tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365858055267871677.post6345040775529327012..comments2024-03-28T04:29:04.301-04:00Comments on The Feral Irishman: Former Alabama Governor, John Patterson, Dead at 99Irishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772405362867585844noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365858055267871677.post-74760029122005479552021-06-08T06:34:36.162-04:002021-06-08T06:34:36.162-04:00History is made by the author if you are a faithfu...History is made by the author if you are a faithful leftist "journalist". You know; like Yamiche Alcindor. Not somebody like Andy Ngo, because he is not a journalist, right Twitter?Bob from Kynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365858055267871677.post-7660959728492864442021-06-07T14:15:45.320-04:002021-06-07T14:15:45.320-04:00Same with San Diego and the US Navy Same with San Diego and the US Navy Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365858055267871677.post-79035686783272387342021-06-07T00:31:46.684-04:002021-06-07T00:31:46.684-04:00Good story Shamrock17. Thank you as well.Good story Shamrock17. Thank you as well.Jeffery in Alabamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17335332266715975717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365858055267871677.post-28356965339216701142021-06-07T00:29:30.436-04:002021-06-07T00:29:30.436-04:00Thanks for sharing MrGarabaldi. I've heard ver...Thanks for sharing MrGarabaldi. I've heard very similar stories from those who were there.Jeffery in Alabamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17335332266715975717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365858055267871677.post-6416351797152995282021-06-06T13:15:09.277-04:002021-06-06T13:15:09.277-04:00Hey Jeffrey;
I remember the story of "S...Hey Jeffrey;<br /><br /> I remember the story of "Sin City", I was a kid living in Fort Benning in the early 1970's, my Dad was a CID agent with the U.S. Army and yes the crime from the city kept things busy, a lot of people got rich fleecing the soldiers from Benning. My dad told me a story that to get the attention of the city fathers that they needed to get their house in order before the commandant of Benning put most of Phoenix on the "restricted" list was to have to soldiers paid in dollar coins for 1 paycheck, and when the city fathers saw how much dollar coins went through the local economy, it kinda got their attention. This was in the 1950's I believe and they started to clean up their act when they saw how much money the G.I's contributed to the local economy and it would be a shame if the cash cow mooed its last, if you know what I mean. That's when they started cracking down on the more egregious crap going on in "Sin" city. Granted it still is a hive of wickedness and villainy, but it is a shadow of its former self. Man the memories.MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365858055267871677.post-27306191282573777912021-06-06T11:49:32.843-04:002021-06-06T11:49:32.843-04:00I like history, thanks for posting.
On a side no...I like history, thanks for posting. <br />On a side note, here is the text from the historical markers of the Old Russell County Courthouse and the Russell County Courthouse. Simeon O'Neal was my great-great-great grandfather<br />OLD RUSSELL COUNTY COURTHOUSE<br />During the Federal occupation of the former Confederate States of American, the Alabama Legislature created Lee County primarily from the northern half of Russell County in 1866 and ordered the selection of the county seat "more centrally located." Government in Russell County was practically non-existent at the time; few records were kept and taxes levied only for favored political purposes. An election was called; Seale won. Simeon O'Neal and Cicero McBride selected this commanding site. John Lewis was architect.<br />Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and Russell County Courthouse Association 1984.<br /><br />RUSSELL COUNTY COURTHOUSE<br />Political opportunists kept confusion reigning; another election was held in 1868; Seale won; excavation began; records were removed from the former county seat at Crawford to a nearby store until rooms were sufficiently complete. Permanent funding was not enacted until 1871, the total cost being $9,600. Simeon O'Neal was the contractor. The wing rooms, the inside chairs, and the exterior rebricking was accomplished in 1908. In 1935 the branch at Phenix City was elected the county seat with Seale remaining a branch until it was closed in 1943.<br />Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and Russell County Courthouse Association 1984.Shamrock17https://www.blogger.com/profile/11895609901856184754noreply@blogger.com