SILVERHILL, Alabama — In a corner of the room at the Oscar Johnson Memorial Library in Silverhill sits a tiny desk, along with an old manual typewriter, an adding machine and a framed certificate.

via Items belonging to Silverhill founder donated to library – GulfCoastNewsToday.com: News.

SILVERHILL, Alabama — Shirley Stephens will present a history of Silverhill and recollections of Baldwin County during the May 19 meeting of the Baldwin County Historical Society. The meeting, held at Oscar Johnson Park, will begin with a social period at 2 p.m., followed by the program at 2:30.

via History of Silverhill to be recounted at May 19 Baldwin Historical Society meeting | al.com.

SUMMERDALE — The Summmerdale Town Museum will hold its grand opening this weekend.

The free event will be held 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at the museum, which is housed in the Summerdale Community Center at 300 W. Jackson St.. The afternoon will include refreshments and the opportunity to see items depicting Summerdale’s heritage.

via Summerdale Museum grand opening Saturday – GulfCoastNewsToday.com: News.

Thomas John Earle had mixed emotions Wednesday as movers used cranes to slowly and carefully lift the roof off his family’s church.

It was one of the last steps in a two-week long process to get Montpelier Methodist Church ready to be moved from the Blacksher community to Bicentennial Park in Stockton.

via Church cut into three pieces, moved to new home | al.com.

If you are in northern Baldwin County today, you might see a church rolling down the street.

Montpelier Methodist Church is going to be moved from its current location at T.J. Earle Road and Alabama 59 in the Blacksher community in Baldwin County.

via Montpelier Methodist Church to be moved today | al.com.

STOCKTON, Alabama — The third annual Old Time Country Festival date has been set for April 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Baldwin County Bicentennial Park in Stockton.

via Old Time Country Festival to feature demonstrations, exhibits in Stockton | al.com.

Senior editor William Moore did a great job capturing the action at Fort Mims, as living history . . . . complete with authentic musket fire . . . erupted over the weekend. The event commemorated the 200th anniversary of the British-American ‘War of 1812′.

via War of 1812 . . . 200 years removed: Fort Mims re-enactment – GulfCoastNewsToday.com: Gulf Coast Visitor Guide.

This week's installment of 'Throwback Thursday' takes us back just 15 years.  Some things were constant with today, like the return of the annual Arts & Crafts Festival to Fairhope this week.  Many things have changed, however, over those ensuing 15 years.

via Throwback Thursday: March, 1998 – GulfCoastNewsToday.com: History.

ELBERTA — A piece of Elberta history was honored during Sunday’s annual meeting of the Baldwin County Heritage Museum, as the General Store exhibit was dedicated.

via Museum dedicates exhibit – GulfCoastNewsToday.com: News.

This week’s “Throwback” series takes us back to the first week of March in 1985, when the region’s rich agricultural heritage received some love statewide, and in the local press. As covered in the Gulf Cost Newspapers editions at the time, Loxley’s Julio Corte, Sr. had just been inducted. along with 4 others statewide, into the Alabama Livestock Hall of Fame.

via Throwback Thursday: March, 1985 in focus – GulfCoastNewsToday.com: Gulf Coast Visitor Guide.

SPANISH FORT, Alabama — Blakeley State Park will be unable to hold the Civil War reenactment and living history activities this spring because of lack of state appropriations to operate the state historic park, according to Director Jo Ann Flirt.

via Blakeley State Park cancels biyearly Civil War re-enactment | al.com.