We can buy bananas whenever we want now but for much of the 19th century, the fruit was a rare and luxurious treat. Thankfully for Alabama fruit-lovers, the first banana shipment pulled into Mobile Bay in 1893,

Going into Tuesday, a very rare and disruptive snowstorm is forecast to sweep across the Southeast in many places that don’t traditionally see snow, such as the Gulf Coast. Winter storm warnings are lined up from Houston to the Carolinas for the potential of a widespread swath of 3-5 inches of

Alabama continued to deal with snow on the ground on Thursday, two days after a historic Gulf Coast snowstorm. About 3 inches of snow was left on the ground Thursday morning at the National Weather Service office in Mobile. That’s nothing compared with the 7.5 inches the office had at the peak of the storm on Tuesday.

A powerful and rare winter storm swept across the South on Tuesday, bringing the first-ever Blizzard Warning to the Gulf Coast and blasting communities from Texas to Florida to the Carolinas with record-shattering snow that snarled travel and brought daily life to a halt.

Florida broke its all-time snowfall record Tuesday, recording more than 9 inches in the town of Milton.

Our mountains, creeks, and lakes in northeast Alabama draw visitors for its natural history and human history, as well. With this in mind, the area’s history is also a draw.

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Snow records are falling right and left this week. But, it looks Mobile takes the cake so far. The six and a half inches that fell by mid day Tuesday topped the six inches of snow Alabama’s Port City saw in 1881.

Thousands of miles of coastline between Texas and Florida were buffeted by powerful snowstorms over the past few days, with many locations across the Gulf Coast seeing record-breaking snowfall. Some areas in Louisiana and Alabama saw over 11 inches of snow,

Florida experienced unprecedented snowfall this week, breaking its all-time record with 9.8 inches in Milton, surpassing the previous 1954 record of 4 inches.

The South was still digging out Wednesday from a historic winter storm that shut down interstate systems, airports and schools, covered palm trees and beaches with snow and left at least five people dead in Texas.

The following five stories are a great place to start if you’re interested in learning about historic places, people and events that are tied to Shreveport and connected to the American