly Dillon’s home phone rang on a late summer evening in 2019, she ignored it. She didn’t recognize the number and assumed it was a pesky marketing call to her home in a small Montana town near Glacier National Park. But as the caller began leaving a message on her old-fashioned answering machine — mentioning the surnames Vincent and McAllister — Dillon raced to pick up the phone. “Yes! I was a Vincent before ...

New Vietnam War Memorial Approved in Westminster, But Some Residents Object Plans to add a second monument at Freedom Park in Westminster, California, where a tribute to fallen and imprisoned soldiers who served during the Vietnam War for the United States and the Army Republic of Vietnam already exists, was unanimously approved by the City of Westminster City Council Dec. 9. Sid Goldstein Freedom Park features two 11-foot soldiers cast in bronze, one of an American and one of a South Vietnames...