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1. 1.13.58-59 - Contract

   Contract between the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation and the Fairhope Golf, Gun and Country Club. (1927)

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2. 1.1.42-43 - Meeting Minutes

   Selected snyopsis of meeting minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation of: September 20, 1915 October 18, 1915 December 27, 1915 1916 March 20, 1916 April 8, 1916 September 18, 1916 February 4, 1918 September 4, 1896 September 9, 1898 June 8, 1927

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3. 1.20.2-51 - Scrapbook

   Scrapbook of Anne B. Call, 1932-1937, including Colony Council Proceedings 1/18/1932-6/20/1933. Key topics of the proceedings include; the conveyence of the wharf to the Fairhope Transportation and Excursion Company, a "gateway amendment" to the constitution making it easier to amend the constitution, the park land lawsuit, the Woman's Coucil Building and the conveyence of the Golf, Gun and Country Club to the Town of Fairhope. There is als...

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4. 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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5. 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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6. 31_1926_1-11 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting MInutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation for the year 1926. The Corporation usually met twice per month. Includes routine business of the Colony Council, including efforts to beautify Fairhope Avenue and other areas of the town by planting dogwood trees from the woods and azalea bushes donated by Clement L. Coleman. The Colony purchased 160 acres from the S. S. Mann Corporation with Mr. Maddocks paying the $2500 fee. St...

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7. 31_1932_1-12 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting MInutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation for the year 1932 including routine business, lease transfers, financial statements and other business including: The Fairhope Wharf was deeded to the Town of Fairhope in 1932, following the action of the FSTC in 1931 when the Corporation-owned parklands were deeded to the Town. The so-called "Gateway Amendment" to the FSTC Constitution passed in a May 9th, 1932 special election whic...

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8. FMH_0086 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, c. 1916, titled "On the Fairhope Golf Grounds. In the foreground is the wall of Big Mouth Gully (aka, Bayou Charbon, Davis Gully, Marshall's Gully) with golfers on the nine-hole course shown at play. Use search word "golf" for more images of the Fairhope Golf, Gun and Country Club. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives. Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History, Donelson Collection...

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9. FMH_0087 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph c. 1930-1940 of a group of golfers at the Fairhope Golf, Gun and County Club Clubhouse in Fairhope, Alabama. George Y. Skinner and Mildred Wheeler Skinner are the couple at the far left of the photograph. The Skinners with winter visitors in Fairhope for many years, finally making their permanent home in Fairhope. Dr. Charles Wilson Morrow and wife Aurora Roes Morrow are standing at the far right. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corp...

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10. FMH_0810 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph c.1920 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, titled "Fairhope Golf Grounds." The golf course was located between Fairhope Avenue and Morphy Avenue, several blocks east of Section Street. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History.

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11. FMH_1081 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of the Fairhope Golf, Gun and Country Club (aka Fairhope County Club, Fairhope Golf Course) located approimately within the block of Fairhope Avenue, Mershon Street, Call Street and Johnson Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. This was a nine hole golf course built in 1916 and the clubhouse was built in 1922. The Fairhope Single Tax Corporation developed the area as the "golf course subdivision" beginning in 1955. From the Fairhope Single...

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12. FMH_1088 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, titled "On the Fairhope Golf Course, Fairhope, Ala." This long view of the Fairhope Golf, Gun and County Club includes the clubhouse. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History

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13. FSTC-0111 - Photograph, Digital

    Presentation slide with labels of two photographs of the Fairhope Golf, Gun and Country Club in Fairhope, Alabama. The picture on the right showing golfers in the distance is by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, titled "On the Golf Grounds." (Note: a better version of this picture is at FMH_0086 in these Online Archives.) The gully in the foreground is Davis Gully, also called Bayou Charbon and Big Mouth Gully and, in the early days, Marshall's G...

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14. FSTC-0383 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph c.1922 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of the Fairhope Golf, Gun and Country Club clubhouse, also called the Fairhope Country Club. The nine-house course was built in 1916 on Bayou Cherbon (aka Big Mouth Gully, Davis Gully, Marshall's Gully), on the south side of Fairhope Avenue at Johnson Street. The course extended almost to Morphy Avenue. The clubhouse was added in 1922. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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15. FSTC-0945 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph c.1930s of the Golf, Gun and Country Club clubhouse in Fairhope, Alabama. The nine-hole golf course opened in 1916, and the clubhouse was built in 1922. The Fairhope Single Tax Corporation developed the golf course area for lease beginning in the mid-1950s. This is located within the block of Fairhope Avenue, Mershon Street, Call Street and Johnson Avenue and is now a private home. The photograph is from the 1995 Fairhope High S...

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16. FSTC-0975 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of George Y. Skinner and Mildred Wheeler Skinner seated on a bench at the Fairhope Golf, Gun and Country Club in Fairhope, Alabama. Mrs. Skinner holds her golf club. The picture is not dated, but likely in the 1930s. New Yorkers Mr. and Mrs. Skinner first came to Fairhope c. 1931, where, for some years, they spent the winter months living at the Colonial Inn. Subsequently they bought a house from T. H. Molton at 52 North Ingleside...

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17. PMG-1153 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of the Fairhope Golf, Gun and Country Club Clubhouse. The golf course was built in 1916 on Bayou Cherbon (aka Big Mouth Gully, Davis Gully, Marshall's Gully) on the south side of Fairhope Avenue at Johnson Street. The course extended almost to Morphy Avenue. The clubhouse pictured here was built in 1922. The FSTC developed the property in 1955 for houses. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fair...

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