by Jeffery W. McKelroy Mary C. O’keefe Cultural Arts Center, Ocean Springs, MS. The Haunting of Ocean Springs Ocean Springs, Mississippi has a history stretching back more than 300 years and is one of the oldest European-settled communities on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The area’s recorded European history began in 1699, when French explorer Pierre…
Key West, Florida by Jeffery W. McKelroy On warm nights in Key West, when Duval Street glows beneath strings of light and the scent of salt and cigars drifts through the air, the old La Concha Hotel still watches over the island like a grand dowager who has seen everything. She was born in the…
A Ghost Story from Key West, Florida by Jeffery W. McKelroy On any humid summer evening in 1930’s Key West, Florida, the island’s pastel homes glowed under the eerie light of a waxing moon. In a small, weathered house on Eaton Street, a peculiar doll sat propped in a rocking chair by a bay window.…
by Jeffery W.McKelroy Old Cahawba, located at the confluence of the Cahaba and Alabama rivers, was established in 1819 as the first permanent capital of Alabama. The town thrived as a political and economic center in the early 19th century, attracting settlers, merchants, and politicians. However, frequent flooding and outbreaks of disease led to its…
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