Freddy Returns to His Favorite Place in America for Some History and Beauty
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Point Clear, Alabama. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Baldwin. Associated ZIP codes: 36564.
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Activist charged with setting fire to embattled Mississippi police department
An Alabama man has been charged with setting fire to a Mississippi police department that has faced protests in the months since an officer fatally shot a 1-...
Nov 4, 2026Open source
Alabama oyster season opens amid decline in oyster numbers
Alabama Marine Resources officials say several years of poor water conditions have contributed to a significant decline in oyster numbers. Because of the dec...
Nov 3, 2026Open source
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Point Clear is in Baldwin County, Alabama.
Region: South Alabama
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Activist charged with setting fire to embattled Mississippi police department
An Alabama man has been charged with setting fire to a Mississippi police department that has faced protests in the months since an officer fatally shot a 1-...
Nov 4, 2026Open source
Alabama oyster season opens amid decline in oyster numbers
Alabama Marine Resources officials say several years of poor water conditions have contributed to a significant decline in oyster numbers. Because of the dec...
Nov 3, 2026Open source
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Point Clear, on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay, has been a summer retreat since the 1800s. Wealthy families from Mobile, New Orleans and beyond spent their summers here, believing the breeze off the bay gave them "good air" during yellow fever outbreaks. Most visitors arrived by ferry at Zundel's Wharf, and remnants of the old pier survived until Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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The community's landmark is the Grand Hotel, first built in 1847 as a two-story building with 40 guest rooms. During the Civil War, survivors of the Siege of Vicksburg were brought to the hotel by boat to recover. The 1906 hurricane destroyed the building, and a new hotel was built to replace it. In 1944 the Grand Hotel became the headquarters of Operation Ivory Soap, a secret World War II program to fit out ships as floating aircraft repair units for the Pacific. Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Thompson ran the effort from a suite in the hotel, and its maritime training school produced 5,000 Army seamen who served in the Philippines, Iwo Jima and Guam. Thompson said the name came from the soap's famous selling point: like the repair ships, Ivory floats. Point Clear remains an unincorporated community, and the hotel still welcomes guests. Sources Wikipedia: Point Clear, Alabama (citing the Congressional Record and Mobile Bay Magazine) Wikipedia: Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa (citing Herzog, Grand Traditions)
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30.4738890, -87.9191670
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