Marquis de Lafayette

Marquis de Lafayette was an aristocratic Frenchman who served as a volunteer Major General in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. The French and British fought many wars during their history for various reasons. Lafayette’s father died during one ...

Judge Samuel Holten

Judge Samuel Holten (1738-1816) was a practicing doctor for many years, but he also served the community through various government positions. For instance, Holten served as a judge for over thirty years. He took more of an active role in ...

John Winthrop: Founder's Memorial

John Winthrop (1588-1649) was an English aristocrat and the only son to a lord. He married numerous times and became a widower. His wife Margaret by all accounts was the love of his life. Altogether, Winthrop had 16 children between ...

General George Washington during the Siege of Boston

George Washington (1732-1799), the first President of the United States, was the first Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. General Washington had never led an army before and even recognized he had little experience leading larger groups of soldiers. The majority ...

Robert Shaw's 54th Colored Regiment

The 54^th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was the first all African American regiment to serve in the United States military. This was all made possible by Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The regiment came out of Boston, but very few of the ...

Hudson Street

The land on Hudson Street in Boston’s thriving Chinatown historically has been where many of the Chinese immigrants found their homes throughout history. It is also located on prime downtown real estate that offers a great location to transportation, hospitals, ...

George Middleton

George Middleton (1735-1815) was many things. He tended horses, he was a fighter for equality, and he was the commander of the Bucks of America. His home at 5-7 Pinckney Street, which is now a private residence, is the oldest ...

The Pink Haired Madame

If you lived in Pensacola at the dawn of the 20th Century, venturing south on Palafox below Government Street meant that you were looking for entertainment of an adult variety.

Known to local citizens as “The Line,” the ...

Blood on the Sidewalk

In the early morning hours of St. Patrick’s Day 1964, a man was found bleeding to death on the sidewalk in front of the Linen Department Store at 127 South Palafox Street. A trail of blood led from a ...

The Black Widow

On a quiet evening in June of 1983, Pensacola businessman John Gentry walked to his car near the abandoned San Carlos Hotel.  He was coming from a party at the Driftwood Restaurant, a popular eatery located on the first ...