If you live outside the state of Florida, you may not even know the name Henry Flagler. If you live anywhere along Florida’s Atlantic coast, however, the name Flagler is unavoidable. There’s Flagler Beach, Flagler College, Flagler County and countless other institutions, both private and public, named for Henry Flagler. But who was he?
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RSM Profile: A Real Southern Dog
January 19, 2012 
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What is arguably the most American of all dog breeds is not recognized as a show-worthy breed by the American Kennel Club. Perhaps it’s the fact that the most American of all dog breeds is also undeniably Southern.
Read more RSM Profile: John Heisman
September 7, 2011 0 Comments
He was born in Ohio, raised and educated in Pennsylvania and buried in Wisconsin. So why would we want to honor him as a Southern man? Because the years that really defined his legend were spent below the Mason-Dixon, shaping that great Southern religion: college football. His name was John Heisman.
Read more RSM Profile: W.C. Handy
August 17, 2011 0 Comments
He was born in Florence, Alabama and educated in Huntsville, but his career took him to Memphis. Whatever happened along that journey of what would become Highway 78 changed the world of music forever.
Read more RSM Profile: Wernher von Braun
July 7, 2011 1 Comment
What marks the legacy of a man? Is it his achievements? His words? Or is it his history, his heritage, his associations? These questions get to the heart of the debate over the legacy of many a Southern man … including German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun.
Read more Meet Rube Burrow, King of the Outlaws
June 22, 2011 8 Comments
A Real Southern Men Profile His legend hasn’t lived on like that of Jesse James or Billy the Kid. In fact, if not for a beloved (and now sadly defunct) eatery on Birmingham’s Southside, it’s likely most Southerners wouldn’t even know his name. He was Rube Burrow, the “King of the Outlaws.” Born Reuben Houston […]
Read more RSM Profile: William J. Hardee
June 8, 2011 1 Comment
Today’s RSM Profile is of a lesser-known general from the Civil War, but one of utmost importance. William J. Hardee wrote the book on battle for the Civil War … literally.
Read more RSM Profile: Jean Lafitte
June 2, 2011 2 Comments
This week has become something of a Pirate Week here on RSM.
We continue our look at the pirating history of the South with a profile of the gentleman “Prince of Pirates,” that charming rogue synonymous with the early history of New Orleans, Jean Lafitte.
Read moreRSM Profile: Alexander McGillivray
June 1, 2011 1 Comment
His legend led Theodore Roosevelt to describe him as “the most gifted man ever born on Alabama soil.” Born in the Creek village of Little Tallassee near present-day Montgomery, McGillivray was raised in both the Creek culture of his mother and the colonial lifestyle of his father. Though it made him a controversial figure in traditional Creek society, his blending of the power of his mother’s clan with the wealth and privilege of his father’s world made him a consummate politician.
Read more RSM Profile: Jack Huff
May 25, 2011 1 Comment
High atop a mountain in the nation’s most visited national park is a lodge no “windshield tourist” will ever see. It’s the only remaining lodging within the park’s borders – a place with no telephones, no televisions, no electricity, no running water and some very sketchy cell service. The place is LeConte Lodge, named for […]
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