Related Records

1. 1.12.7 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting minutes dated 12/16/1922 of the directors of the People's Railroad Company to discuss an extention to the Pier Head. $1,400.50 is authorized to be paid to the Fairhope Transportation & Excursion Company for the job. From the correspondence of Anne B. Call

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2. 18.7.1-25 - Documents

   Documents related to the Estate of Henry Crawford, E. B. Gaston, Adminitrator, 1930-1931.

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3. 30.3.1-26 - Correspondence

   Miscellaneous correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corportion dated April 1-14, 1926. Included are requests for information about Fairhope and the Single Tax Colony, correspondence between Gaston and Fiske Warren regarding a proposal to send Gaston to Copenhagen Denmark for a Single Tax Conference, forms from Baldwin Mutual Insurance Company and a report requested by the FSTC Council from Alex M. Troyer, a tree expert and own of Fairhope Nur...

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4. 33_2_009 - Cemetery Record Book

   Fairhope Colony Cemetery Record Book showing burials in Lot 47, also numbered page 47 in the book. Gaston Family Lot Graves in Lot 47 Grave 1: Dr. Clara E. Atkinson, died 1932. Grave 2: Clara Mershon Gaston, died 1934, wife of E. B. Gaston Grave 3: E. B. Gaston, died 1937 Grave 4: Unclear information (Other Cemetery sources show this space for Camilla Roberts Bonell, died1984) Grave 5: No information (Other Cemetery sources show this ...

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5. 35_36_001_003 - Documents

   The pierhead on the Fairhope Wharf was extended by 75 feet in 1921-early 1922 to more easily and safely accommodate Bay Queen steamer and other larger bay boats berthing there. Mr. Oswalt Forster secured the contract for the project for a total cost of $398.10. The contract, drawing of the new pierhead and an unsigned letter to Henry Crawford about the project are included. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Anne Bellange...

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6. FMH_0048 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph dated 1920 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, titled "Organic School, Fairhope, Alabama, Putting up Street Signs." The photo is of Organic School (School of Organic Education) students with signs (for Church Street, Fairhope Avenue, Section Street and Bayview Avenue) they have made for Fairhope's downtown streets. Helen Porter Dyson has climbed the ladder and is nailing the Fairhope Avenue sign to a pole. An 'X' is marked by someon...

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7. FSTC-0255 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph c 1932 of the E.B. Gaston family in Fairhope, Alabama. The picture includes E.B. and Clara Gaston, their five children (Frances, James, Cornelius, Leah and Arthur), their spouses and children. The sign in the middle reads "Fairhope The First Fireplace Built in Fairhope." E. B. and Clara Gaston moved their family to the first home occupied in the Fairhope Colony on January 24, 1895. Left to Right: James Ernest Gaston, Sr. Jame...

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8. FSTC-0782 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, dated March 1915 of the corner of Fairhope Avenue and Section Street in downtown Fairhope, Alabama. The picture looks northwest, with Henry Crawford's General Merchandise Store (also called Crawford's Cash Store) at the northwest corner, and Mrs. Anne B. Call's Millinery Shop (which would become The Pinequat Shop) next door. The People's Rail Road car is on the tracks and is being pulled by a mule ("...

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9. PMG-1000 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph dated June 1932 of the E. B. Gaston family in Fairhope, Alabama. This is a duplicate of FSTC-0255, but a better quality image. The picture included E. B. and Clara Gaston, their five adult children (Frances, James, Cornelius, Leah and Arthur), with spouses and children. The sign in the middle reads "Fairhope The First Fireplace built in Fairhope." E. B. and Clara Gaston moved their family into the first home built in the Fairhope ...

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10. PMG-1665 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of Henry Crawford (1879-1930), Fairhope businessman. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives

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11. PMG-2013 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph c. 1915 by Mr. Robac of the interior of Crawford's Cash Store, also called Crawford's General Merchandise Store, Crawford's Big Store) located at the northwest corner of Fairhope Avenue and Section Street in downtown Fairhope, Alabama. The store was owned and operated by brothers Nathaniel Mershon and A. H. Mershon starting in 1896 operating it as Mershon Brothers Merchandising Store. The Mershons sold the store to Henry Crawford ...

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12. viii.10.7 - Letter

    Letter dated 7/17/1916 to George R. Hennig requesting Wharf certificates be delivered.

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13. viii.12.41 - Letter

    Undated, but definitely 1915 notice of support for W. A. Foster for Probate Judge signed by 12 citizens.

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14. viii.9.39 - Letter

    Letter dated 9/27/1921 to Henry Crawford from E. B. Gaston responding to the matter of extending the Fairhope Wharf to accommodate other bay boats, specifically the Bay Queen, of which Crawford is part owner. Gaston says the People's Railroad Company, which controls the Wharf, cannot financially assume any indebtedness, but if Crawford and his associates wish to fund an extensior of the pierhead (within certain parameters), that would be conside...

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