The Robert H. Dixey, or what's left of it, may have found it's once and final resting place in a Mobile area landfill.
According to a news article in today's Mobile Register the relic was trucked to a landfill recently.
We wrote several articles about the shipwreck over the past several months. The saga began with Katrina dredging a huge chunk of what was believed to be the Robert H. Dixey and using it to destroy and damage homes on Dauphin Island's west end beach.
When the relic was discovered by a local marine archaeologist a brief flurry of activity ensued to dig it out of the sand beneath a vacation beach home and preserve it for its historic value. A local restaurant owner proposed using his flooded restaurant as a storage facility where the preservation process could take place.
That plan fell apart when the preservationist team could not figure out how to move it from under the house. Eventually they lost interest. The vacation home owner took matters into his own hands and dragged the relic to the side of Bienville Blvd, where it sat in the sun for several months.
Presumably the vacation home owners finally tired of looking at it and had it picked up and trucked to the landfill.
Read previous stories about the Robert H. Dixey
Here are a few more articles and links to information about the Dauphin Island Property Owners' Association lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers' dredging practices.
Judge OKs beach suit settlement
A federal judge has approved the settlement of a lawsuit filed by Dauphin Island property owners against the Army Corps of Engineers over dredging practices at the Mobile Bay ship channel.
The settlement creates a panel of four experts to study the corps' role in the island's erosion problem and recommend a remedy. The study could result in a project costing $7.6 million -- or more, if congressional funding is secured -- to restore the island's vastly eroded beaches.
It is written. The Settlement between the Army Corps of Engineers and the Dauphin Island Property Owners' Association has been approved and is in effect.
A team of four qualified experts will conduct an impact study, to be completed in the next 12 months. The intent of the study is to determine whether the corps' dredging practices have a negative impact on Dauphin Islands' shoreline. If the study finds the corps' dredging to be harmful to Dauphin Island's shoreline the Army Corps of Engineers will have 18 months to formulate a project to mitigate current damage and prevent future erosion.
Once again fantastic fishing conditions are giving anglers all the fish they can handle off the coast of Dauphin Island. The 27th annual Sertoma/Pepsi Family Fishing Rodeo got off on a record setting pace yesterday as the first day of the tournament drew to a close.
Sertoma opener ends with flurry
DAUPHIN ISLAND -- The anglers in the 27th annual Sertoma/Pepsi Family Fishing Rodeo from a ho-hum Saturday afternoon into a fish-weighing frenzy as many boats lined up at the scales with only minutes left before the 6 p.m. deadline.
And the fish brought in to Dauphin Island Marina at the last minute were worth the wait.
Tyler Kennedy had a 26.09-pound red snapper, which crew mate Bill McRae had a 35.48-pound grouper.
The largest fish of the day was a 67.27-pound amberjack hooked by Michael Pierce.
There is a story in today's Mobile Register about the deed conundrum the Dauphin Island Property Owners' Association is wrestling with.
There isn't anything new in the story except the fact that the Dauphin Island's problems and its own residents' conflicting ideas about how to deal with them are garnering plenty of publicity.
That's sure to help solve the situation.
Island plans stalled by deed restriction
Rivals on Dauphin Island -- one group seeking to invite high-end development of the island's golf course, the other group working to hand over west end beach land to the public -- have been stymied by the wording of each property's 50-year-old deed.
"Neither group looked at the deeds till now. I'm sure we all wish we'd done this a long time ago," said John Reed, board president of the Dauphin Island Property Owners Association.
The group owns both the 166-acre Isle Dauphine Golf Club and 3½ miles of beach that stretch in front of Gulf-front homes on the island's narrow west end.