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Showing posts with label Florida history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florida history. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

A1A Florida state road with national status

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  By Jane Feehan Officially designated a state road in 1945, A-1-A or Atlantic 1 Alternate extends from Fernandina Beach to Key West, Florid...
Friday, July 15, 2022

Florida: a state of superlatives and high hopes in 1921 ... and today?

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  Baggage at Florida East Coast Railway Depot 1921 Florida State Archives Newspapers played a big part in promoting Florida during the boom ...
Sunday, April 3, 2022

Yes, Florida has a history of earthquakes

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By Jane Feehan Though Florida ties North Dakota for fewest earthquakes in the nation, they do occur in the Sunshine State. Also, several sig...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

Everglades birds slaughtered for fashion, spur Audubon societies and the conservation movement

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Black-crowned night heron  on Santa Fe Lake F lorida State Archives/Florida Memory By Jane Feehan In the late 19 th  century, the plume trad...
Thursday, March 25, 2021

How Florida got its name: something to do with a holiday

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Most with an acquaintance of the Spanish language know "Florida" translates into English as flowers. But the state was not nam...
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Cuba Missile Crisis - JFK response and Florida

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  JFK (right) delivering ultimatum to USSR   10/22/62 Florida State Archives/Florida Memory By Jane Feehan The extent of U.S. military build...
Friday, February 19, 2021

"The American Shooting Season" of WWII: HMS Tanker "Eclipse" torpedoed off Florida

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HMS Eclipse (Creative Commons) By Jane Feehan         German U-Boats were not an uncommon sight off Florida's coast during  World War II...
Monday, January 18, 2021

Realtors in 1950s: move to Florida, it's safer from A-bomb

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By Jane Feehan A building boom hit Fort Lauderdale after World War II. According to realtors in 1951, the growth was fueled by America...
Friday, January 15, 2021

Florida tent camps, tourism and housing shortages

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Florida tourist camp 1928  Florida State Archives/Florida Memory By Jane Feehan Florida tent cities served as lodging for workers, refugees...
Sunday, January 10, 2021

About that name Publix ... and its link to Paramount Studios

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  By Jane Feehan George Jenkins opened Publix Food Store in Winter Haven, Florida Sept. 6, 1930. In 1940 he launched Publix Super Market; ...
Thursday, January 7, 2021

Seminole Chief Billy Bowlegs: King of Florida, buried treasure, a harem or ... ?

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  Florida State Archives By Jane Feehan A few modern-day Seminoles have taken the name Billy Bowlegs in honor of Chief Billy Bowlegs of the ...
Friday, January 1, 2021

Traveling in Florida before highways: age of the stern wheel

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  Lillie and the Roseada Florida State Archives By Jane Feehan Canals, lakes, and rivers comprised key transportation networks throughout So...
Tuesday, December 8, 2020

A gift from an 1884 exposition chokes Florida waterways for decades

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  Water Hyacinth                                                   By Jane Feehan Once called “America’s most deadly flower,” the water lily...
Sunday, November 15, 2020

Prohibition: Daring women of the rum-running empire

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  Miami liquor raid 1925 Florida State Archives By Jane Feehan Women played a part (or tried to) in rum-running from the Bahamas to South Fl...
Monday, October 26, 2020

Dark days of Florida's convict lease system and a North Dakota man's death

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Convicts leased to harvest lumber Florida State Archives By Jane Feehan The convict lease system emerged in the South after slavery was abol...
Sunday, September 13, 2020

Hamilton Disston and an early attempt to drain the Everglades

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Disston dredge Saint Cloud Canal circa 1890 Florida State Archives/Florida Memory  By  Jane Feehan Draining the Everglades, a project often ...
Saturday, September 12, 2020

Mandatory Americanism vs. Communism classes in Florida after Castro takes office

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 1962 -Superintendant of Public Instruction Thomas Bailey examining a book on Communism. Florida State Archives/Florida Memory By Jane Feeha...
Monday, July 20, 2020

Seminole factions: Miccosukee Tribe emerges and two nations are recognized

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  Seminoles 1913, near Miami State of Florida Archives By Jane Feehan A federal initiative to integrate the American Indian population wit...
Friday, May 31, 2019

An American story: the remarkable Edward Bok, man behind Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales

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By Jane Feehan Bok Tower Gardens, north of Lake Wales in Florida, has drawn about 23 million visitors since it was dedicated by Pre...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Florida cattle: 500-year history, big biz in Sunshine State

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"A lot of bull" Florida State Archives By Jane Feehan Having recently read Patrick D. Smith’s A Land Remembered , a tale of ea...