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1. 1895_Courier_Page_52 - Newspaper Article

   Article from the July 15, 1895 Fairhope Courier about the death of Mr. John Hunnel while swimming in Mobile Bay on July 4, 1895. Mr. Hunnel was the first Fairhoper to die in the Colony and the first to be buried in the Colony Cemetery. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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2. 1903_Courier - Newspaper

   Fairhope Courier newspapers for 1903. The paper was published on the 1st and 15th of each month. All editions are available. The December 15, 1903 paper has a four page supplement about "the Only Colony of Single-Taxers in the World" reprinted by permission from the Judge Publishing Company, October 8, 1903 edition of Leslie's Weekly. A new press was acquired for the Courier in 1903 resulting in more efficient and better quality printing. ...

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3. 2.11.1-45 - Meeting Minutes

   Fairhope Colony Cemetery meeting minutes and correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1926-1956. NOTE: 33_1-1-33 is mostly the same information, but has been retyped and is easier to read. Includes correspondence about purchasing grave sites and other routine cemetery business. Includes the Rules and Regulations of the Fairhope (Colony) Cemetery and the Establishment of Perpetual Care Trust Fund, approved at the Fairhope...

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4. 30.29.1-18 - Correspondence

   Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation including the results of a March 2, 1929 referendum vote of the members. The question at hand was "Shall the present form of application for lease be discontinued and the form in use previous to it be adopted?" Results were 45 to 1 against the proposition. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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5. 31_1915_1-19 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated Spetember 1915 through December 1915. The Colony Council met twice per month. Most meetings included approval of the previous meeting's minutes, Treasurer's reports (bills to be paid, rent information, cash on hand), lease transfers and Wharfinger's report. In addition, highlights of meetings are as follows: September 6, 1915: Problem of water from the Berglin ice plant and from the ...

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6. 31_1917_1-10 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting MInutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated 1917. These Minutes were published in the Fairhope Courier newspaper and the scans appear as newspaper clippings. The Colony Council met approximately twice per month and included financial reports, lease transfers, and general FSTC business. Annual meeting minutes are included. Among highlights of 1917 are: January 17, 1917. Discussion by FSTC trustees Anne B. Call and A. ...

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7. 31_1919_1-10 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting MInutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation for the year 1919. The Colony Council usually met twice per month. Includes financial reports, lease information and information about the business of the Corporation. At the Annual Meeting on January 27, 1919, the Colony was reported in good financial shape, the best in many years. The death of one of Fairhope's founders, S. S. Mann was noted. Overall, 1919 was a busy year with the FS...

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8. 31_1920_1-9 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation for the year 1920. The Colony Council usually met twice per month. Includes reports, lease information and information reflective of the business of the Corporation. Among other topics discussed: Colony Telphone System, Fairhope Public LIbrary, street and drainage projects, Tax increases on FSTC lands, rent issues and lessee concerns. Signor Cipriano Montoliu sent his Organic City pla...

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9. 31_1927_1-10 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting MInutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation for the year 1927; the Corporation usually met twice per month. Topics include routine matters of business as well as: Representatives of the Fairhope Transportation and Excursion Company, which had help fund an expansion of the pierhead in 1922, came before the Colony Council twice in 1927 requesting that they be paid and suggested the payment come from any funds left from the defunct Pe...

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10. 31_1931_1-16 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation for year 1931 including routine business, financial statements, lease transfers of the Colony and similar actions. In addition: In 1931, the Corporation's attention was focused on transferring the bayfront park area to the Town of Fairhope. The idea had been introduced in 1921 by E. B. Gaston; ten years later the urgency became apparent to most of the Colony leaders and members because o...

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11. 31_1934_1-11 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting MInutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation for year 1934 and includes routine business, financial statements, lease transfers and annular reports. In his annual Secretary's Report (pages 1-2), E. B. Gaston writes a clear overview of the circumstances in the depth of the Depression within the context of the FSTC's policies. The Town of Fairhope negotiated with the FSTC for a Colony-owned site for a municipal airport, with the F...

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12. 33_1_1-32 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Colony Cemetery Committee for 1934-1963. These documents were retyped from the originals (see same documents in these Archives at 2.11.1-45) by Helen Call who delivered them to the secretary of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, Dr. C. A. Gaston, on May 5, 1971. Includes correspondence about purchasing grave sites and other routine Colony Cemetery business, and the Rules and Regulations of the Fairhope Cemete...

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13. 33_4_1 - Map

    Map of the Fairhope Colony Cemetery dated 1965 and updated June 6, 1988. Shows names and designates if deceased was a veteran. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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14. 34_83_064_069 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2015 of 7370 Sibley Street in Montrose, Alabama. This building is located in the Montrose Historic District. See 34_82_001_050 for all buildings in this District or search "Montrose Historic District." Note: The attached Historic Sites form has different address of 23000 3rd Street. This is the Montrose Cemetery. The land for the cemetery was donated by Montrose founder Cyrus Sibley and...

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15. FMH_1093 - Photograph, Digital

    Aeriel photograph c. pre-1927 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, titled "Fairhope-The Bay in Distance" showing the curving shoreline of Mobile Bay and the intersection of Magnolia Avenue and Section Street in close view. The Fairhope Colony Cemetery is seen in front of the line of trees in the mid-distance. The first house on the left was owned at one time by Marietta Johnson (Director and co-founder of the School of Organic Education) and husba...

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16. FMH-A0002 - Audio, Digital

    Interview (audio only) titled "Eastern Shore During the Colonial Period" dated June 29, 2013. Fairhope Museum of History, Director Donnie Barrett is interviewed by Michael Titford. In this wide-ranging interview, Barrett discusses the history of the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay through the transition to Colonial times from when the population was primarily Native American Indian. Topics include Native American pottery, various settlements,...

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17. FSTC-0304 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph negatives of image in Fairhope, Alabama c. 1950s-1960s, including school, library, Fairhope Avenue looking nortwest, bank, cemetery, utilities. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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18. FSTC-0829 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph, undated, of the Colony Cemetery in Fairhope, Alabama. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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19. FSTC-1275-1276 - Photograph, Digital

    Two photographs taken in August, 1957 of the Blakeley Cemetery, now part of Historic Blakeley State Park north of Spanish Fort, Alabama. One picture shows the sign which reads "Blakeley Cemetery, Baldwin County Historical Society." The other picture is of grave markers. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, courtesy of the Ruffles Family.

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20. FSTC-1303 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph taken in August, 1957 of broken grave markers at the Blakeley Cemetery, now part of Historic Blakeley State Park north of Spanish Fort, Alabama. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, courtesy of the Ruffles Family.

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